[3 Days Left] Privacy Program Specialist, Consultant
Company: Blue Shield of California
Location: Long Beach
Posted on: July 8, 2025
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Job Description:
Your Role The Privacy Office is responsible for development,
implementation, and oversight of Blue Shield’s Privacy Program. The
Privacy Program ensures that Blue Shield and its affiliated covered
entities, including Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan,
are in compliance with state and federal privacy laws and
regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH),
and California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA).
The Privacy Program Specialist, Consultant reports to the Privacy
Office Sr. Manager and plays an essential role in advancing and
enforcing Blue Shield’s Privacy Program. Your Work In this role,
you will: - Be responsible for the oversight of Blue Shield's
compliance with state and federal privacy laws, including the
privacy component of HIPAA and HITECH - Respond to privacy
complaints and incidents reported to the Privacy Office, lead
assigned privacy investigations, timely and accurately document
case files, direct investigations into root cause analysis, address
mitigation, and work with impacted business units to develop and
complete corrective action for remediation and to minimize risk of
recurrence - Consult with internal clients to review and provide
privacy guidance about proposed projects and initiatives and serve
as a privacy subject matter expert - Respond to privacy-related
requests and inquiries - Develop and assist with the implementation
of workforce privacy training programs, privacy policies,
desk-level procedures, resource guides, job aids, and other
educational tools - Act as a liaison with regulatory enforcement
agencies to address technical assistance letters, investigation
compliance reviews, audits, and other related reviews - Assist,
evaluate, and determine appropriateness of ad hoc requests from
internal clients to disclose protected health information (PHI) to
third parties and/or to allow third parties access to, or use of,
Blue Shield PHI Your Knowledge and Experience - Requires a
bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - Requires at least 7
years of prior relevant experience - Requires prior experience in
healthcare privacy, cybersecurity incident management,
investigative services, or another related field - Requires a solid
understanding of state and federal privacy laws, including
HIPAA/HITECH, CMIA, and privacy-related consumer protections laws,
such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as
knowledge of Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) privacy
requirements for Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Plans and Centers for
Medicare or Medi-Cal and Medicaid (CMS) Medicare or Medi-Cal
Managed Care Plans - Excellent organizational skills and strong
independent judgment, problem-solving, critical and analytical
thinking skills, including an exceptional “moral compass” and work
ethic - Ability to work collaboratively in a team, perform duties
with minimal supervision, multi-task, and to deliver a quality work
product in a highly regulated, demanding, and constantly changing
corporate environment - Proficient in Microsoft Word, Access,
Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook - Privacy healthcare-related
experience that includes a familiarity with Privacy Impact
Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments; auditing and
monitoring; investigating, managing, and reporting privacy
incidents; health information management - CIPP/US Certification or
HCCA CHPC Certification preferred - Experience and knowledge of
compliance or privacy incident management software
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