Root Welcomes New Director of Quality and Compliance

November 4, 2024

Root Center is so excited to welcome (back) Lisa Barbati as our Director of Quality & Compliance!


Lisa returns to Root after obtaining her BSN and developing her career in Quality and Compliance. Lisa is Board Certified in Addictions Nursing (CARN) and has over 33 years of Nursing experience in Acute Hospital Care, Inpatient Behavioral Health Services and Outpatient Addiction Treatment Services. She served Root Center for 24 years in several prior capacities as a staff nurse and RN supervisor and is the 2019 RCAR recipient of the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing.


Most recently, Lisa held roles in Quality Improvement as a Clinical Quality RN with Intercommunity, Inc., and as a Virtual RN with Trinity Health of New England. In these roles, she honed her skills in Quality Assurance, Clinical Documentation Compliance, Data Analysis, and Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She's worked closely with leadership in Quality and Compliance, acted as a change agent and subject matter expert for several Quality Improvement initiatives, and assisted in developing tools and training on Quality & Compliance platforms.


Lisa is dedicated to getting the facts right and maintaining high credibility. She thrives on research, making sense of things, and finding balance. She advocates for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, serving as an advocate for Autism and the LGBTQ community.


Lisa is excited to be back in her new role as Director of Quality and Compliance at Root.

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