Healthcare Regulatory Associate

The role

This person will advise healthcare provider clients on regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. They will work with a team of healthcare attorneys in the Raleigh office.

What you will do

• Analyze and advise on state and federal laws impacting healthcare provider organizations.
• Provide guidance on hospital and health system operational compliance issues.
• Assist clients in developing and implementing compliance strategies.
• Conduct regulatory diligence in connection with healthcare transactions.
• Research and analyze complex healthcare regulatory issues.
• Prepare memoranda, client alerts, and other written work product.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys across practice groups.
• Maintain direct client contact and develop business-oriented solutions.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active and in good standing with the local state Bar, or eligible to waive in.
• 3-6 years of substantive healthcare regulatory experience at a law firm.
• Experience advising provider-side healthcare clients.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
• Experience drafting and negotiating physician/provider agreements and advising on provider contracting matters.
• Familiarity with healthcare compliance programs, operational compliance issues, self-disclosures, and regulatory investigations.
• Excellent legal research, analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team while also handling matters independently.

Nice to have

• Highly motivated
• Strong client service skills
• Demonstrate initiative and sound judgment
• Interpersonal skills necessary to thrive in a collaborative and growing healthcare practice

About the company

Barnes & Thornburg has a healthcare practice with a nationally recognized team of healthcare attorneys. The Raleigh healthcare team is a core component of the firm's expanding national healthcare platform.