Privacy Analyst I

R1 RCM, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 54,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

R1 RCM, Inc. is seeking a Privacy Analyst to join its privacy team remotely in the U.S. You will assess, monitor, investigate, educate on, and promote compliance with HIPAA and other privacy requirements across the organization.

This role focuses on data incidents, policy enforcement, and continuous improvement of the privacy program, collaborating with HR, Legal, and various service lines to safeguard PHI.

Qualifications

• At least two years of compliance experience, including privacy.
• Experience with HIPAA or healthcare privacy preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex compliance issues.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• High integrity and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating, and taking action on data incidents and issues concerning privacy compliance.
• Ensuring consistent application of sanctions for privacy policy breaches.
• Developing privacy metrics and reporting to monitor incidents and compliance.
• Collaborating with internal teams to remediate privacy and compliance gaps.
• Promoting awareness and training on privacy regulations.
• Assisting in annual compliance and risk assessments.
• Maintaining focus on data protection and customer privacy.

Skills

Compliance experience

Data privacy

Project management

Strategic thinking

Research & writing

Communication skills

Integrity & discretion

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Remote, USA

Full time

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R1 is the leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems and medical groups. We are the one company that combines the deep expertise of a global workforce of revenue cycle professionals with the industry’s most advanced technology platform, encompassing sophisticated analytics, AI, intelligent automation, and workflow orchestration.

The Privacy Analyst will have experience with health information privacy (including, but not limited to, HIPAA), healthcare compliance, regulatory analysis and interpretation, and/or compliance investigations.

The successful candidate will work with the other members of the R1 privacy team by assessing, monitoring, investigating, educating on, and promoting compliance with all federal and state data and information privacy requirements and addressing client and operational practices.

Further, this candidate will support R1’s comprehensive strategy and growth plans in helping to ensure that the company exhibits and maintains a robust privacy compliance program in safeguarding Protected Health Information (“PHI”).

Responsibilities:

• Receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating, and taking action on data incidents and issues concerning compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations and/or the Company’s privacy policies and procedures;

• Ensuring consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply with privacy policies in cooperation with others on the R1 privacy team, Human Resources and legal counsel, as applicable;

• Developing compliance-based metrics and reporting mechanisms to track privacy and data incident concerns as reported into or otherwise identified by compliance;

• Working with internal teams to remediate any activities for continuous privacy improvement, including managing projects for privacy and compliance enhancement;

• Supporting the Company’s proactive efforts to monitor, educate on, and promote compliance with all federal, state, and international privacy requirements;

• Assisting in annual compliance and risk assessments;

• Maintaining focus on operational excellence through risk mitigation and protection of data to improve quality and customer satisfaction;

• Assisting in development of and enhancements to the company’s Compliance & Ethics Program;

• Demonstrating ability and comfort working with and reporting to a broad spectrum of service lines and professionals, ranging from senior management to front line site and service leaders, including clients and vendors; and

• Flexibly assisting in other areas of concern to the compliance team to benefit the Company’s privacy posture.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree is Required

• At least two (2) years compliance experience, including data and information privacy experience, preferably in a hospital or health care environment, or within the health care industry more broadly

• Excellent project management skills

• Ability to think strategically and analyze complex compliance issues

• Proven research, writing and communication skills

• High degree of integrity, trust and ability to work independently

• Professional, ethical and discrete in maintaining proprietary and confidential information

For this US-based position, the base pay range is $53,606.00 - $79,233.51 per year . Individual pay is determined by role, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

The healthcare system is always evolving — and it’s up to us to use our shared expertise to find new solutions that can keep up. On our growing team you’ll find the opportunity to constantly learn, collaborate across groups and explore new paths for your career.

Our associates are given the chance to contribute, think boldly and create meaningful work that makes a difference in the communities we serve around the world. We go beyond expectations in everything we do. Not only does that drive customer success and improve patient care, but that same enthusiasm is applied to giving back to the community and taking care of our team — including offering a competitive benefits package. (http://go.r1rcm.com/benefits)

R1 RCM Inc. (“the Company”) is dedicated to the fundamentals of equal employment opportunity. The Company’s employment practices , including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any person’s age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the Company is dedicated to providing a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing protected categories.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at 312-496-7709 for assistance.

CA PRIVACY NOTICE: California resident job applicants can learn more about their privacy rights California Consent (https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4941928/California%20Consent%20Notice.pdf)

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R1 is the leader in healthcare revenue management, helping providers achieve new levels of performance through smart orchestration. A pioneer in the industry, R1 created the first Healthcare Revenue Operating System: a modular, intelligent platform that integrates automation, AI, and human expertise to strengthen the entire revenue cycle. With more than 20 years of experience, R1 partners with 1,000 providers, including 95 of the top 100 U.S. health systems, and handles over 270 million payer transactions annually. This scale provides unmatched operational insight to help healthcare organizations unlock greater long-term value. To learn more, visit: https://www.r1rcm.com .