Privacy & Risk Mitigation Specialist

About SCAN

As one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, serving more than 270,000 members in California, Arizona, and Nevada, SCAN Group has been a mission-driven organization dedicated to keeping seniors healthy and independent for over 40 years. SCAN employees are passionate about what they do, and understand that success is based on achieving the mission. Employees are afforded with the training and tools necessary to do their jobs and are rewarded for their efforts and recognized as experts in their fields. To learn more, visit thescangroup.org or follow us on social media: LinkedIn; Facebook; and Twitter.

The Job

This position supports the Risk Management team in meeting its goals and objectives and SCAN’s overall strategic objectives, which includes facilitating SCAN’s efforts to maintain compliance with privacy practices and policies in accordance with governing federal and state law regulations, including the privacy component of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act) of 2009. This position is also responsible for business continuity preparatory and response activities under SCAN’s Business Continuity Plan.

You Will

Conduct preliminary investigations of privacy incidents. Complete and maintain findings of the investigation, risk assessment, corrective action plan, and other pertinent information in the database for tracking and trending. Work with impacted business/operational staff to ensure development and completion of action plans for remediation of privacy incidents.

Process and track requests for Accounting of Disclosures, Amendments of PHI, and Requests to Restrict Use and Disclosure.

Implement controls to maintain members’ right to privacy, and protect SCAN operations by helping safeguard member PHI and confidential plan information.

Conduct business associate due diligence including preliminary review of the vendor’s privacy program and evaluation of privacy/security risks to the plan.

Coordinate and track business associate inventory and conduct ongoing monitoring activities of the plan’s business associates.

Facilitate and promote activities to foster HIPAA privacy awareness within the organization and related entities.

Assess potential business continuity disruption events reported to the plan and work with supervisor to determine the actions required by the plan.

Develop communications and status updates for the plan’s business continuity team about business continuity disruption events.

Attend business continuity team meetings and ensure actions taken by the plan in response to a business continuity disruption event are recorded and tracked until completed.

Participate in the development and support of routine and ad hoc privacy and business continuity trainings for SCAN staff.

Cooperate with regulatory agencies, legal entities, and organization officers in compliance reviews or investigations.

Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years of relevant compliance work experience in the healthcare industry
• Experience working Business Continuity is preferred
• Thorough understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent organizational, decision-making and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to multitask and work with limited supervision
• Ability to appropriately maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Covid-19 Vaccination Policy

To ensure a healthy and safe work environment, if you are selected for this position, your job offer with SCAN Health will be contingent upon being fully vaccinated and providing proof of your COVID-19 vaccine within 3 days after your start date. Generally, you are considered fully vaccinated 14 days after receiving the last dose, as recommended by the manufacturer, of a vaccine that has been authorized by the FDA for use in the United States, including vaccinations that have been approved pursuant to an Emergency Use Authorization. If fully vaccinated outside of the United States, the vaccination must be listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO). If you cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical reason or sincerely-held religious belief, you may request an accommodation to this requirement by contacting COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccination here - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html

What's in it for you?

• A competitive compensation and benefits program
• An annual employee bonus program
• Robust Wellness Program
• Generous paid-time-off (PTO)
• 11 paid holidays per year, plus 1 additional floating holiday
• Excellent 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with employer match
• Robust employee recognition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• An opportunity to become part of a team that makes a difference to our members and our community every day!

We're always looking for talented people to join our team! Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply now!

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