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Posted: 29-Aug-25
Location: Morrisville, North Carolina
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Internal Number: 9999-INFOR-188586
Description
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Summary:
The Compliance and Privacy Program Manager will be assigned to support one of the following areas within the Compliance and Privacy Program: Hospital Compliance, Physician Compliance, or Privacy Services. Under the supervision and direction of senior leadership, the Compliance and Privacy Program Manager implements the essential elements of UNC Health?s systemwide Compliance and Privacy Program, such as educating and training teammates, investigating actual or potential misconduct, conducting audits, monitoring ongoing risks to the organization, and developing policy guidelines. Responsibilities will also include but are not limited to facilitating management responses to audit findings, coordinating and leading governance and oversight committee meetings, advising network entity leadership and management, assessing and mitigating network entity risks, and providing such other professional services as may be directed by senior leaders.
Responsibilities:
The Compliance and Privacy Program Manager will play a critical role in overseeing and coordinating initiatives related to regulatory requirements, privacy protection, and/or ethical standards within UNC Health:
- Leads the day-to-day operations of UNC Health?s Hospital Compliance, Physician Compliance, or Privacy Services program, ensuring that all activities are aligned with legal requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies.
- Develops, implements, and monitors compliance or privacy initiatives to ensure they meet regulatory standards and mitigate risk.
- Ensures timely identification, reporting, and resolution of compliance or privacy issues across the organization.
- Promotes adherence to local, state, and federal regulations such as HIPAA, HITECH, and other relevant healthcare laws.
- Monitors changes in healthcare regulations and provide updates and guidance to leadership and teammates.
- Oversees the development and maintenance of policies and procedures that support UNC Health?s compliance with relevant healthcare laws.
- Conducts regular assessments to identify areas of risk within UNC Health?s practices related to compliance or privacy.
- Implements risk mitigation strategies and act as the key liaison for any compliance audits or investigations.
- Designs, implements, and manages training programs for UNC Health teammates on compliance, privacy, and/or ethics topics.
- Coordinates and provides ongoing education to senior leadership, clinical teammates, and other departments as needed.
- Develops and maintains a compliance or privacy monitoring plan, including audits, internal investigations, and reviews of health system practices.
- Tracks and reports on program performance metrics and issues related to compliance or privacy to senior leadership and regulatory bodies.
- Collaborates with the internal audit and legal departments to promote compliance with external regulatory requirements. Collaborates with various departments including Legal, ISD, Risk Management, and others to ensure cohesive program management and adherence to compliance or privacy policies.
- Facilitates communication between departments to resolve compliance-related concerns and support the integration of privacy and security standards across all operations.
- Leads efforts to continuously improve the compliance or privacy program through feedback from audits, assessments, and teammate suggestions.
- Stays current on best practices and trends within healthcare compliance and privacy and apply them to the Compliance and Privacy Program.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
? Associate?s OR Bachelor?s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
? Health care compliance certification required within two (2) years of employment ( e.g., CHC; CHPC; CPC; etc.)
Professional Experience Requirements:
? If Master?s degree, three (3) years of experience in health care, audit, coding, revenue cycle, legal, privacy, regulatory compliance, and/or other relevant experience.
? If Bachelor's degree, five (5) years of experience in health care, audit, coding, revenue cycle, legal, privacy, regulatory compliance, and/or other relevant experience.
? If Associate's degree, seven (7) years of experience in health care, audit, coding, revenue cycle, legal, privacy, regulatory compliance, and/or other relevant experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
? Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to lead complex project initiatives, develop and implement program strategies, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Thorough knowledge of health care regulations, principles, concepts and practices; Ability to be flexible in accordance with business needs; Ability to provide strategic advice, develop options, analyze risks, make good judgements, and solve problems; Able to develop highly effective working relationships by building credibility, respect and rapport with internal and external customers; Able to effectively and creatively challenge people, situations and current thinking; Proven ability to secure and analyze a range of quantitative and qualitative information and use this in developing strategies, plans, policies and solutions that meet individual and organizational needs; Computer skills including Outlook, Word, Excel.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: Hospital Compliance
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.