Job Title: General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Location: Remote

Department: Compliance

Reports To: President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Employment Type: Full Time, Exempt

Travel Required: Yes, up to 10%

Salary Range: $201,000 - $212,175 per annum

Summary

The General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer is a senior-level position on the BetterHealth leadership team. This role will help provide general legal services on behalf of BetterHealth’s stakeholders including the BetterHealth Board of Directors, Leadership Team members, and staff with a focus on healthcare technology, patient data privacy, and business transactions. Primary responsibilities will include ensuring overall compliance by BetterHealth with applicable laws and regulations at the local, state, and federal levels. The General Counsel will also be called upon to provide general legal support, research, and special projects in a full array of areas such as governance, policies, human resources, intellectual property, and litigation matters and will serve as liaison with external counsel as needed and appropriate. The Chief Compliance Officer also serves as the HIPAA Privacy Officer for BetterHealth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Advise on and ensure compliance with state and federal privacy laws and regulations.
• Draft and update privacy practices.
• Provide legal analysis and risk assessment related to privacy, data protection, and information security issues.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to conduct privacy impact assessments.
• Facilitate recurring meetings of the BetterHealth Privacy and Legal Advisory Group (PLAG).
• Counsel BetterHealth partners and leadership team on data privacy and protection.
• Respond to privacy incidents and breaches, including guiding and advising BetterHealth on notification and reporting requirements.
• Stay informed of relevant legal and regulatory changes in privacy law and anticipate possible impacts on the organization.
• Interface with regulatory authorities and BetterHealth’s internal information security team.
• Work directly with staff to review, negotiate, and draft contract terms, including technology service agreements (TSA), memorandums of understanding, statements of work, and other agreements.
• Prepare documentation necessary to implement program initiatives and achieve our goals related to legal or compliance efforts, working with interdisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to implement and assess the company-wide compliance program.
• Facilitate recurring Board Compliance Task Force meetings and provide regular legal and compliance updates to the Board of Directors.
• Lead investigations for all compliance related matters, including those that are reported via the Employee Hotline, AIMS, suggestion boxes, or via any other reporting function.
• Ensure compliance awareness training and compliance subject-specific training for all staff. Effectively communicates the importance of compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, funder requirements, and accreditation standards across all levels of the organization.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position manages the Compliance Manager role and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Core Competencies: Computer Skills, Customer Service, Dependability, Diversity, Ethics, Initiative, Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communications, Organizational Support, Professionalism, Quality, Safety & Security, Teamwork, Written Communications

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school required

Licensed in good standing to practice law in a US jurisdiction

Minimum five to seven years of healthcare compliance experience preferred.

CHC (Certification in Healthcare Compliance) preferred.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret compliance journals, financial reports, and regulatory language.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or issues from personnel, volunteers, independent contractors, and board members regarding the organization’s compliance and risk management.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

Knowledge of Microsoft Office operating tools (Outlook, Word, Excel). Familiarity with healthcare Practice Management Systems and Electronic Health Records software.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.