Healthcare Regulatory Associate

Jobot; Pine Brook (NJ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot in New Jersey/New York seeks an experienced Healthcare Regulatory Associate to join a specialized healthcare and life sciences practice. You will advise on federal and state regulations, draft and negotiate diverse healthcare agreements, and collaborate with senior attorneys on complex enforcement, reimbursement, and corporate matters.

You will advise providers and organizations, manage multi-matter workflows, and develop compliance programs while interacting with executives and compliance

Qualifications

• Meaningful healthcare regulatory experience gained at a law firm, government agency, healthcare organization, or comparable legal environment.
• Experience with several of the following: Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, False Claims Act, corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting restrictions, Medicare and Medicaid, healthcare licensing, provider enrollment, reimbursement and payor matters, HIPAA and healthcare privacy, healthcare transactions.
• Strong legal research, writing, drafting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to understand complex healthcare business arrangements and provide practical, business-oriented advice.
• Strong client-service skills and comfort communicating directly with healthcare executives, providers, compliance personnel, and business owners.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Advise healthcare providers and businesses on federal and state regulatory requirements.
• Counsel clients regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, False Claims Act, fee-splitting restrictions, and corporate practice of medicine requirements.
• Analyze proposed healthcare business arrangements and recommend compliant structures.
• Draft and negotiate physician employment agreements, professional services agreements, management services agreements, medical director agreements, vendor agreements, and other healthcare contracts.
• Advise physician groups, medical practices, pharmacies, laboratories, ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health organizations, telehealth companies, and other healthcare entities.
• Counsel clients on provider enrollment, credentialing, reimbursement, billing compliance, overpayments, audits, recoupments, and payor disputes.
• Assist with healthcare transactions, including regulatory due diligence, change-of-ownership matters, licensing, entity structuring, and post-closing integration.
• Advise on HIPAA, HITECH, business associate agreements, privacy, data use, and information-sharing requirements.
• Develop and assess compliance programs, policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Conduct internal compliance reviews and investigations.
• Advise clients regarding voluntary disclosures, self-disclosures, and responses to government inquiries.
• Prepare legal memoranda, regulatory analyses, client alerts, policies, agreements, and other client-facing work product.
• Monitor developments in federal and state healthcare laws and provide practical guidance to clients.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys across healthcare litigation, corporate, employment, pharmacy, reimbursement, and life sciences practices.

Job description

Job details:

Salary: $200,000 - $320,000 per year

A bit about us:

Healthcare Regulatory Associate

New Jersey / New York

A nationally recognized healthcare and life sciences law firm is seeking an experienced Healthcare Regulatory Associate to join its growing practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who wants to build a sophisticated, highly specialized practice advising healthcare providers, organizations, investors, and businesses on complex regulatory, transactional, reimbursement, compliance, and enforcement matters.

The successful candidate will work closely with experienced healthcare attorneys and have meaningful client contact, substantive responsibility, and exposure to matters involving federal and state healthcare regulations, business structuring, fraud and abuse, licensing, reimbursement, and government investigations.

Why join us?

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This role offers the opportunity to join a law firm whose platform is specifically built around healthcare and life sciences rather than treating healthcare as a small component of a broader general practice.

Expectations:

• A highly concentrated healthcare regulatory practice.
• Substantive work involving healthcare business models, compliance, reimbursement, and transactions.
• Direct access to experienced healthcare attorneys.
• Significant client contact and opportunities to develop trusted advisory relationships.
• Exposure to a broad range of healthcare providers and emerging healthcare businesses.
• The ability to develop deep expertise in fraud and abuse, licensing, reimbursement, privacy, and transactional healthcare matters.
• Meaningful drafting and counseling responsibility.
• Strong opportunities for professional development and long-term advancement.
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment that values initiative and subject-matter expertise.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range is approximately $200,000–$325,000, depending on experience, qualifications, practice depth, market considerations, and the overall strength of the candidate’s background.

Additional compensation and benefits may also be available.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Advise healthcare providers and businesses on federal and state regulatory requirements.
• Counsel clients regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, False Claims Act, fee-splitting restrictions, and corporate practice of medicine requirements.
• Analyze proposed healthcare business arrangements and recommend compliant structures.
• Draft and negotiate physician employment agreements, professional services agreements, management services agreements, medical director agreements, vendor agreements, and other healthcare contracts.
• Advise physician groups, medical practices, pharmacies, laboratories, ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health organizations, telehealth companies, and other healthcare entities.
• Counsel clients on provider enrollment, credentialing, reimbursement, billing compliance, overpayments, audits, recoupments, and payor disputes.
• Assist with healthcare transactions, including regulatory due diligence, change-of-ownership matters, licensing, entity structuring, and post-closing integration.
• Advise on HIPAA, HITECH, business associate agreements, privacy, data use, and information-sharing requirements.
• Develop and assess compliance programs, policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Conduct internal compliance reviews and investigations.
• Advise clients regarding voluntary disclosures, self-disclosures, and responses to government inquiries.
• Prepare legal memoranda, regulatory analyses, client alerts, policies, agreements, and other client-facing work product.
• Monitor developments in federal and state healthcare laws and provide practical guidance to clients.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys across healthcare litigation, corporate, employment, pharmacy, reimbursement, and life sciences practices.

Qualifications

Meaningful healthcare regulatory experience gained at a law firm, government agency, healthcare organization, or comparable legal environment.

Experience with several of the following:

• Anti-Kickback Statute
• Stark Law
• False Claims Act
• Corporate practice of medicine
• Fee-splitting restrictions
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Healthcare licensing
• Provider enrollment
• Reimbursement and payor matters
• HIPAA and healthcare privacy
• Healthcare transactions

Strong legal research, writing, drafting, analytical, and communication skills.

Ability to understand complex healthcare business arrangements and provide practical, business-oriented advice.

Strong client-service skills and comfort communicating directly with healthcare executives, providers, compliance personnel, and business owners.

Ability to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines.

Excellent judgment, attention to detail, and organizational skills.

New Jersey Bar admission is required or must be obtainable promptly. New York admission is helpful.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.