Jennifer Kennedy, EdD, BSN, RN, CHC, is the Vice President for Quality, Standards, and Compliance at Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) and is a nationally recognized hospice expert. She has more than 35 years of experience as a leader and nurse in diverse healthcare settings and has worked in hospice and palliative care for the last 20+ years. She holds a doctoral degree in healthcare education and policy and is a certified healthcare compliance professional. Kennedy is the lead for the CHAP quality and compliance team and interacts with CMS, their contractors, and individual states related to regulatory and quality issues for hospice, home health, home infusion, pharmacy, and durable medical equipment. She collaborates with CHAP’s Center for Excellence as an education content developer and faculty. She is a member of the ANA’s national palliative nursing task group and has been honored by the UK’s St. Christopher’s Hospice as a Nursing Pioneer for their 2020 Palliative Care Nursing Project. She hosts CHAP’s monthly podcast, speaks at national and state events, is a board member for the Hospice & Palliative Care Network of Maryland, and teaches graduate healthcare administration courses at the university level.