Privacy Program Specialist, Consultant

5 hours ago

Oakland CA United States Blue Shield of California Full time

Your Role

The Privacy Office develops and oversees Blue Shield’s Privacy Program. The Privacy Program ensures that Blue Shield and its affiliated covered entities, including Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, are in compliance with state and federal privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), and California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA). The Privacy Program Specialist, Consultant reports to the Privacy Office Manager or Director and plays an essential role in advancing and enforcing Blue Shield’s Privacy Program. 

Your Work

In this role, you will:

  • Be responsible for the oversight of Blue Shield's compliance with state and federal privacy laws, including HIPAA and HITECH
  • Auditing and monitoring compliance with the Privacy Program, developing and implementing corrective action plans (CAPs) on behalf of the Privacy Office, advising on CAPs issued by other business units with privacy-related components, conducting Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments
  • Develop and assist with the implementation of workforce privacy trainings, privacy policies, desk level procedures, resource guides, job aides, and other educational tools
  • Assist, evaluate, and determine appropriateness of ad hoc requests from internal clients to disclose protected health information (PHI) to third parties and/or to allow third parties access to, or use of, Blue Shield PHI
  • Respond to privacy complaints and incidents reported to the Privacy Office, lead assigned privacy investigations, timely and accurately document case files, direct investigations into root cause analysis, address mitigation, and work with impacted business units to develop and complete corrective action for remediation and to minimize risk of recurrence 
  • Consult with internal clients, as a subject matter expert, to provide privacy guidance about proposed projects and initiatives 
  • Respond to third-party privacy-related requests 
  • Negotiate Business Associate Agreements
  • Act as a liaison with regulatory enforcement agencies to address technical assistance letters, investigation compliance reviews, audits, and other related reviews
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience 
  • Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
  • Requires prior experience in healthcare, legal services, privacy, audit, investigative services, systems or operations support, corporate training, or another related field
  • Requires a solid understanding of state and federal privacy laws, including HIPAA/HITECH, CMIA, and privacy-related consumer protections laws, such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as knowledge of Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) privacy requirements for Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Plans and Centers for Medicare or Medi-Cal and Medicaid (CMS) Medicare or Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
  • Preferred: Privacy healthcare-related experience that includes a familiarity with Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments; auditing and monitoring; investigating, managing, and reporting privacy incidents; health information management 
  • Preferred: CIPP/US Certification or HCCA CHPC Certification 

Pay Range: The pay range for this role is $109,120.00 to $163,680.00 for California. 

Note: Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

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