Corporate Compliance Manager

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At DaVita, we find that our best leaders are those who create an inspiring vision for the future and empowers their team to achieve success. They have always enjoyed tackling difficult problems and believe that the best way to solve them is through leadership, strategic thinking and collaborative team efforts. They take ownership of results and instill accountability in those they lead. They are driven, strong communicators, relationship builders, and find real fulfillment in challenging work.

Sound like you? Then you might be a great fit for the Manager*, Corporate Compliance role within DaVita’s Compliance team (referred to as “Team Quest”).

*This job description is written for the Manager level but we may offer a Senior Manager level depending upon experience and expertise in the essential duties below.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:  

This position will report to the Director, Corporate Compliance and is primarily responsible for reviewing DaVita’s proposed arrangements with referral sources across the country to ensure they are compliant and low risk.  This position will also provide compliance guidance considering the federal fraud, waste, and abuse laws and other health care regulatory laws that arise in the context of DaVita’s dialysis business and related businesses.  This position will liaise between internal business clients, legal and compliance colleagues to ensure fraud, waste, and abuse risk is low as it relates to DaVita’s agreements with referral sources.  The ability to assess compliance risk while analyzing facts and circumstances outside the four corners of an agreement is highly desirable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand the Anti-Kickback Statute and other compliance risks and be able to apply the concepts.
• Holistically review all documentation and information regarding potential arrangements with referral sources to assess their compliance risk including, but not limited to, ensuring they meet our business rationale and partner selection criteria and are within fair market value.
• Review drafted referral source agreements, such as medical director agreements, personal services agreements, transactions, and leases, for compliance and to ensure that the agreement does not have the potential to violate any laws/rules/regulations or internal policies and procedures.
• Prioritize arrangement reviews and projects based on business needs and changing priorities.
• Regularly interact with business leaders to apply compliance principles to business practices.
• Collaborate with compliance colleagues, regulatory attorneys, business attorneys, IT, finance, clinical, and business stakeholders in identifying and resolving compliance matters.
• Advise on compliance with federal healthcare industry laws and regulations.
• Manage special projects as needed.
• Support the Director, Corporate Compliance in maintaining aspects of the seven elements of an effective compliance program for DaVita’s business lines as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience in the health care industry required.
• JD or LLM preferred.
• Ideal candidate has a minimum of 3 years of experience as a legal or compliance professional assessing Anti-Kickback Statute and related risks.
• Substantial knowledge of health care fraud, waste, and abuse laws and regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with business leaders.
• Proven track record of collaborative problem solving with business leaders, compliance and legal to achieve business goals.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to manage several matters at one time in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with Salesforce is a plus.
• Ability to work in-office at the DaVita headquarters at least two days per week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays plus any additional days if meetings require.
• Ability to travel out-of-state at least once per year if/as conferences require.

ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS IN THIS POSITION 

• Ability to manage and prioritize work to meet deadlines and business priorities.
• High degree of organization and efficiency with demonstrated attention to detail.
• Experience in the healthcare industry.
• Substantial knowledge of health care fraud, waste, and abuse laws and regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Ability to analyze, distill, and articulate complex concepts and compliance risk clearly so that business/operations teammates and business/operations leaders can readily understand and manage expectations with multiple constituencies.
• Ability to work with legal, compliance and business/operations teammates to proactively identify risks and ensure appropriate risk mitigation strategies are in place.
• Ability to use data and systems to help accomplish broader compliance risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide valuable advice within the context of the broader business and enterprise level objectives. 
• Demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to see the "big picture" as well as the relationship of very detailed and specific business issues.
• Hands on, efficient and proven ability to “Get Stuff Done” with a bias for action and strong sense of ownership.

Ability and willingness to seek and receive feedback constructively as development opportunities. 

What We’ll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.