Privacy Officer (Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act)

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About the Position: This position is located at Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Cavazos, Texas. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education/and or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Minimum Qualifications for Privacy Officer (HIPAA) (GS-11): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing internal audits to ensure compliance of Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, providing advice and training to medical staff on privacy policy, and reviewing privacy complaints for process improvement.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Health Informatics, Health Information Management, Health Information Systems/Cybersecurity, Healthcare Administration, or Legal Studies OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Administer compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules and regulations.
• Investigate breaches of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI).
• Communicate effectively with patients, providers, legal entities, higher leadership, and other stakeholders as applicable.
• Coordinate training to maintain awareness of privacy policies and procedures.
• Manage and maintain records of remedial training, counseling documents, and administrative actions or sanctions imposed on workforce members for confirmed violations as required by HIPAA and other federal requirements.
• Provide solutions to medical records management issues.
• Establish best practices relative to the management of the privacy of Protected Health Information (PHI).