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Senior Legal Counsel Opportunity with American Senior Communities
Join our legal team and become a trusted advisor to executive leadership. As Senior Legal Counsel, youll partner with leaders across more than 90 skilled nursing facilities and affiliated companies, providing strategic legal guidance that directly influences patient care, business growth, compliance, and operational excellence.
What Youll Do
As a member of the Legal Department, you will:
- Serve as a strategic legal advisor to executive leadership and operational teams across multiple business lines.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of complex commercial agreements and vendor contracts.
- Provide practical legal guidance on healthcare regulatory matters, including Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, licensure requirements, privacy, security, and fraud and abuse.
- Advise on risk management strategies and respond to state and federal regulatory inquiries and investigations.
- Support corporate compliance initiatives and internal investigations.
- Research evolving healthcare laws and regulations and translate legal requirements into practical business solutions.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Manage multiple high-priority projects while delivering timely, business-focused legal counsel.
- Support organizational growth and strategic initiatives through proactive legal guidance.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Active license to practice law in the State of Indiana.
- Four (4) or more years of experience in a large law firm and/or in-house legal department.
- Significant experience in healthcare transactional law.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.
- Strong understanding of healthcare laws and regulations, including:
- Medicare & Medicaid
- HIPAA
- Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
- Stark Law/Self-Referral
- Healthcare licensing requirements
- Privacy, security, and fraud & abuse regulations
- Exceptional analytical, research, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage a diverse, high-volume workload with attention to detail.
Preferred
- Experience supporting long-term care, skilled nursing, home health, or hospice organizations.
Benefits and perks include:
- Medical, vision & dental insurance with Telehealth option
- 401(k) retirement plan options
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday pay
- Bonus Program
- Paid training, skills certification & career development support
- Tuition reimbursement and certification reimbursement
- Continued education opportunities through tuition discounts and program partnerships
- Employee assistance program & wellness support
- Retail, food & entertainment discounts and so much more
- Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply
About American Senior Communities
Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are the core values for American Senior Communities. These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., but they are also our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.
American Senior Communities has proudly served our customers since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes. Team members within each of our 100+ American Senior Communities take great pride in our Hoosier hospitality roots, and it is ingrained in everything we do. As leaders in senior care, we are not just doing a job, but following a calling.
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American Senior Communities
At a time when home and health services are seen as fragmented and, consequently, frustrating, where can today’s senior adults find a housing community to call home? That was our challenge, and the reason we created American Senior Communities. We’ve created senior living communities specifically designed to serve today’s seniors by providing a multitude of lifestyle choices with integrated services and amenities.
Each American Senior Community is part of the neighborhood in which it exists. Our leaders and staff live in surrounding areas and know the community well. We value the same things in life that you do. The foundation of our senior living communities is based on the knowledge that we’ll be part of your neighborhood for many, many years.
When someone chooses to live in one of our retirement communities or health care facilities, we become an extension of their family. We take the time to get to know each of our residents and their families on a personal level. Our communities are made up of individuals, and with that in mind, we focus on serving individual needs.
5,000 to 9,999 employees
http://www.ascseniorcare.com/