Kevin G. Mccaslin, M.J. Email & Phone Number

Walnut Creek, California, Us

Walnut Creek, California, Us

Walnut Creek, California, Us

As the Director, Privacy Program, I provide guidance in the area of privacy and security compliance at all levels of the organization. I am accountable for researching and addressing highly complex privacy and security issues for compliance with relevant state/federal regulations and industry standards. As the designated Privacy Official, I participate in the resolution of conflicting privacy and/or security interests while ensuring our policies, values, practices, and mission are upheld.Other areas of responsibility:-General HR, Labor and Compliance State and Federal Legal/Regulatory Guidance-Vendor Risk Governance & Contract Management-Policy Management-Intellectual Property Process & Management

Provide clients with guidance on complying with federal and state regulations in information privacy and security while meeting the unique needs of their businesses and customers/patients.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Drove the compliance strategies, policies, procedures, and processes across 79 hospitals and ~470 physician practices in 4 regions and 14 states, encompassing 130,000+ employees. Led a team of 4 Regional Privacy Officers and 1 Market Privacy Officer. Integral role in developing compliance planning and risk monitoring activities. Managed communications and problem resolution with federal and state government and Office for Civil Rights (OCR). - Advanced compliance reporting operations by developing a privacy and security issue tracking system that included automated breach risk assessment, breach notification, and OCR reporting. - Empowered employees, Regional Privacy and Security Officers, and corporate executives to understand and adhere to compliance practices by providing thought leadership, compliance education, and training. - Created a process that protected employees from retaliation against reporting infractions, garnering recognition from the former CCO for improving compliance reporting. - Strengthened the organization’s standing with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) by forestalling a hardware-related obstacle to compliance, developing related training, and partnering with marketing to drive an awareness campaign.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Coached and mentored team members in leading the daily operations of the compliance department. Oversaw operational performance analyses. - Empowered senior management in strategic planning by optimizing data retrieval, data analysis, and reporting functions. - Advanced reporting, auditing, and monitoring operations by developing and executing a system to analyze compliance and audit data. - Analyzed data from multiple systems to identify enterprise trends and risks.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Managed compliance systems and the compliance reporting and analytical functions across CIA, Stark/Anti-Kickback, Research, Coding, Billing, Training, Conflicts of Interest, and Ethics Action Line. - Fostered compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) by creating an electronic tracking process. - Drove the transition to new compliance tracking system.- Created a reporting scoring tool to facilitate compliance issue reporting.- Provided information privacy and security compliance thought leadership to Board of Directors.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Led federal or state government investigations pertaining to privacy or security in collaboration with Tenet’s Information Privacy & Security Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel. Continuously ensured the timely resolution of reported compliance issues. Delivered quality training to personnel while ensuring that proper information security clearance is maintained and contributed to the execution of Privacy & Security policies and procedures. Performed comprehensive information security risk assessments. Played an instrumental role in promoting activities to enhance enterprise-wide information security awareness. Conducted reviews of all system-related security plans throughout the organization's network.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Assisted in the development of standard HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures, as well as pertinent training. Provided oversight to the Legal Audit Team, coordinated hospital audits, and maintained the Legal Audit module in the centralized incident database. Formulated solutions to streamline the Legal Audit process. Functioned as a liaison between the Law Department and technical staff.

Master Of Jurisprudence (Mj), Health Law

Bs, Information Systems