Health Care Litigation Associate Attorney

Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Best & Krieger LLP in California seeks an associate with 3+ years of health care litigation experience to advise health plans and hospitals on regulatory, reimbursement, privacy, and contracting matters.

Candidates must be admitted to the California bar; Nevada bar is a plus or willingness to take the Nevada bar exam. Salary range is $127,500 – $185,000, with actual pay depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice in California.
• Nevada bar a plus or willingness to take the Nevada bar exam.
• 3+ years of health care litigation experience.
• Experience with health care regulatory matters and reimbursement disputes.

Responsibilities

• Litigate health care reimbursement and regulatory matters, including arbitration and litigation.
• Advise on health information privacy, contracts, and payer-provider disputes.
• Support Medi-Cal managed care and health care operations issues.

Job description

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BBK is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago. Today, with nearly 250 attorneys in offices throughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BBK, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to culture, community and equal opportunity. We are proud of our workplace culture, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

We have an immediate opening for a health care attorney with at least 3 years of litigation experience and an interest in health care law to help deliver effective solutions to complex legal issues facing clients that administer or provide health care services. Our health care clients primarily include health plans and hospitals. The health care team at BBK advises on a broad array of health care legal matters, including health care regulatory and compliance matters, health care reimbursement, health care operations, health information privacy and security, Medi-Cal managed care, provider and vendor contracting, payer-provider disputes, and mergers and acquisitions. Ideal candidates will have knowledge and experience litigating health care reimbursement and regulatory compliance matters, including arbitration and litigation of reimbursement disputes. Public agency experience and experience with health care regulatory matters related to public health care providers and Medi-Cal a plus. Candidates must be admitted to practice in California. The ideal candidate will also be admitted in Nevada, or willing to take the Nevada bar exam.

The reasonably expected pay scale for this position seeking an associate with 3 or more years of experience is $127,500 - $185,000. The actual salary within that range will depend on the selected candidate’s years of practice and experience.

Best Best & Krieger is an equal opportunity employer.