Associate Manager-Federal Regulatory Compliance (Remote)

American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) is seeking an Associate Manager-Federal Regulatory Compliance to join our Regulatory & Program Compliance department.

The primary purpose of this position is to oversee and manage the Regulatory Compliance Team to ensure compliance matters are addressed and handled within the timelines specified by law, regulation, and/or management. This includes keeping AVP-Regulatory and Program Compliance (Sr. Dir, RPC) and other senior management in the department apprised of regulatory matters that will impact the company.

Remote Worker Guidelines

• Remote Worker Guidelines: This position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home (WFH) in a designated work area with company-provided technology equipment. This WFH position requires you have a stable connection to your Internet Service Provider with the ability to participate by video in online meetings over a reliable and consistent network. The internet connection must have a consistent 50 down/10 up Mbps minimum internet speed. 100 down/20 up is recommended to support higher quality video meetings.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performance and oversight of regulatory compliance with laws, at the direction of department leadership and as a back up to the AVP, RPC’s, with respect to related compliance issues. Supports RPC Department activities by focusing on the following key accountabilities in relation to Federal Compliance and State Compliance:
  • Maintains required business licenses in a constantly changing regulatory environment. Demonstrates strong understanding of the business need for each license and the consistent ability to independently interpret the laws regarding licensing requirements for each license in assigned states. Appropriately escalates concerns and potential risks to supervisor but demonstrates ability to present solutions and take steps to proactively and appropriately address such concerns.
  • Communicates internally with various departments to understand detailed rationale of operations and to communicate detailed aspects of regulatory enforcement expectations of such operations. Also effectively communicates with internal departments to obtain and evaluate necessary information for regulatory filings based on the needs of each regulatory agency, in part by educating internal contacts on the unique regulatory environments in assigned states. Appropriately escalates concerns and potential risks to supervisor but demonstrates ability to present solutions and take steps to proactively and appropriately address such concerns
  • Communicates and coordinates externally with regulatory authorities to understand enforcement expectations. Demonstrates the ability to successfully negotiate with such authorities to achieve interpretations of regulatory requirements, consulting with supervisor on an ad-hoc basis regarding outcome of communication. Effectively educates external contacts regarding unique aspects of ASH’s business practices with limited need for involvement from management. Appropriately escalates concerns and potential risks to supervisor but demonstrates ability to present solutions and take steps to proactively and appropriately address such concerns.
  • Informs department leadership of all compliance issues, including legislative developments, for assigned responsibilities.
  • Supervises the functions of Compliance Coordinator(s), Associate Analyst(s), or State Analyst(s) and audits work performed by such persons to ensure compliance with department standards, company policy, accreditation standards and state and Federal law. Such functions involve, but are not limited to, Regulatory Reports Workgroup administration, Annual Legislative and Regulatory Reports Calendar, Action Item Closure Reporting, administration of ad hoc research requests, including 50 state research requests, monitoring new laws and regulations, communicating those developments in a timely manner to internal committees, maintaining regulatory filings and licenses, conducting regulatory research, and maintaining documentation in department files.
  • Effectively and efficiently monitors legislative and regulatory activity impacting company operations in assigned areas. Completes detailed legislative and regulatory reports for assigned states that includes assessments of impact to business operations, consulting with supervisor