Associate Attorney - Health Care

Overview

Location : Long Island (Uniondale), NY (Hybrid opportunity)

Harris Beach Murtha seeks a mid-level lateral litigation and compliance attorney to counsel and represent health care facilities and practitioners and other entities and individuals in the health care industry with respect to regulatory compliance, litigation, audits, and investigations, clinical operations, and business operations matters. The ideal candidate must have a working knowledge in business and regulatory aspects of health care law including Stark, Anti-Kickback, HIPAA, fraud and abuse, compliance, medical staff matters and reimbursement issues.

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research and collaborate with senior attorneys on strategy
• Draft memoranda, pleadings, motions, briefs, and discovery documents
• Manage discovery, including medical records, billing, and health plan documentation
• Work on government (Medicare and Medicaid) and commercial payer audits and investigations
• Create compliance programs for health care providers, suppliers, and managed care plans
• Draft and revise compliance policies and procedures
• Analyze records and transactions related to business disputes and investigations as to potential client claims
• Represent our clients in court, mediation, arbitration, and administrative hearings
• Take and defend depositions
• Structure, negotiate, and draft contracts and other business arrangements
• Advise clients on a wide range of compliance and health regulatory matters
• The firm requires a minimum of 1800 billable hours annually

Applications & Qualifications

Salary & Benefits

Salary information below will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, book of business, and geographic locations. This role also offers an opportunity for performance-based bonus eligibility.

EEO & Employment Policy

Harris Beach Murtha is not accepting candidate submissions from recruiting agencies for this position during the first two weeks after posting. Following this period, agencies with an active fee agreement with the firm may reach out to our internal recruitment team at resumes@harrisbeachmurtha.com to inquire about potential collaboration for this position.

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Harris Beach Murtha

Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha's New York roots reach back to 1856 and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936. Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, but a global reach. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The firm's practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates. The firm's lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and in several other locations.

The firm's policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, placement, assignment of duties, training, promotion, compensation & benefits and termination. It is the policy of Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC that all applicants and employees enjoy a positive, respectful and productive work environment, free from harassment. Harris Beach Murtha complies with the Human Rights Law and non-discrimination provisions of state and federal law.

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