Privacy Analyst I

R1 RCM Holdco Inc.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

R1 RCM Inc. is hiring a Privacy Analyst to protect PHI and ensure privacy compliance across federal, state, and international requirements.

The role focuses on incident handling, policy enforcement, and risk assessments within a hospital or health care setting. The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years of compliance/privacy experience, along with strong project management, research, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 2+ years compliance or data privacy experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to think strategically and analyze complex compliance issues.
• Strong research, writing and communication skills.
• High integrity and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Receive, investigate, and address data incidents and privacy compliance issues.
• Enforce privacy policies in collaboration with HR and legal counsel.
• Develop compliance metrics and reporting for privacy incidents.
• Collaborate with internal teams to drive privacy improvements.
• Support monitoring and education on federal, state, and international privacy requirements.
• Assist in annual compliance and risk assessments.
• Maintain focus on data protection and operational excellence to improve quality and customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to enhancements in the company’s Compliance & Ethics Program.
• Communicate with senior management and front-line teams, clients and vendors.

Skills

Privacy compliance

Data privacy

Policy interpretation

Project management

Research & writing

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

At R1, we’re transforming how healthcare works by combining nearly two decades of revenue cycle expertise with advanced technology, including analytics, AI, intelligent automation and workflow orchestration. We pair that technology with the irreplaceable expertise of our people to help hospitals, health systems and medical groups improve financial performance, simplify administrative complexity and create better experiences for patients and providers. All Together Better defines our culture and the way we work. We’re a diverse, global team united by a shared mission to make healthcare work better for all. Across technology, operations and support functions, our people bring deep expertise, empathy and ingenuity to the work we do. Here, collaboration fuels progress, adaptability sparks innovation and every voice can help shape what’s next for R1 and the future of healthcare.

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”).

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.

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
• 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

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.

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 To learn more, visit: R1RCM.com

Visit us on Facebook 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.