Compliance Specialist

The Compliance Specialist will be responsible for ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, and regulatory requirements, managing patient feedback incident reporting, and performing compliance administrative tasks.

Requirements

• Maintain knowledge of federal, state, local, and regulatory requirements relevant to the position
• Participate in meetings and serve on committees
• Record minutes of risk and compliance committee meetings
• Complete assigned projects
• Assist with performing audits and tracking compliance audits
• Conduct educational presentations and deliver compliance presentations as needed
• Use sound judgment to determine when and to whom to escalate issues
• Adhere to HIPAA and protect the confidentiality and sensitivity of patient information
• Meet service level expectations and identified key performance indicators
• Follow standard operating policies and procedures
• Attend staff meetings and trainings
• Manage the patient feedback entered into the incident reporting system
• Assist with performing data analytics and generating reports
• Conduct and monitor attendance at compliance education and training sessions
• Monitor updates to federal and state laws and regulations
• Assist workforce members with compliance training
• Maintain a spreadsheet of policies and procedures
• Track the due dates of policy and procedure reviews
• Work closely with Communications to ensure the most current version of policies and procedures are posted
• Check compliance hotline for messages each morning
• Prepare a Compliance Hotline Log intake form for each message received
• Review the intake form with Compliance Director to determine appropriate next step
• Coordinate with Human Resources and Finance Departments to ensure the review database is updated accurately