Liliana O. Salazar
Liliana O. Salazar is the Chief Compliance Officer for the Western Region for HUB International Limited. She is responsible for addressing public and private employers’ health and welfare responsibilities under federal and state laws and city ordinances. She works closely with HUB’s service teams and clients to develop short- and long-term strategies that will allow clients to remain in compliance while addressing clients’ financial and human capital needs.
Liliana interacts with regulatory agencies such as the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state insurance departments to discuss the applicability of laws and regulations to group health plans.
Liliana possesses 20 years of experience in addressing the compliance and regulatory needs of employers and their group health plans. She actively works with carriers and clients in ensuring their compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and HITECH Act rules, GASB 45 obligations, and more recently the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). Prior to joining HUB, Liliana was National Practice Leader for the Employee Benefits Compliance Practice of Wells Fargo Insurance Services, and Vice President of Compliance for ABD Insurance Services.
Liliana is a regular speaker at national and state conferences sponsored by private and public employers, employee benefit chapters and HR associations, including ISCEBS, SHRM, CALPELRA, PELRA, NAFOA and others and is also a regular contributor to national and regional employee benefit publications.
Due to her contributions to employee benefits and the insurance industry in general, Liliana was the recipient of the 2013 Women to Watch Award from Business Insurance. She holds a Juris Doctor from the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, is a Member of the American Bar Association - Health Law and Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Member of the California Bar Association - Health Law Chapter and a Principal at the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU)
