Senior Legal Counsel - Healthcare Regulatory

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Position Summary
The Sr. Counsel will provide strategic legal advice and counsel to internal business partners with respect to Coram and CVS Specialty’s home infusion, ambulatory infusion, operations, health care and pharmacy operations, and healthcare regulations and laws. The Sr. Counsel will also support the Specialty and Coram’s operations to undertake and support the drafting, negotiation and implementation of nurse agency contracting, including managed care payor arrangements, and provide timely, practical and actionable legal guidance for all legal and regulatory matters.  Additional activities include managing outside counsel and supporting internal stakeholders to protect company assets, mitigate risk, and optimize operational performance. The Sr. Counsel will also work collaboratively with CVS Health Legal, Finance, Underwriting, Compliance and Privacy to identify business and legal risks and provide solutions which balance legal issues and business objectives.
 

Major Responsibilities

• Identify business and legal risk while providing solutions to balance legal issues with business objectives.
• Lead and influence others and while working collaboratively at all levels with internal and external parties.
• Work in a in a fast-paced environment and successfully manage many projects - - whether large or small, complex or simple -- simultaneously.
• Manage outside counsel and consultants.
• Manage highly sensitive and high visibility projects.

Required Qualifications
The Sr. Legal Counsel will have a strong work ethic, be a self-starter, and be able to be highly productive working with multiple cross functional teams in a dynamic, collaborative environment. This position offers broad exposure to many aspects of the company’s business, as well as significant interaction with legal and business leaders. The candidate will be expected to have the following key attributes:

• 8 years of experience as an attorney at law firm or in-house position in a role with working knowledge of healthcare laws and regulations, the False Claims Act, and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Experience advising a health care research services organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an understanding of healthcare regulatory and contract law.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities within deadlines without significant direct supervision.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Sound professional judgment.
• Responsive to requests and strong adherence to deadlines.
• Customer-focused orientation.
• Foster collaborative and collegial relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Assist with special projects and serve on cross-functional teams.
• Licensed to practice law and current, active member in good standing of a state bar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of laws and regulations that impact the Specialty, Infusion/pharmacy business units, PBMs, including HIPAA, HHA licensing, Medicare, Medicaid (including Medicare/Medicaid billing and reimbursement issues), nurse licensing, patient safety and discharge regulations.

Education
JD Required

Bachelor’s Degree Required

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$175,100.00 - $334,750.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.  This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/17/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.