Hospital Compliance Officer- MA and SC Hospitals

Description

Massachusetts Group

MetroWest Medical Center has 229 beds located on two campuses in Framingham and Natick, Massachusetts. Key Service Lines include Cardiology, Behavioral Health, and Women’s Services.

MetroWest Medical Center has been consistently recognized for high quality performance, thanks to the great contributions of our physicians, employees, and volunteers. Our most recent quality awards include:

• 2017 - 2019 Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospital
• 2004 - 2019 Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Heart Failure
• American Heart Association 2020 Mission: Lifeline Award Gold Plus: Receiving
• American Heart Association 2020 Mission: Lifeline Award Silver: NSTEMI
• 2019 Beacon Award bronze level for Excellence award in our Intensive Care Unit
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care, Knee & Hip Replacements, and Bariatric Surgery

At MetroWest Medical Center, you’ll find comprehensive health care services that address the needs of your entire family. Our services include:

• 24-hour Emergency Department
• Advanced cardiac care
• Comprehensive surgical treatments, including minimally invasive and laparoscopic procedures
• Advanced maternity care, including our Special Care Level IB nursery and high risk pregnancy care.
• A unique behavioral health specialty center at our Leonard Morse Hospital campus (103 licensed Psych beds) in Natick, MA dedicated to the mental health of our community for child, adolescent, adult and geriatric psychiatric care

Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Piedmont Medical Center is a 288-bed full-service hospital in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Since 1983, our staff has been committed to helping members of our community stay healthy and encouraging them to lead an active lifestyle. We provide a wide range of medical care, an extensive network of experienced physicians and nurses, and some of the most innovative technology and equipment available today. We take great pride in ensuring that all patients have access to the highest quality of services.

Piedmont Medical Center opened in 1983 at 222 South Herlong Avenue in Rock Hill. Our name was selected from approximately 376 names submitted by local residents during a county-wide contest to name the facility. Since 1983, Piedmont has continued to expand its campus and services with the goal of meeting the health care needs of York, Chester and Lancaster county areas. We have more than 380 active physicians, 1,400 full- and part-time employees, and 200 volunteers that truly view it as a privilege to provide this community with high-quality healthcare, whether that means treating you when you’re sick, or keeping you well. Piedmont Medical Center provides the EMS/ambulance services for York County.

Piedmont Medical Center is fully accredited by The Joint Commission, licensed by the state of South Carolina, and approved for the acceptance of Medicare patients.

Our family of nurses, doctors, staff, and volunteers at Piedmont Medical Center are dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care for families. We have been caring for you and your loved ones in this great community of ours for many years. So this is our home, too.

Caring, nurturing, and helping heal friends, loved ones, and neighbors is our passion, and we are honored to have the opportunity to serve you. From emergency services and heart care to orthopedics, advanced stroke treatment, obstetrics and more, we are focused on providing you with expert care combined with a healthy dose of attentiveness and support.

Piedmont Medical Center. A community built on care.

https://www.piedmontmedicalcenter.com/

Fort Mill Medical Center, Fort Mill, South Carolina

Fort Mill Medical Center is a state of the art, 100 bed facility in Ft. Mill, SC that is one the three campuses of Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. Piedmont also operates a free-standing emergency department on Gold Hill Road in Ft. Mill. The new facility will include a three-story bed tower, a helipad and room for future expansion.

The Hospital Compliance Officer (HCO) has responsibility for managing the implementation of Tenet’s Ethics and Compliance Program for his/her assigned facilities. This position’s primary duty location may be at any of the above facilities.

The Hospital Compliance Officer's general duties and responsibilities encompass implementing Tenet's systems, processes and policies designed to ensure compliance with Federal healthcare program requirements at the hospital level. The Hospital Compliance Officer is also responsible for overseeing the implementation of Tenet's Compliance Charter in his or her facilities.

The Hospital Compliance Officer reports directly to the Group Compliance Officer.

Among the specific responsibilities and activities of the HCO are the following:

• Advise Hospital leadership on issues concerning compliance and ethics matters including recommending controls designed to ensure compliance.
• Work collaboratively with Hospital leadership in compliance and ethics program development and implementation.
• Establish effective working relationships and build credibility within the Hospital to support a culture of ethics and compliance.
• Interface directly with Hospital employees and serve as a sounding board for their concerns about ethics and compliance matters.
• Independently investigate or supervise the investigation of compliance and ethics concerns about the Hospital that are raised through Tenet's Ethics Action Line or other reporting mechanisms.
• Oversee the implementation of Tenet's education and training program that focuses on the requirements of Tenet's Compliance Charter and the Tenet's ethics and compliance program to ensure that all directors, employees, contractors and physicians within the Hospital are knowledgeable of Federal healthcare program requirements and the requirements of Tenet's Ethics and Compliance program as required to perform their respective roles.
• Ensure distribution of compliance and ethics policies and procedures and Tenet's Standards of Conduct.
• Coordinate with Tenet's Regional Counsel to facilitate communication between the Compliance and Ethics Department and Law Department on legal compliance matters.
• Identify Hospital risk areas and assist in developing auditing, monitoring and oversight processes related to identified risks.
• Oversee the implementation of corrective actions and monitoring in response to identified issues and audits.
• Develop monitoring systems and processes for compliance and ethics issues at the hospital level.
• Implement policies and procedures that encourage Hospital employees, leadership, contractors and physicians to report suspected fraud or other improprieties without the fear of retaliation.
• Chair the Hospital Compliance Committee, which oversees the implementation of Tenet's Ethics and Compliance program and its Compliance Charter in the facility.
• Prepare monthly compliance reports identifying compliance issues.
• Work collaboratively with Hospital and Corporate personnel to resolve all compliance issues identified.
• Periodically reports on ethics and compliance matters to the Hospital Governing Board.
• Implement Tenet's compliance work plan and initiatives and systems to prevent compliance issues from arising within the Hospital.
• Report to Hospital management on compliance matters on a routine basis.
• Act as a consultative resource on compliance and ethics matters.

CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE, ATTRIBUTES AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Required experience includes:

• Strong preference for at least two years’ experience in healthcare compliance matters, preferably for a large, multi-faceted healthcare company.
• The successful candidate will be recognized for demonstrated knowledge in compliance process improvement and the requirements of Federal healthcare programs. Other success factors include past clinical, legal, auditing or other compliance experience.
• Clear, concise and persuasive writing and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational skills and an orientation to deadlines and detail.
• Ability to respond well under pressure.
• Skills in use of information systems, databases, Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Enjoys working as a member of a cohesive team, and is good at doing so.
• Well-developed communications and consensus building skills
• Strong presentation skills.

Professional and Personal Attributes

• An energetic, results-oriented individual, not content with the status quo. A doer more than a talker.
• A leader who will inspire confidence and establish a sense of common direction and vision.
• An individual with high personal and professional integrity. A highly principled and sincere individual.
• Sensitive to the proper concerns of the staff, but able to appropriately balance these concerns with the overall institutional goals.
• Highly articulate with the ability to communicate effectively and credibly in both oral and written context.
• A team player and a good listener who truly values the input of others and their contributions, and positively responds to such input.
• One who accepts delegation and is able to make decisions.
• Coach, mentor, and supporter.
• Diligent about follow-through, thorough and well-prepared.
• Committed to the highest quality of patient care. Innovative and creative.
• Sense of humor. A good sense of humor responds to the flow of conversation in ways that are creative and entertaining, not abusive or offensive. A good sense of humor also means you can see things from different sides, from different angles, and in different ways.

Education/Certifications

A Bachelor’s degree is required

Travel

Quarterly visits to the South Carolina facilities to attend meetings, perform inspections, investigate matters, hold face-to-face meetings, and maintain a compliance presence.

It is expected that the Hospital Compliance Officer will be active in a healthcare compliance association.

Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

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