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Health Care Attorney in Boston, MA

Partners HealthCare. Dec 12,2019 Nov 28,2019 Location USA Boston MA
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Public Interest

Attorney

Health Care

Min 5 yrs required

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Site Privacy Manager - The candidate will responsible for ongoing activities related to the development, implementation and maintenance of a hospital-wide privacy and security program. Identification and maintenance of appropriate level of resources (human and technical) to carry out the functions and operations of the Privacy Office. Operational management of a privacy and security compliance assurance program. Assist Health Information Services in identifying, managing and reducing risk (i.e. compliance, quality of care, medical identity theft and reimbursement issues) associated with inadequate privacy and security standards or tools in place. Establish, implement and maintain an ongoing, hospital-wide privacy and security compliance, education and training program. This includes Facilitating and promoting activities to foster privacy and confidentiality awareness throughout the hospital.Establishing and administering a process for receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating, and taking action on all complaints and reported incidents concerning potential violations of patient privacy and confidentiality. Ensuring compliance with privacy and information security policies and practices and consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply for all staff and employees, in cooperation with Human Resources, as applicable. Maintaining preparedness and providing timely response to Office of Civil Rights, DPH, CMS, other legal entities, and organization officers in any compliance reviews, audits or investigations. Responsible for having a thorough working knowledge of all departmental policies and procedures as well as all aspects of the functionality of the unit, including any applications used within the unit and other applications used within the department. Maintains current knowledge of applicable federal and state privacy laws and accreditation standards, and monitors advancements in information privacy technologies to ensure Hospital adaptation and compliance. Establish and maintain a positive and productive team environment and a stable work environment through leadership, mentoring and coaching staff. Supervise staff in the day-to-day operational functions of the unit. Manage and delegate assignments of team resources in operations of the unit as well as other projects. Manage daily and on-call scheduling and timekeeping for unit team, including PTO approvals, and management of timekeeping exceptions. Facilitate training and provide direction and guidance to direct reports in a complex environment to ensure that all staff are appropriately informed, trained, guided, supported and evaluated. Work to develop staff for operational projects and leadership roles. Participate in the development and maintenance of up to date documentation (privacy and confidentiality consent documents, authorization forms, and information notices), resources (publications, newsletters, web site, seminars, etc.) policies, procedures, business associate agreements, and guidelines that reflect current hospital and legal practices and requirements. This is done in collaboration with legal counsel, compliance, site management, and medical staff leadership to facilitate education and awareness of the hospital’s approach and ongoing adherence to HIPAA. Promote and encourage high quality customer service to all Partners departments, entities and affiliates through on-going communication, feedback and follow-through with customers and peers. Collaborate with clinicians and other health professionals in order to accomplish goals and maintain relationships required for cross departmental cooperation and projects. Serve as internal privacy consultant to all clinical inpatient and ambulatory departments as well as non-clinical departments.. Serves as a member of the enterprise and site Privacy and Security Committees and other meetings as assigned. Participate in professional development activities offered by relevant organizations and share information with committees and departmental staff. Uses the Partners HealthCare values to govern decisions, actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability and Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity and Inclusion, Integrity and Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration. Bachelors Degree in health information or related area. Master’s Degree in health care area or Law Degree strongly preferred. Must have 5-7 years of progressive health related managerial experience are required. 5-7 years privacy and security or compliance experience are required. Exhibits strong professionalism and a highly proficient persona. Individual must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities in order to gain credibility as the internal privacy and security expert/consultant are required. Detail-Oriented with excellent analytical and problem solving skills are required. Ability to analyze, interpret and apply data towards operations, strategic planning and budget purposes are required. Excellent communication and written skills are required. Ability to plan and manage projects, staff, other resources, and timelines; and to prioritize and delegate accordingly are required. Ability to be flexible, versatile, and adaptable in day to day activities conducted in a multi-site environment are required. Ability to manage workload and competing priorities in order to complete tasks within set limits are required. Ability to produce quality work on a consistent basis are required. Ability to work cooperatively and efficiently within all levels of the Partners HealthCare organization are required. Ability to understand the work environment and competing priorities in conjunction with developing and meeting project goals are required. Strong PC skills including knowledge of PC applications are required.

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