VP & Compliance Officer - Full Time - Wolf River

The role

The VP & Compliance Officer provides independent leadership of the healthcare compliance program. This person establishes, implements, and improves the program while serving as the primary HIPAA Privacy Officer.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary leader and accountable owner of the healthcare compliance program
• Establish, maintain, and improve the compliance program
• Conduct or oversee annual compliance risk assessments and develop work plans
• Identify compliance risks and recommend controls, education, and mitigation strategies
• Develop, review, and maintain compliance policies and procedures
• Oversee compliance education and training
• Develop and oversee risk-based compliance auditing and monitoring
• Coordinate responses to external audits or inquiries
• Conduct or oversee compliance investigations
• Serve as the primary HIPAA Privacy Officer

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Compliance, or a similar field
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive healthcare compliance or related experience
• Experience administering a healthcare compliance program, including risk assessment, auditing, monitoring, investigations, and remediation
• Experience working with physicians, executive leadership, employees, and governing bodies
• Strong knowledge of healthcare laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, compliance principles, HIPAA, and fraud, waste, and abuse requirements
• Knowledge of healthcare billing, coding, documentation, reimbursement, medical necessity, and related regulatory risks
• Strong analytical, investigative, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, discretion, independence, and objectivity
• Ability to identify and appropriately address compliance risks and challenge practices when warranted
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to work effectively with physicians, providers, executives, managers, employees, and external regulatory and oversight entities

Nice to have

• Master’s degree, JD, or other relevant master’s degree
• Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), CHPC, CHRC, CCEP, CIA, CPC, or other compliance, auditing, or privacy credential

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package

About the company

West Cancer Center is committed to providing exceptional, patient-centered cancer care while maintaining high standards of integrity, accountability, and regulatory compliance.