Associate General Counsel, Regulatory

Company:
Compassus About Compassus Compassus provides a continuum of integrated home-based services, including home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative, and personal care. Over 10,500 teammates and more than 300 access points nationwide provide high-quality care and manage patients’ advanced illnesses in partnership with health systems and long-term care partners. The Compassus Care for Who I Am culture reflects its unique care delivery model, which focuses on each person as an individual as well as a patient, to improve their quality of life in a meaningful way.

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About the Opportunity Under the direction of the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, the Associate General Counsel, Regulatory provides strategic legal counsel and regulatory guidance across the organization. This role serves as the Company's subject matter expert on healthcare regulatory compliance, licensing, accreditation, and reimbursement requirements, partnering closely with executive, operational, clinical, and compliance leaders to mitigate risk while supporting high-quality patient care and business operations.

Responsible for, and engages all Company stakeholders in, the Company's 6 Pillars of Success (Regulatory Compliance, Colleagues, Quality, Service, Growth, and Financial Responsibility).

Advises corporate, operational, and clinical leaders on regulatory compliance issues affecting patient care, reimbursement, and business operations.

Partners with Compliance, Clinical Operations, Revenue Cycle, and Government Affairs to proactively identify and mitigate regulatory risks.

Serves as the primary legal advisor on federal and state healthcare laws and regulations impacting the organization.

Interprets and advises leadership on healthcare regulatory requirements, including:
Medicare Conditions of Participation Anti-Kickback Statute Stark Law HIPAA/HITECH Fraud, Waste and Abuse laws State licensing regulations Leads the Company's licensing and Certificate of Need (CON) strategy and processes.

Assists Compliance with investigations and audits Assists with Government and Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Risk Management and Monitoring Supports regulatory due diligence for strategic initiatives and organizational changes.

Monitors changes in federal and state regulations and develops legal guidance for implementation.

Provides legal support during governmental audits, investigations, surveys, and regulatory inquiries.

Develops policies, guidance documents, and educational materials related to healthcare regulations.

Reviews agreements and operational initiatives for regulatory compliance.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Demonstrates high integrity. Strong project management and process improvement skills. Strong leadership and people management skills. Ability to solve problems multi-dimensionally. Leads by example. Deep understanding of key stakeholders of the Company, including patients, families, colleagues, governmental and regulatory agencies, payors and shareholders. Ability to mitigate risk pragmatically and exercise reasonable judgment. Knowledge of statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to businesses.

Proficient understanding of business sensitivities and confidentiality.

Education Required:

Possess a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.

Experience

Required:

at least 6-8 years of legal and professional healthcare experience. Relevant experience, and demonstrated success, in a law firm and/or corporate setting; additional public…