Compliance Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

 (DCSNO) affiliates with DCHC which manages multiple Federally Qualified Health Center locations in the Greater New Orleans area.  DCSNO is committed to improving the health status of communities and continues a long tradition of health ministry.  DCSNO is seeking an Intern for the Health Law/Compliance Associate role. The temporary Health Law/Compliance Associate will assist the Compliance Specialist in contract management for a period of up to twelve (12) weeks.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists Compliance Specialist in drafting, editing reviewing, and negotiating contracts, MOUs, letters of termination, and other correspondence related to Payors, employment, professional services, vendors, and a variety of other transactions.
• Support relationships with contracting partners and serve as a point of contact for matters concerning contracts.
• Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress.
• Add, accept, and reject redline edits to contracts.
• Monitor the movement of contracts and other documents and move forward with contract execution, extension or renewal.
• Solve any contract-related problems that may problems that may arise with other parties and internally.
• Troubleshoot document-related software. 
• Create clean conversions from Word to Adobe and vice-versa.
• Communicate and present information to Compliance Specialist about all contract-related matters.
• Respond to subpoenas and deposition requests by coordinating with medical records department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

• Ability to talk and hear
• Prolonged period of attentive listening 
• Sitting, standing and walking.
• Ability to work flexible hours
• Lifting, twisting, standing, bending and some activities that involve running for long periods of time will occur.  
• 90% of work will require some sort of physical activity to be performed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is normally performed in a clinic, office environment, school or mobile unit with varying temperatures.

MINIMUM 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.

• Strong organizational skills.
• Must possess technical skills in Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Word, Adobe, and DocuSign
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Contracting, or health-related field required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree in Business, Contracting, or health-related field.
• Concentration in Law, Accounting, or Business.
• Five years of progressive experience in healthcare field.