The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services has in recent months been expanding its health information privacy enforcement staff.
The office again is looking to fill two senior health information privacy outreach specialist positions. The role promotes compliance with the HIPAA privacy rule and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Act. The office in recent days also assumed enforcement responsibility for the HIPAA security rule.
Both positions are at government employment grade level of 15 and offer a salary of $120,830 to $153,200. More information is available at usajobs.gov. Enter the job announcement numbers HHS-OS-14-2009-0003 DE and HHS-OS-14-2009-0004 MP.
--Joseph Goedert
AUG 12, 2009 11:20am ET
HHS Hiring Privacy Officers
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