Corporate Compliance Officer - Healthcare jobs in Washington

Description

Committed to bringing healthcare into communities and communities into healthcare since 1978, NEW Health is rural northeast Washington’s leading non-profit primary care provider. We treat all patients with the respect they deserve while providing high-quality, integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services. 

NEW Health has been named one of the best places to work in the Inland Northwest! This award from the Spokane Journal of Business is based on an analysis of our company benefits and policies, along with a confidential employee survey to evaluate workplace experience in the areas of engagement and satisfaction including: Work-Life Balance, Role Satisfaction, Communication and Workplace Culture, Training, Technology and Development, and Diversity and Inclusion.   

Our workforce development program, NEW Health University, is nationally recognized for developing local career pathway training with a goal to retain rural youth. For providers, this means you will be surrounded by a well-trained support team so you can focus on treating your patients. 

 Benefits with You and Your Family in Mind 

• Four weeks of paid time off plus nine paid holidays 
• Medical and Vision insurance for you and your family is 100% paid for by NEW Health  
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options 
• Free Life Flight membership for your family 
• 401(k) plan with matching contribution 
• Continuing Professional Education, license, and tuition reimbursement opportunities  

The above list is not inclusive of all full-time employee benefits and is dependent upon eligibility criteria. 

Purpose of Job:

Promotes health and wellness within our communities by ensuring organizational corporate compliance in alignment with local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for organization’s corporate compliance program including audits to monitor, detect, train, and report.
• Schedules, participates in, and maintains tracking of audits, such as: billing and coding, sliding fee, EHR/chart access, 340B, employee and vendor exclusion checks, credentialing, chart reviews, and procurement, to detect existing or potential areas of noncompliance.
• Ensures compliance with state and federal healthcare laws, such as Stark, Anti-kickback, Conflict of Interest, Fraud/Waste/Abuse.
• Maintains organization’s policy and procedures database and ensure all procedures are reviewed and updated according to a set schedule and that all employees have access to current procedures.
• Oversees patient privacy and consent to treat forms as well as clinic signage required to meet compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Serves as HIPAA Privacy Officer ensuring compliance with all HIPAA privacy requirements, tracks and reports HIPAA violations, and provides HIPAA technical assistance and training for staff.
• Conducts investigations, documents Corrective Action Plans, and ensures appropriate employee training on compliance issues.
• Provides compliance updates and training to the Board of Directors.
• Responsible for all contract and business document management, including all documents required to operate the business and oversight and enforcement of document retention procedures.
• Provides regular reports to Leadership on auditing and monitoring activities and prepares analysis of relevant regulatory changes and corresponding organizational impact.
• Maintains a working knowledge of Section 330 regulations and HRSA community health center program requirements.
• Oversees the planning, coordination, and execution of all activities related to the Operational Site Visit (OSV) preparation to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.  (Including annual OSV mock audit)
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Travel may be required.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Education/Experience: Bachelor’s Degree required. Compliance, privacy and/or risk management experience required. Healthcare experience preferred.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to write clear, concise reports, business correspondence, and procedures. Ability to collaborate and work effectively within a team structure. Excellent organization and follow-up skills required. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality required. Knowledge of federal and state government regulatory, ethics and compliance-related issues required.

Physical Demands:

Required to stand, sit and be mobile 1/3rd to 2/3rds of the time. Required to use hands to finger, handle or feel over 2/3rds of the time, while reaching with hands and arms occurs 1/3rd of the day. Climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, or crouching occurs less than 1/3rd of the time. Communicating occurs constantly throughout the day. Lifting occurs about half the time up to 10 lbs. and less than 1/3rd of the day from 25-40 lbs. Rarely is there a need to lift more than 41 lbs.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.