Compliance & Contract Analyst – Remote/Nationwide

About You

You are a person who is passionate about for assisting in the development, implementation, and coordination of a comprehensive and robust compliance, privacy and contract program. In the role of Compliance & Contract Analyst, you will be responsible for compliance audits, research laws and regulations, analyze data, prepare reports, monitor potential risks, and work collaboratively with management to correct and mitigate identified concerns. This position is also responsible for supporting contracting efforts in drafting, negotiating, and executing contracts with clients, vendors, and partners.

The Compliance and Contract Analyst should be professional and self-motivated with a keen interest in the ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of a business. Top candidates will be detailed-oriented, well organized, exhibit strong problem-solving and communication skills, work comfortably under pressure, deliver on tight deadlines, possess excellent documentation and report writing skills and have the ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Tell us about your experience with Compliance & Contract Analyst.
• Are you a team player and a self-motivator?
• What is your experience with conducting business in a way that is credit to a company?
• We are counting on you to manage multiple projects using your problem-solving skills.
• We are looking for someone UNCOMMON. What is uncommon about you?

Are you highly committed? Are you team-oriented? Do you value professionalism, trust, honesty, and integrity? If so, we cannot wait to meet you.

About The Position

Audits and Assessments:

• Complete and document performance of Compliance and Privacy related audits and risk assessments. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to ADA, OSHA, EEOC Compliance, PHI/PII, unauthorized disclosures, mitigation of disclosures, right to access information, employee sanctions and trends/patterns analysis.
• Identify compliance and Privacy related risk areas and conduct audits of such risk areas, and make recommendations based upon audit findings
• Oversee vendor management program and audit subcontractor/vendor access to PHI and report to the VP of Contracts and Compliance.

Policies and Procedures

• Independently develop policies and procedures, review policies, and perform a quality assessment of policies in preparation for approvals.
• Review policies to ensure they are accurate, clear, concise, grammatically correct, and not in conflict with other polices.
• Support policy authors with policy related questions.
• Collaboratively manage the policy record system. This includes storing and recording current policies, maintaining a policy log and archiving retired policies.
• Facilitate Policy Subcommittee meetings and work with policy owners on making edits and revisions to policies.

Privacy Violations, Investigations and Mitigation

• Receive and timely investigate and respond to complaints or reports requiring Privacy investigation.
• Collaborate with Talent Operations, management, and operations regarding compliance complaints, investigations, and resolutions.
• Coordinate with the VP of Contracts and Compliance to determine if communication with a customer about a Privacy related incident is required. If so, work with VP of Compliance and Contracts to communicate required information to the customer.
• Ensures all Privacy-related complaints and dispositions are appropriately documented.

Compliance Investigations and Mitigation

• Receive and timely investigate and respond to complaints or reports requiring compliance investigation.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, management, and operations regarding compliance complaints, investigations, and resolutions.
• Coordinate with the VP of Contracts and Compliance to determine if communication with a customer about a Compliance related incident is required. If so, work with VP of Compliance and Contracts to communicate required information to the customer.
• Ensures all Compliance-related complaints and dispositions are appropriately documented.

Business Associate Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and Invoicing

• Collaborate with Contracting Team to draft and log Business Associate Agreements.
• Contact Customers/clients and conduct annual Business Associate Agreement Attestations for critical vendors.
• Collaborate with Contracting Team to draft and log Non-Disclosure Agreements.
• Provide report to VP of Contracts and Compliance the number of BAA and NDAs for discussion in the CCC.
• Manage, log and store Invoices as it relates to Compliance and Contract functions.

Compliance Ticketing System:

• Collaborate with IT Compliance to oversee and monitor Compliance ticketing system including opening and closing tickets, assigning responsible persons to respond to inquiries, resolving tickets, tracking and managing incidents within the Application.

