Associate General Counsel of Managed Care

Associate General Counsel of Managed Care

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Ensign Services, Inc. (ESI) seeks an experienced Associate General Counsel of Managed Care to serve the needs of our rapidly expanding client base across the United States. This position will be remote and serve certain of the geographies where ESI’s clients have operations.

About The Company

ESI serves over 361 post-acute care operations across 17 states, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and other ancillary service providers. These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world-class service team that provides centralized legal, human resource, training, accounting, information technology and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus on day-to-day care and business issues.

About The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Attorney to support the Managed Care Contracting process throughout its entire life cycle. The successful candidate will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, reviewing, and managing managed care contracts, ensuring legal compliance, mitigating risks, and facilitating collaboration between various internal departments and external stakeholders. This is a key role in supporting our organization’s managed care strategy and fostering strong relationships with payers and providers.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate managed care contracts across the full contract life cycle
• Being a culture leader who models and teaches our unique culture across the organization
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and business risks in managed care agreements.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
• Draft and file and argue hearings and briefs before Federal and State regulatory bodies
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (legal, finance, compliance, operations, clinical teams) to align contract terms with organizational strategy.
• Serve as a legal advisor and subject matter expert for managed care contracting issues.
• Maintain strong working relationships with payers, providers, and external partners.
• Manage contract amendments, renewals, and terminations efficiently and effectively
• Partner with internal and external litigation counsel regarding case strategy
• Support the organization’s managed care strategy by providing insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Provide advice and counsel on the application and interpretation of health care laws, Medicare / Medicaid regulations and related State and Federal laws governing the post-acute care setting

Professional Qualifications

Personal Characteristics

Additional Information

The role will be remote, with in-state travel expected up to 20% of the time.

Salary

$185,000 - $205,000; may be eligible for bonus.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal

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