Our client, a non-profit Healthcare Insurance organization located in Elkridge, MD, is seeking a HIPAA Compliance Specialist to join their Compliance Department. The HIPAA Compliance Specialist is responsible supporting the efforts to comply with applicable laws, regulations and accreditation standards. Responsibilities include:

-Notify the Senior Program Manager Accreditation and HIPAA Privacy Compliance management whenever policies and procedures relating to security, confidentiality, and privacy are not being followed.
-Assist in developing training modules with staff in Compliance, Human Resources and Operations for handling confidential data and privacy of individually identifiable health information.
-Collect data and records for reporting.
-Conduct annual Virtual Credentialing/Re-Credentialing of vendor provider file reviews.
-Perform other duties as assigned.

This position is a fulltime employment opportunity with our client, who is offering a generous salary and benefits package. For the first few weeks, this position will be onsite 5x per week for training. Once training is completed, this position will become a hybrid opportunity (1-2 days per wk onsite). Want to learn more? Then you should contact Elite Technical right away!

Required Skills

- Bachelor degree preferred with a minimum of 1-2 years of health plan experience.
- Knowledge of Health Equity preferred.
- Deep understanding of HIPAAs regulations, requirements, and guidelines.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in accordance with the priorities set by the leadership.
- Proven track record of effectively and productively working with varied levels of personnel including with external personnel and business organizations both individually and in a group setting.
- Strong communication skills are required. The incumbent must demonstrate skillful communication verbally and in writing to successfully interact with internal and external personnel with different levels of responsibility.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint and Word.