Records Management and Requests for Access to PHI:

• Oversee Records Management program and including records administrators to assist with the retention and maintenance of records across the organization.
• Assist in response to external requests for records and audits.
• Works in conjunction with the VP of Contracts and Compliance to oversee records data management duties on the right to access requirements, subpoena, and/or court orders parameters prior to the release of information, accounting of release of information and right to amend or restrict PHI requests.
• Collaborate as necessary regarding retention and release of information.

Corporate Compliance Committee:

• Responsible for preparation of materials for the Corporate Compliance Committee.
• Plan annual Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week.

Contract Duties

• Draft, review and negotiate Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Draft, review, edit and negotiate Business Associate Agreements
• Monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with contractual obligations and regulatory standards.
• Assist in the drafting, negotiation, and execution of contracts with clients, vendors, and partners
• Identify potential risks or discrepancies in contracts and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support contract management processes.
• Conduct periodic audits to verify compliance with contractual terms and applicable laws.
• Stay informed about changes in relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards affecting contractual obligations.
• Prepare reports and summaries on compliance status and contractual activities for management review.

Other duties as assigned.

Miminimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business or healthcare administration, regulatory compliance, or related area, from an accredited college or university or advanced degree (Preferred)
• 5+ years’ experience in healthcare compliance, Privacy, auditing, investigation management, quality, or related experience gained through working in a medical or clinical role.
• 5+ years’ experience in contract lifecycle management
• Comprehensive understanding of state and federal healthcare laws and regulations. (hands on experience preferred)
• Comprehensive and robust knowledge related to health care fraud and abuse laws including Stark, Anti-kickback and the False Claims Act, HIPAA, HITECH, and 42 CFR Part 2.
• Proficient in drafting and updating corporate policies and procedures.

• Must possess strong ability to review, analyze and summarize existing & potential Business Associate Agreements and Non-Disclosure Agreements and provide succinct meaningful feedback, questions and recommendations to teams and management.

• Assist associates with various contract and subcontract questions, conduct research and provide timely responses.
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

• Manage and support special projects as assigned and engage professionally with executive leadership daily and function in a team-oriented environment.

• CHPC/CHC strongly preferred or ability to obtain within one year of hire.

Preferred Requirements:

• Able to follow directions and work independently.
• Concurrently handle multiple tasks and carry out multiple short- and long-term projects.
• Able to set and change priorities quickly as the situation warrants.
• Perform detailed work accurately and take initiative to learn new tasks.
• Strong analytic, critical thinking, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Consistently demonstrate a high standard of personal and professional conduct, ethics, objectivity, judgment, and discretion.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage highly sensitive information with discretion.
• Act as a team leader for small projects or work groups.
• Ability to communicate clearly, tactfully, and professionally both orally and in writing.
• Intermediate proficiency with Office 365 applications.

About Us

You are uncommon. We are, too. We are looking for people to help us in our mission of working hard at lowering healthcare administrative costs for federal government agencies, payers, and providers. At Signature, our mission is to improve the health of our clients’ business and make the lives of the people we work with better. As we continue to experience exponential growth, we are looking for uncommon individuals to enhance our vision. We will continue to accomplish our mission by leading with our values of Passion, Courage, Integrity, and Respect in all interactions, making us a consistent annual Best Places to Work organization. We need uncommon leaders with uncommon qualities to shape our uncommon culture and achieve our uncommon mission.

About the Benefits

When you are a member of Signature Performance, you are a part of a solutions-based organization where the values of passion, integrity, courage, and respect are the driving forces behind all our decision-making. We trust you to do important work and bring the best version of yourself to work every day, so we want to help you achieve a work-life balance while consistently challenging yourself. Signature believes in fully developing each one of our Associates. Our performance-driven philosophy boasts competitive pay and additional position specific incentives, where world-class training and development, resources, and events drive our award-winning culture where everyone thrives.

• Health Insurance
• Fully Paid Life Insurance
• Fully Paid Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Professional Development and Tuition Assistance Program
• 401(k) Program with Employer Match

• U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizenship is required for this position.
• All work on all positions at Signature Performance must be completed in the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii.