Healthcare Litigation Attorney

Jettison is representing a law firm who is seeking a Healthcare Litigation Attorney with 7 years of Healthcare, Commercial Litigation, and White-Collar Defense experience, including experience as a medical board litigation attorney, preferably a former NJ Deputy Attorney General who prosecuted on behalf of professional boards, including the Board of Medical Examiners.

Responsibilities

• Handle healthcare litigation proceedings.
• Draft pleadings, conduct discovery and responses, motions, briefs, etc., and represent clients in court and arbitration.
• Provide legal advice to clients regarding their rights and obligations under relevant laws and regulations.
• Develop and execute legal strategies.
• Keep up to date with changes in relevant laws and regulations.
• Take a lead role in certain healthcare matters.
• Provide thorough factual and legal research and analysis.
• Review regulatory analyses by junior attorneys.
• Manage matters from commencement to final resolution.
• Backup support other business units, such as Employment Law and Banking and Financial Services.
• Identify legal and compliance issues and business risks and offer effective solutions tailored to the situations.
• Identify and escalate to Department Chair as appropriate.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of general commercial and healthcare law (such as HIPAA, Anti-Kickback, False Claims Act, state regulations, etc.), Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and compliance issues; or managed care and health insurance regulatory matters, plus pharmacy-related experience.
• Identify opportunities for department process improvements and efficiencies.
  
  

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
• NJ bar required; NY admission preferred, and otherwise must be obtained.
• 7 years’ legal experience with demonstrated excellent working knowledge and primary focus in healthcare.
• Prior experience working as a healthcare-centric prosecutor (former Deputy Attorney General or Assistant U.S. Attorney) a plus.
• Strong preference for candidates with hospital, health system, 340B, or pharmacy experience.
• Experience in advising clients on telemedicine, Medicare/Medicaid fraud, health reform issues.
• Knowledge of confidentiality, informed consent, various bioethical issues.
• Highly motivated with drive and ability to dig into the details, provide insight and drive decision-making.
• Unquestionable integrity, ethics, and judgment.
• Ability to communicate legal concepts and opinions in a digestible manner.
• Exceptional communication, relationship building, mentorship, and influencing skills with proven abilities across a broad range of internal and external constituents.
• Team player with a high level of self and cross-cultural awareness.
• Highly intelligent and possesses intellectual curiosity to probe and understand complex business and legal issues and trends.
• Adaptable nature, with the ability to reassess and adjust due to the evolving nature of the business.
• Exceptional negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clients, opposing counsel, and the Court.
  
  

Skills: false claims act,legal strategy development,bioethics,anti-kickback,health insurance regulatory matters,motions and briefs drafting,regulatory analysis,telemedicine advising,litigation,pleadings drafting,regulatory compliance,medicare and medicaid reimbursement,medicare,negotiation,communication skills,healthcare,hipaa,health reform issues,telemedicine advisory,telemedicine,negotiation skills,court representation,legal research,employment law,legal concepts communication,legal advice and compliance,banking and financial services,healthcare law knowledge (hipaa, anti-kickback, false claims act),healthcare litigation,managed care,commercial litigation,medicaid,medicare/medicaid compliance,communication,healthcare compliance,informed consent,confidentiality,medicare/medicaid fraud,pharmacy,team collaboration,medicare/medicaid fraud knowledge,bioethical issues,white-collar defense,relationship building,discovery management,medical board litigation