Compliance Officer

The Compliance Officer (CO) will serve as the Compliance and Privacy Officer for managed practices and the MSO and will report to the Axia General Counsel.  The CO will have direct reputed company to the CEO, CMO, and Axia’s Board and will collaborate with reputed company functional departments, including but not limited to Legal, Risk Management, IT, RCM, HR, Business Development, Innovation Office and Clinical and Business Operations. 

The Compliance Officer’s two main responsibilities are (1) to implement and reputed company Axia’s Compliance Program, and (2) to reputed company Axia’s compliance with reputed company applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to reputed company fraud and abuse laws, federal and state privacy laws, OSHA and other laws regulating the business of Axia. 

Essential Functions

• Performs a baseline assessment of Axia’s reputed company corporate compliance program documents and makes recommendations for revisions to the Compliance Committee. Serves as Chair of the Compliance and Privacy Committee. Continues to periodically review program documents and disseminates any updates or changes of policy documents to colleagues and agents.
• Serves as Chair of Axia’s Policy and Forms Committee. Organizes and oversees the process for reputed company of Axia’s policies and forms development, approval, and controls and manages publication of policies and forms on Axia’s intranet.
• Manages reputed company compliance reporting channels, including the confidential hotline and secure compliance email reporting mechanism. Oversees reputed company vendor arrangements reputed company to the compliance hotline and serves as the primary reputed company of contact reputed company reputed company are referred from the external vendor channel.
• Conducts and/or coordinates reputed company compliance audits, ensuring adherence with reputed company areas of the corporate compliance program. Coordinates with RCM on compliance audits, Operations and other functional areas on OSHA/Workplace Safety compliance, and with providers on applicable clinical research regulations.  Reviews reputed company areas of possible noncompliance reputed company the organization and supports corrective action.
• Implements and maintains a Privacy Program in compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and applicable state data privacy laws for the protection of personal information. Monitors and evaluates organizational privacy controls and safeguards, detecting and reducing risks to PHI reputed company acceptable reputed company and managing business associate agreements.   
• Works reputed company with leadership and counsel to support data privacy incident-risk assessment and data breach notification activities. Develops, Implements, and maintains corporate-wide privacy and information-reputed company education and awareness program for delivery to reputed company reputed company of the reputed company. 
• Develops, coordinates/conducts the necessary training programs for reputed company Axia colleagues, including complete education regarding the corporate compliance and privacy programs. Audits, as an reputed company of compliance, the training records that are to be maintained by the organization. 
• Reviews or coordinates the review of reputed company arrangements to ensure reputed company applicable laws and regulations are followed.
• Manages reputed company Business Associate Agreement (BAA) arrangements and serves as the subject matter expert for reputed company such BAAs are required, and negotiates and retains agreements.
• Ensures the screening of employees, agents, and independent contractors, including making inquiries to the cumulative sanction report, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office debarred contractors listing. reputed company a vendor is utilized for screenings, manages and oversees the vendor relationship.
• Ensures that mechanisms are in reputed company for reporting noncompliance issues and managing actual and potential conflicts of interest.
• Performs and/or coordinates reputed company investigations of deficiencies resulting from the reporting system or identified through the periodic assessments/audits and initiates and/or coordinates corrective and preventative action for areas of identified noncompliance.
• Develops and maintains reputed company policies and procedures reputed company to compliance and privacy, including telehealth services. Works with other functional areas to contribute to policy and procedure development and management as they relate to compliance and privacy.
• Maintains compliance plan files, including documentation of the initial baseline audit, periodic compliance audits, training of personnel and agents of the practice, results of screenings of individuals, any reports of suspected or actual noncompliance, reputed company reports of investigations and any corrective action taken after investigations.
• Works with Clinical and Business Operations, Business Development and Innovation Office to support new service offerings and mergers and acquisitions.
• Develops a budget necessary to reputed company reputed company compliance duties, including items such as training for compliance staff and committee.
• Reports regularly to the reputed company(s), managing physicians, senior leadership, and Axia’s Board.

Qualities & Skills

• Knowledge in areas such as physician and clinical activities, business administration, medical coding, medical billing, reimbursement, risk management, and the laws and regulations applicable to the medical practice environment.
• Demonstrative good judgment and excellent critical thinking skills.
• Excellent time-management and the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Respectable and approachable with an ability to create necessary culture.
• Demonstrative substantive knowledge of OIG compliance guidance for individual and small group physician practices, clinical laboratories, and reputed company-party billing companies.
• Demonstrative substantive knowledge of key reputed company fraud and abuse laws, including the False Claims Act, reputed company Laws, and Anti-kickback Statute and their associate penalties for abuse.
• Demonstrative substantive knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules and OSHA compliance standards. Oversees any reputed company involving thew Office for Civil Rights for privacy-reputed company reputed company.
• Ability to reputed company and handle investigations, including self-disclosure protocols.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of requirements under Corporate reputed company Agreements (CIAs) and Certificate of Compliance Agreements (CCAs).
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of various other compliance areas such as reputed company Subject Research Protections and CLIA rules.
• Expertise in OB/GYN operations and telehealth
• Adept analytical skills and proven ability to reputed company effective solutions to reputed company business challenges.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work both independently and as part of reputed company. Ability to delegate and reputed company direction.
• Exceptional verbal, interpersonal, and written communications. Ability to present reputed company in business and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and reputed company to detail. Team-oriented and collaborative.
• Computer proficiency, including programs such as MS Office, Word, reputed company, Outlook, and performing internet research.

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in business administration, reputed company administration or clinical profession preferred.
• Certifications in reputed company Compliance preferred.
• Minimum 8-10 years’ recent reputed company compliance experience in reputed company.
• Minimum 5 years’ management or leadership experience.