Director, Assistant General Counsel, JV/ASC Operations and Compliance

Novant Health

Overview: The Director, Assistant General Counsel, JV/ASC Operations and Compliance role provides legal advice and counsel in the areas of joint ventures and other endeavors related to Novant Health Enterprises, a division of Novant Health. This role supports operations and compliance of Novant’s joint ventures related to the provision of patient care outside of Novant’s main facilities. The ideal candidate has a blend of regulatory and transactional experience with a special focus on fraud and abuse and contracting related to transactions. This role reports and takes direction from the Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel over compliance and privacy. <br> Qualifications: <ul> <li><b>Education</b>: 4 Year / Bachelor’s Degree, required. Undergraduate Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university, required. Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school, required.</li> <li><b> Experience</b>: 7+ Years Experience in the Practice of Law, required. Previous experience in law or a healthcare setting, preferred.</li> <li><b> License/certifications</b>: Admission to the bar of at least one state or the District of Columbia, required. Admission to the bar of South Carolina, preferred.</li> <li><b> Additional skills required</b>: <ul> <li> 7-8+ years experience in the practice of law.</li> <li> Regulatory healthcare experience.</li> <li> Experience with the Anti-Kickback Statue (AKS), the Stark Law, and other regulations.</li> <li> Healthcare transactional experience (physician acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, etc.)</li> <li> Foundational knowledge of healthcare operations.</li> <li> Skills for problem solving, teamwork, and developing innovative solutions. Excellent communication skills required. Ability to handle unusual, demanding and unrelated tasks and strong organizational skills.</li> <li> Speed to Market: Effectively works in a fast-paced work environment to deliver results.</li> <li> Problem Solving: Strong analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.</li> <li> Judgment: Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.</li> </ul></li> <li><b> Additional Skills/Requirements (preferred)</b>: Experience with value-based arrangements, physician networks and clinically integrated networks.</li> </ul> Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Creates an environment that supports and respects diversity to promote creative problem solving.</li> <li>Respects and follows organizational policy and procedure, including rules of conduct.</li> <li>Responsible for helping to achieve goals defined by People &amp; Culture and Novant Health leadership. Constantly monitor progress and metrics toward meeting defined goals.</li> <li>Supports growth, development of initiatives, and overall performance of strategy. Demonstrates dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of stakeholders.</li> <li>Work alongside team members to monitor and evolve practices for continuous process improvement.</li> <li>Oversee specialized legal areas such as joint ventures, ambulatory surgery centers and other market/specialty specific programs and strategic partnerships;</li> <li>Develop policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the Provides reliable and well-researched advice on all manner matters</li> <li>Advises on specific health care issues such as HIPAA Privacy Rule, the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback statute, government and confidentiality issues.</li> <li>Reviews and prepares agreements and contracts</li> <li>Assists in the development of new policies, procedures and forms for the organization.</li> <li>Maintains professional competency, according to department policies, procedures, and protocols.</li> </ul> <p></p>
Posted
Practice Areas
Health Care
Specialties
Compliance/Regulatory, False Claims Act, HIPAA, Stark
Experience
7+ years
Type
Law Firm