Suzanne Bach is the Regional Director of Compliance for USI Insurance Services, Inc. providing compliance consulting services to employer-sponsored health and welfare plans for clients in the Mid-Atlantic region. Prior to joining USI, Ms. Bach was a Federal Government regulator with 17 years of experience at the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. Ms. Bach served as EBSA’s Acting Chief of the Division of Health Investigations responsible for implementing the Agency’s enforcement policies nationally and directing the most complex group health plan investigations of plans, insurance carriers and large third-party administrators. Previously, Ms. Bach also served as a Senior Employee Benefits Law Specialist in EBSA’s Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance where she worked on group health plan regulatory issues and compliance assistance involving ERISA group health plan provisions such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996. Before joining EBSA’s National Office staff, Ms. Bach worked as a field investigator in EBSA’s Kansas City Regional Office. Ms. Bach is admitted to the State Bar of Missouri and District of Columbia.