Job Description
COMPANY OVERVIEW Kinex Medical Company is an orthopedic specialty medical equipment company dedicated to improving patient outcomes through innovative products and comprehensive healthcare services. We are committed to supporting patients, healthcare providers, and insurance companies with quality solutions and exceptional service. SUMMARY The CCO is responsible for the overall implementation, monitoring and operation of the Compliance Program, including all updates as necessary, identifying and assessing areas of compliance risk for the organization; communicating the importance of the Compliance Program to executive leadership and the Board of Directors; preparing and distributing the written Code of Conduct setting forth the ethical principles and policies which are the basis of the Compliance Program; developing and implementing targeted education and training programs addressing compliance in the Code of Conduct; operating the retaliation-free internal reporting process, including an anonymous telephone and online reporting system; collaborating with executive management to effectively incorporate the Compliance Program within system operations and programs and to carry out the responsibilities of the position. The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this position. The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Supervise and evaluate all Compliance Department positions REQUIRED KEYS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Duties & Responsibilities · Ensuring that the Compliance Program effectively prevents and/or detects violations of law, regulations, organization policies, and the Code of Conduct · Regularly reviewing the Compliance Program and recommending appropriate revisions and modifications, including advising administrative leadership and the Board of Directors of potential compliance risk areas · Coordinating resources to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of the Compliance Program · Operating the retaliation-free reporting channels, including an anonymous telephone and reporting system available to all employees, distributors and agents · Developing targeted educational and training programs for all employees, agents, and others working with the organization · Developing targeting education materials for ordering clinicians, as needed · Ensuring that the internal controls are capable of preventing and detecting significant instances or patterns of illegal unethical or improper conduct by employees, agents or others working with the organization · Ensuring that the system has effective mechanisms to reasonably determine that persons either promoted to or hired in management and certain other sensitive and/or responsible positions do not have a propensity to violate federal or state laws and regulations or engage in improper or unethical conduct in their designated areas of responsibility · Providing input and/or direction to Human Resources policies and procedures in the performance appraisal and incentive programs to ensure that improper conduct is discouraged and that support of any conformity with the Compliance Program is part of any performance evaluation process for all employees · Coordinating with Human Resources to ensure that all directors, owners, employees, contractors, and medical staff, if applicable, are screened before appointment or engagement and monthly thereafter against the List of Excluded Individuals or Entities (LEIE) and publicly available state Medicaid program exclusion lists (Exclusion Lists) · Coordinating with all relevant organization departments and functions (e.g., internal audit, finance, contracting, revenue cycle management) to develop work plans for reviewing, monitoring, and auditing compliance risks · Coordinating as appropriate with outside legal counsel conducting or authorizing and overseeing investigations of matters that merit investigation under the Compliance Program · Overseeing follow-up and, as applicable, resolution to investigations and other issues generated by the Compliance Program, including development of corrective action plans as needed · Tracking all issues referred to the compliance office · Developing productive working relationships with all levels of management · Presenting periodic and annual reports on the Compliance Program to the Board of Directors · Developing and implementing, with the approval of executive management and the Board of Directors, an annual review of an update to the Compliance Plan · Reporting on a regular basis to the Executive Compliance Committee on matters involving the Compliance Program. Additionally, the CCO at his/her discretion is expected to regularly report issues to the CEO and Board of Directors · Working wit
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