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

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.

Qualifications

Education : 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.

• Experience : 7+ Years Experience in the Practice of Law, required. Previous experience in law or a healthcare setting, preferred.
• License / certifications : Admission to the bar of at least one state or the District of Columbia, required. Admission to the bar of South Carolina, preferred.
• Additional skills required : 7-8+ years experience in the practice of law.Regulatory healthcare experience.Experience with the Anti-Kickback Statue (AKS), the Stark Law, and other regulations.

Healthcare transactional experience (physician acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, Foundational knowledge of healthcare operations.

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.

Speed to Market : Effectively works in a fast-paced work environment to deliver results.Problem Solving : Strong analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

Judgment : Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.

Additional Skills / Requirements (preferred) : Experience with value-based arrangements, physician networks and clinically integrated networks.

Responsibilities

• Creates an environment that supports and respects diversity to promote creative problem solving.
• Respects and follows organizational policy and procedure, including rules of conduct.
• Responsible for helping to achieve goals defined by People & Culture and Novant Health leadership. Constantly monitor progress and metrics toward meeting defined goals.
• Supports growth, development of initiatives, and overall performance of strategy. Demonstrates dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of stakeholders.
• Work alongside team members to monitor and evolve practices for continuous process improvement.
• Oversee specialized legal areas such as joint ventures, ambulatory surgery centers and other market / specialty specific programs and strategic partnerships;
• Develop policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the Provides reliable and well-researched advice on all manner matters
• Advises on specific health care issues such as HIPAA Privacy Rule, the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback statute, government and confidentiality issues.
• Reviews and prepares agreements and contracts
• Assists in the development of new policies, procedures and forms for the organization.
• Maintains professional competency, according to department policies, procedures, and protocols.

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