INFORMATION PRIVACY (HIPAA) MANAGER

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Job description

Come work for Marimn Health - voted one of the Best Places to Work in the Inland Northwest in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 AND 2022, 2023 and Modern Healthcare's Family Friendliest Employer in 2020!

Fantastic benefits, flexible schedules, paid holidays and ability to choose vacation times!

Your employer paid benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription, and Vision for employee and all legal dependents.
• 401(k) plan with 5% employer match after 1 year of employment.
• Employer paid life insurance.
• Short and long term disability.
• Generous PTO with the ability to earn additional personal days.

Please note that this position is in Plummer, ID. Carpool opportunities are available.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree required, emphasis in healthcare or business related field preferred. Certification as a Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) or equivalent required. At least 5 years of experience in a HIPAA compliance related role required. Advanced knowledge in information privacy law (e.g. HIPAA, HITECH and others), access, release of information, and release control technologies required. Demonstrated organization, facilitation, communication and presentation skills required. Experience with vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, contingency planning and auditing required. Experience in policy writing and breach investigations required.

ADA ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Hearing: within normal limits with or without use of corrective hearing devices.
• Vision: adequate to read 12-point type with or without use of corrective lenses.
• Must be able to verbally interact with staff, clients and public.
• Manual dexterity of hands/fingers for writing and data entry.
• Able to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Standing 50% of the day.
• Walking 50% of the day.
• Pushing up to 40 lbs.
• Pulling up to 40 lbs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains a positive peer relationship and performs as a team player.
• Plans and prioritizes to maintain a time and attendance record which complies with company policy.
• Provides excellent internal and external customer service assistance, providing knowledgeable and appropriate information to customers.
• Works independently in a very detail-oriented manner and meets deadlines.

• Employee reports to work in a timely manner.
• Employees utilize breaks and meal periods to care for personal business outside of the work area.
• Employee completes work assignments in a timely manner and appropriately exits the work area in a timely manner.
• Employees appropriately utilize Time and Attendance for clocking in and out and schedules absences in advance when possible.
• Employee is available for scheduled work shifts regularly and communicates absence to supervisor in a timely manner if unavailable.

• Responsible for the development of an organization-wide Privacy Program to comply with regulations such as the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the HITECH Act, and others.
• Provides development guidance and assists in the identification, implementation, and maintenance of organization information, privacy policies and procedures in coordination with organization management and administration, and legal counsel.
• Performs initial and periodic information privacy risk assessments and conducts related ongoing compliance monitoring activities in coordination with Marimn Health's other compliance and operational assessment functions.
• Works with legal counsel and management, key departments, and committees to ensure the organization has and maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consent, authorization forms, and information notices and materials reflecting current organization and legal practices and requirements.
• Works with Training and Development Manager to develop and deliver privacy training (HIPAA, HITECH and additional content as required) and orientation to all employees, volunteers, medical and professional staff, contractors, alliances, business associates, and other appropriate third parties.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and ongoing compliance monitoring of all business associate agreements, to ensure all privacy concerns, requirements, and responsibilities are addressed.
• Establishes with management and operations a mechanism to track access to protected health information, within the purview of the organization and as required by law and to allow qualified individuals to review or receive a report on such activity.
• Works cooperatively with the IT Manager and Information Security Manager and other applicable personnel to oversee patient rights to inspect, amend and restrict access to protected health information when appropriate.
• Establishes and administers a process for receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating, and taking action on all complaints concerning the organization's privacy policies and procedures in coordination and collaboration with other similar functions and when necessary, legal counsel.
• Ensures compliance with privacy practices and consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply with privacy policies for all individuals in the workforce, extended workforce, and for all business associates, in cooperation with HR and any other applicable department heads.
• Initiates, facilitates and promotes activities to foster information privacy awareness within Marimn Health.
• Reviews all system-related information security plans throughout the organization to ensure alignment between security and privacy practices and acts as a liaison to the information systems department.
• Works with all Marimn Health personnel involved with any aspect of release of protected health information, to ensure full coordination and cooperation under Marimn Health's policies and procedures and legal requirements.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable federal and state privacy laws and accreditation standards, and monitors advancements in information privacy technologies to ensure Marimn Health adaptation and compliance.
• Serves as information privacy consultant to all Marimn Health departments.
• Cooperates with the Office of Civil Rights, other legal entities and organization officers in any compliance reviews or investigations.
• Works with Marimn Health administration, legal counsel and other related parties to represent Marimn Health privacy interests with external parties (state or local government bodies) who undertake to adopt or amend privacy legislation, regulation or standard.
• Assists in the identification, implementation and maintenance of Marimn Health information privacy policies and procedures.
• Works with legal counsel to ensure Marimn Health has and maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consent and authorization forms, information notices and materials reflecting current legal practices and requirements.
• Maintains a system of reporting that provides management with timely and relevant information on all aspects of privacy compliance issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

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