Senior Compliance Officer
Senior Compliance Officer
Summa Health Corporate Building
Full Time, Benefit Eligible
1077 Gorge Blvd Akron, OH 44310
Summary:
The Senior Compliance Officer Reviews, evaluates and/or investigates compliance issues and/or concerns throughout the organization. This position will be responsible for collaborating with Internal Audit and other departments to monitor systems and processes in place to promote compliance with laws, regulations, and policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct. The Senior Compliance Officer conducts fraud and compliance awareness training and education outreach. Works with staff to provide an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct, stressing the importance of carrying out one’s professional duties in a manner that contributes to the organization’s reputation for ethical and business practices. In this role, you will work independently and provide guidance to business and operational leaders as assigned by the Chief Compliance Officer. The Senior Compliance Officer delivers specialized, functional services, including training, policy and procedure development, internal investigations, controls auditing/monitoring, risk assessment, or other tasks.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Formal Education Required:
a. A Bachelor’s Degree.
b. Master’s Degree preferred.
2. Experience & Training Required:
a. Minimum of five (5) years of healthcare compliance or legal experience in a healthcare-provider environment with a Bachelor’s degree. Four (4) years of experience with a Master’s degree.
b. Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) is required.
c. One or more of the following preferred - Certified in Healthcare Privacy (CHPC), Fraud Examiner (CFE) or Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC).
3. Other Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:
a. Ability to be a strong role model in terms of integrity, professionalism, objectivity, and confidentiality.
b. Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to sell ideas.
c. Possess excellent analytical, assessment, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills.
d. Possess excellent project management skills including organization, thoroughness, and follow-up.
e. Ability to be effective in a team environment with all levels of personnel from staff to senior management/physicians.
f. General knowledge of governmental healthcare regulations required.
g. Ability to effectively interact with populations of patients/customers with an understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity.
4. Level of Physical Demands:
a. Sedentary: Exerts up to ten pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently.
Essential Functions:
The following job specific requirements should discuss the essential duties and responsibilities required of the position. They should not replicate those duties and responsibilities discussed above.
- Manage retaliation-free reporting channels, including hotline, and ensure that the reporting system is adequately publicized.
- Conduct and/or oversee due diligence reviews or investigations from the hotline or reports from other sources. Coordinate and cooperate with HR as applicable depending on the nature of the investigation.
- Develop and update processes, protocols for reporting and investigating reports of possible compliance violations.
- Assist with the implementation processes to monitor and perform audits/monitors to proactively test compliance within the organization (e.g. employee gift, conflict of interest) and management of files and records.
- Oversee follow up, and as applicable, resolution to investigations and other compliance issues including the development of corrective/management action plans, as needed.
- Track all business conduct and ethical issues referred to the Hotline and Human Resources and analyze trends and root causes; develop reports and other information for chief compliance officer and executives.
- Manage and track annual Conflict of Interest disclosures and mitigation plans.
- Develop, coordinate and track appropriate targeted compliance training and education throughout the organization to educate and raise awareness to applicable regulatory compliance, Code of Conduct, and Commitments.
- Develop mechanisms to provide feedback and lessons learned to business units to strengthen internal controls, improve policies and procedures to mitigate corporate risk.
- Identifies potential areas of compliance and privacy vulnerability and risk; develops/implements corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues and provides general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar issues in the future.
- Enhance subject matter expertise on various compliance topics, including fraud, waste and abuse, conflict of interest, EMTALA, risk assessment and mitigation and contribute to developing/revising policies and procedures, standard operating procedures, compliance program guidance, templates and tools.
$37.03/hr - $55.55/hr
Summa Health System is recognized as one of the region’s top employers by a number of third-party organizations, including NorthCoast 99. Exceptional candidates gravitate to Summa because of its culture, passion for delivering excellent service to our patients and family's commitment to our philosophy of servant leadership, collegial working relationships at every level of the organization and competitive pay and benefits.
The salary range on this job posting/advertising is base salary exclusive of any bonuses or differentials. Many factors, such as years of relevant experience and geographical location are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members when determining offers. Please keep in mind that the range that is listed is the full base salary range. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical.
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