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McKesson Corporation Sr. Counsel - Healthcare Regulatory & Transactions in Columbus, Ohio
McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you. Sr. Counsel - Healthcare Regulatory & Transactions Business Unit: Pharmaceutical Solutions & Services (PSAS) Experience: 7+ years Location: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Columbus, OH; Richmond, VA Hybrid Role Description: McKesson's well-regarded General Counsel Organization is seeking an experienced healthcare lawyer with regulatory experience to support the Strategic, Community and Specialized Pharmacy ("SCS") segment of McKesson's Pharmacy Services and Solutions business unit. The SCS segment provides clinical support, disease-management and other value-added services to retail pharmacies and interacts with payors and pharmacy benefit managers for network participation and performance-based arrangements for retail chain pharmacies, physician dispensing offices and community pharmacies. The Senior Counsel is an independent, business-minded, healthcare-focused, transactional and regulatory attorney who serves as a highly visible point of contact for a wide array of legal and business matters. This position will be dedicated to supporting the Office of Health Mart within the SCS segment. Reporting to the Managing Chief Counsel, SCS, and working directly with the business team, the Senior Counsel possesses exceptional professional judgment and provides decisive day-to-day legal counseling and advice to all levels of the organization, including all of the following: Primary responsibilities: * Provides day-to-day legal support for the Office of Health Mart businesses, including: legal support for retail pharmacy operations, clinical support programs and value-added service offerings; review of pharmacy- and patient-facing initiatives and marketing; payor/PBM contract drafting and negotiation with payors/pharmacy benefit managers, retail community pharmacies, hospital-affiliated pharmacies and small chain pharmacies; and counseling on legal aspects of PSAO operations (e.g., customer credentialing, antitrust compliance, data integrity, contract compliance); * Provides legal support for the Health Mart franchise system, including counseling on patient-facing clinical programs and services; reviewing marketing materials; and overseeing franchise disclosures and regulatory filings; * Provides health care regulatory advice (AKS, FCA, Privacy, CMS and state rules and regulations) related to arrangements with payors, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies; * Serves as the key legal advisor to business unit leadership on a wide array of topics relating to the Office of Health Mart segment needs, including legal risk mitigation, customer and payor/pharmacy benefit manager relationship management, strategic initiatives, compliance programs, and proposed joint venture arrangements and acquisitions; and * Frequently interacts with other internal legal, compliance, and business stakeholders across functional groups, as well as specialized outside counsel. Qualifications: * 7+ years of corporate law experience * Excellent commercial contracting drafting and negotiation skills * Knowledge of healthcare fraud and abuse laws and HIPAA * General understanding of managed care and Medicare laws * Ability to provide sound, clear legal advice within the company, including senior business executives