Assistant General Counsel

The Assistant General Counsel provides legal support to Advocare, LLC and its Care Centers. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Candidates for this position will need to have the ability to solve practical problems and address a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Additionally, ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form is required. The downstream impact of the Assistant General Counsel's contributions will help Advocare's legal team support our organization’s valued Members, colleagues, patients and business partners. Hybrid, remote position. 

Advocare, LLC is an integrated independent physician owned and governed multi-specialty medical organization which delivers exceptional care throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  It includes pediatricians, family practice physicians and specialists, each of whom has strong bonds to the children, adults, families and communities they serve.  Advocare physicians promise to bring to each patient their vast experience, a pursuit of continuing education and a true love for the practice of medicine.  They are proud to provide the highest quality healthcare with a personal, caring touch which focuses on the health, safety, well-being and overall needs of their patients and their families. Advocare physicians offer medically integrated excellence for every healthcare need in life.  For more information visit www.advocaredoctors.com.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school required.

• Admission to the bar of the State of New Jersey required.

• A minimum of 7-8 year experience in the practice of law and regulatory healthcare experience required.

• Strong grasp of Anti-Kickback Statue (AKS), Stark Law, HIPAA, HITECH and other applicable healthcare and privacy laws required.

• Broad healthcare transactional experience (physician acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, etc.) and foundational knowledge of healthcare/corporate operations required.

• Physician group practice experience, including knowledge of physician practice operations,  strongly preferred.

• Managed care/value-based contracts experience, preferred.

• Collaborative approach and strong customer service orientation.

• Problem solving, teamwork, time-management, and innovative solutions skills.

• Ability to handle unusual, demanding and unrelated tasks. Strong organizational skills. Proven project leadership and completion. 

• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to project ownership, accuracy and completion on a timely basis.

• Strong problem solving, risk analysis and project management skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively listen and communicate at varied levels, often times with physicians.

• Professionally skilled in personal presentation, verbal and written communication.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to transform concepts into clear and effective contract terms.

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office software applications - especially Word, Outlook and Excel, and knowledge of Teams.

• Ability to maintain security of corporate proprietary information and confidential personnel data.

• Demonstrated effectiveness operating in complex organizational and regulatory environment.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment with multiple service locations and a broad set of diverse stakeholders, including physician leaders.

• Ability to travel to Care Centers or meetings as needed.

• Experience with contract database program (MediTract) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Taking initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization’s legal, compliance and risk management services.

• Providing advice to Members and colleagues on a broad range of business, legal and regulatory matters.

• Fulfilling requests to draft a wide array of contracts and legal correspondence.

• Drafting employment, leases, vendor and various other types of agreements.

• Reviewing and analyzing various legal documents and service contracts.

• Contributing to the development of standard operating procedures related to purchasing and contracting with vendors.

• Reviewing subpoenas and record requests.

• Helping to assess risk and compliance related to healthcare regulations and corporate compliance.

• Reviewing, organizing and analyzing data regarding compliance-related data (coding/billing audits; payor issues, potential HIPAA violations, etc.).

• Collaborating with business partners to draft forms and policies.

• As required, work with external specialized outside counsel.

• Support Advocare’s Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel in anticipating and communicating legal and regulatory matters to Advocare leadership.

Reporting

The position reports to the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.

Language Ability

Ability to read and interpret documents such as mail, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.  Ability to write reports and correspondence when requested. Ability to speak effectively and clearly to colleagues and visitors.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and address a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. 

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to an office environment with ringing phones, printing equipment and people moving around.  This role uses standard office equipment.  The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

This position is a hybrid remote position.  The successful candidate will be able to mostly work from home, but from time to time will need to attend meetings in Advocare’s Marlton, NJ Home Office as well as attend other offsite meetings and visit Care Centers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand, to walk, to use hands to finger, handle or feel and to reach with hands and arms.  

Pre-Employment Screening

Please be aware for the safety and security of our employees and patients all new employees are required to undergo and successfully pass the following:

• Background Check

• Drug Screening

• Exclusion Database Screening

• Reference Check