Fraud Waste and Abuse; FWA Program Manager

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The FWA Program Manager will be primarily responsible for the design, implementation, and management of the company’s FWA Program, providing expertise to staff in developing processes for tracking, investigating, and managing suspected FWA complaints. The role will analyze, report and monitor the FWA prevention efforts and provide recommendations to leadership on matters related to FWA compliance. The program manager will track and report company activities to ensure compliance with state and federal FWA requirements.

• In collaboration with the Corporate Compliance Officer and other business unit leaders, build and maintain a structure around an FWA and payment integrity program supported by policies, processes, procedures, workflows, and technology. Develop and maintain FWA policies and procedures and implement a comprehensive FWA program.
• Chair the Program Integrity Committee and collaborate on the development of the annual work plan which will outline and detail the annual FWA audit and monitoring plan.
• Develop and maintain an FWA log and tracking system.
• Proactively and independently researches FWA issues and effectively employ investigative resources/techniques.
• Maximize the recoveries and avoidance for Medicare and Medicaid claims payments with a demonstrated ability to achieve results.
• Work to develop prospective and retrospective fraud and abuse detection, investigation, recovery and avoidance through the use of data sources for data mining and analytics to proactively seek out outlying claims activities and investigate for fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Develop, translate, and execute strategies or functional/operational objectives for the company with regard to fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Responsible for notification of MEDIC of potential fraud activities.
• Responsible for notification of state and other federal agencies of potential fraud activities.
• Assist in the development and presentation of FWA training presentations.
• Serve as primary point of contact for external oversight agencies to include the MEDIC and OHA Medicaid Fraud Unit.
• Serve as a member of the Corporate Compliance Committee reporting on FWA matters across all lines of business.
• Responsible for creating and presenting FWA reports to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board.
• Manage and oversee the preparation and submission of FWA regulatory reporting requirements to CMS and OHA.
• Regularly attend fraud related meetings with OHA.
• Responsible for oversight, management, development, implementation, and communication of the FWA program.

• Participate in compliance initiatives as needed.
• Perform day‑to‑day tasks of the compliance department as needed.
• Meet department and company performance and attendance expectations.
• Follow the Pacific Source privacy policy and HIPAA laws and regulations concerning confidentiality and security of protected health information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Experience: Minimum of 8 years related experience in fraud, waste, and abuse investigations, payment integrity processes, and data mining and analysis of health care claims. Minimum of 4 years of experience implementing or maintaining a fraud, waste, and abuse and payment integrity program in health care. Experience with regulatory agency reporting and interaction as it…