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Washington University in St Louis
Privacy Analyst (Hybrid) - Faculty Practice Plan
Career Insights for Medical Records / Health Information Technician
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What they do
A Medical Records or Health Information Technician works with data from medical records to process, maintain, compile, analyze and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's numerical coding system and reporting standards
$56,701 / year median in Missouri
+4% projected growth
Job Description
Privacy Analyst (Hybrid)
- Faculty Practice Plan Washington University in St Louis
- 3.9 St. Louis, MO Job Details Full-time $53,100
- $90,600 a year 6 hours ago Benefits Commuter assistance Caregiver leave Employee assistance program 403(b) Qualifications Electronic health records (EHR) management Patient care Full Job Description Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary Responsible for managing all HIPAA incidents, privacy complaints, and reports of suspected inappropriate access to our clinical applications.
Job Description Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Assumes primary responsibility for the initial screening of, timely investigation, triaging and documentation of HIPAA incidents and complaints. Conducts thorough and comprehensive investigations, including data gathering, analysis, interviews, report writing and initiation of corrective action. Ensures timely assessment of incidents to include documentation of risk assessments and breach notification. Manages our privacy monitoring program focused on access to our clinical applications in conjunction with our vendor partner, Fair Warning. Performs timely review of the alerts and conducts thorough and comprehensive investigations, including data gathering, user interviews performed in coordination with Human Resources, analysis of access patterns and documentation of findings. Recommends corrective action and sanctions in conjunction with Human Resources. Ensures timely assessment of alerts to include documentation of risk assessments and breach notification. Serves as an expert on the HIPAA Regulation, University privacy and security policies and procedures and privacy and security resources. Advises workforce members on application of above to specific scenarios in a timely fashion. Assists HIPAA Privacy Educator with developing and promoting activities intended to foster privacy awareness and knowledge across the entire enterprise. Conducts on-site privacy monitoring of clinical areas and business units and performs desk audits to ensure compliance with regulations and policies. Works collaboratively with departments to implement corrective action plans if indicated. Creates and maintains dashboard reporting on HIPAA Privacy Office activities to document adherence to the HIPAA Regulations. Dashboard includes reported incidents, privacy monitoring alerts, disclosures, breaches, sanctions, training and patient's acknowledgement of the offer of Notice of Privacy Practice. Serves as a resource to departmental HIPAA liaisons, including providing orientation to new liaisons, maintaining resources and an updated liaison contact list and offering frequent reminders and education. Assists patients in exercising their patient privacy rights, including amending their medical records, receiving an accounting of the disclosures of their medical records, requesting restrictions on access to their medical records and other rights related to patient privacy. Works collaboratively with BJC compliance and other covered entities to investigate HIPAA incidents. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.Required Qualifications Education:
Bachelor's degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education. Certifications /Professional Licenses :
No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.Work Experience:
No specific work experience is required for this position.Skills:
Audit Management, Clinical Care, Conducting Investigations, Electronic Health Records (EHR)Driver's License:
A driver's license is not required for this position. More About This Job WashU seeks highly motivated individuals who are able to perform duties in a manner consistent with our core mission and guiding principles.Preferred Qualifications Education:
No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting. Certifications /Professional Licenses :
Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)- Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC)
- Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Work Experience:
No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.Skills:
Data Compilation, Deadline Management, Epic EHR, Health Care, Healthcare Auditing, Health Information, HIPAA Regulations, Microsoft Office, Nursing Fundamentals, Oral Communications, Working Independently, Written Communication Grade G11 Salary Range $53,100.00- $90,600.