Health Care Compliance

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• Have questions or need additional information?
  Please contact
• Diane M. Stahle, Compliance Officer
• 734-769-7357
• diane.stahle_at_va.gov
• Major StudyRegulatory issues, training and
  education, investigation methodology, auditing
  and monitoring, internal controls, mathematics,
  statistics, operations research, or course work
  that required the development or adaptation of
  compliance and business integrity programs and
  systems. Degrees in health care administration,
  related health services administration or health
  care compliance would adequately prepare
  candidates for this position.
• How to Apply
• Mail or e-mail a resume and college transcripts
  with cover letter to the contact listed below.
  Please reference position 60-07 on your cover
  letter. Military veterans should also include a
  copy of their Military Discharge Documentation
  (DD-214)
• Cover letters must be one page and include a
  brief narrative on experience, career interest
  and Grade Point Average.
• Carol Burgeson (05)
• Human Resources
• VA Ann Arbor Health Care System
• 2215 Fuller Road
• Ann Arbor, MI 48105

• VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
• Referral center for VA facilities/clinics in
  Michigan and northwest Ohio Active affiliation
  with University of Michigan Medical School 100
  Acute Care beds and 38 Extended Care beds three
  Community-based clinics in Toledo, Ohio, Flint,
  MI Jackson, MI) workforce of approximately
  1400 employees.
• Patients Served Over 42,000 veterans are treated
  annually at VAAAHS. Each year, VAAAHS discharges
  approximately 4,500 patients from the hospital
  and 350 patients from the extended care center,
  and provides over 278,000 outpatient visits.
• VAAAHS is a member of the Veterans Integrated
  Services Network (VISN) 11, which encompasses
  seven VA medical centers in Michigan, Indiana,
  and
• Illinois.

Health Care Compliance
Internship Program at the VA Ann Arbor Health
Care System
The Federal Government is an Equal Opportunity
Employer. Selection will be made without regard
to race, religion, color, sex, age, national
origin, marital status, non-disqualifying
physical handicaps, organizational affiliations,
or any other non-merit factor.
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• VA Ann Arbor Compliance Program
• The Compliance program at VA Ann Arbor Health
  Care System has been in existence for seven
  years. Our mission is to support the
  organization by providing guidance in business
  compliance decisions and to provide leadership
  with the data necessary to make informed
  decisions regarding the business of healthcare.
  We also assist the business operational units,
  including revenue, in performing their duties in
  a compliant and ethical manner.
• Duties include (among many others)
• Monitoring and auditing clinical and business
  functions for compliance with regulation and
  accuracy to prevent health care fraud and abuse
  due to improper billing, coding, and care
  documentation.
• Providing education to employees regarding the
  compliance program.
• Maintaining open lines of communication
  throughout the organization, enabling employees
  to report compliance issues to the proper
  individuals.
• Investigating potential compliance exceptions and
  providing possible corrective actions.
• Competitive Salary
• Compliance and Business Integrity
  InternGS-0671-7/9
• GS-7 38, 574 per year

• Internship Opportunity
• Interns will participate in a 2-year formal
  training and development program designed to
  provide them with important skills and
  competencies to progress to more responsible
  positions.
• Interns who successfully complete the training
  will be eligible to apply for full-time positions
  in the field or may be placed non-competitively
  in a position. Applicants will be required to
  sign a mobility agreement acknowledging they
  agree to relocate to a different VA medical
  center upon completion of training.
• Work will include
• Monitoring, maintaining, and supporting
  compliance program activities in a number of
  areas.
• Providing education to VA employees in the area
  of healthcare compliance.
• Auditing and Monitoring various programs and
  activities located at the medical center, to
  include healthcare billing, accounts receivable,
  coding, medical documentation, etc..
• The Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
  Compliance and Business Integrity (CBI) Program
  was implemented in 1999. The mission of the
  Office of Compliance and Business Integrity (CBI)
  is to serve as the principal VHA function
  advising the Office of the Under Secretary for
  Health in all matters relating to compliance and
  organizational integrity in the business arena.
  Toward this end, the CBI Office provides
  reasonable assurance that VHAs business
  operations follow all laws, regulations and
  policies that apply, and promotes standards of
  excellence in business practices.
• The VA Health Care System
• The VA is renown for its quality healthcare and
  customer satisfaction. The VA has one of the
  largest integrated computerized patient medical
  record systems in the world. VA Research is
  widely respected worldwide for its innovation and
  advancements in healthcare.

• During the program, interns can be promoted to a
  higher grade level after 1 year of comparable
  experience at the next lower grade, but not
  beyond the established promotion potential of the
  position.
• Upon successful completion of the program,
  interns will be eligible for conversion to a
  competitive Federal appointment.
• Federal Employment Benefits
• 10 paid Federal holidays.
• 13 days of paid annual leave (personal/vacation)
  for new employees.
• 13 days of paid sick leave per year with no limit
  on accumulation.
• Limited tuition reimbursement programs.
• Leave and retirement benefits are transferable
• to other Federal government jobs.
• Qualification Requirements
• APPLICANTS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS.
• GS-7Bachelors degree AND superior academic
  achievement (GPA ? 3.0) OR one full year of
  graduate level education.
• GS-9Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2
  full years of progressively higher level of
  education leading to such a degree.
• Eligible for consideration to next grade after
  1st year of Internship