Assistant Attorney General (Health Care)

at  State of Colorado Job Opportunities

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

The Health Care Unit in the State Services Section is hiring for an attorney with a background or strong interest in health care and public health law to join their team. This position serves as both litigation and general counsel for its state agency clients. This is an exciting role for an attorney who is eager to handle complex and high-profile litigation, and to be on the forefront of state and national public health policy trends and legal developments.

WHO WE ARE

The Office of the Attorney General/Department of Law is the “People’s Lawyer.” The Attorney General, Phil Weiser, was elected by the people of Colorado and is the State’s chief lawyer and law enforcement official. Our vision for the Department of Law is: “Together, we serve Colorado and its people, advancing the rule of law, protecting our democracy and promoting justice for all.” Our core values and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, drive our actions and demonstrate our focus on being principled public servants who are innovative and better together.
Visit our website to learn more: https://coag.gov/.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Qualified applicants must be licensed to practice law in Colorado or be clearly eligible to waive into the Colorado Bar. Candidates eligible to waive into the Colorado Bar will be required to submit proof of their completed application before the first day of employment.
We are a close-knit team and are looking for litigators with a diversity of backgrounds who are excited to work collaboratively and bring different perspectives to our team. The strongest candidates will have the ability to drive and handle complex litigation; have exceptional research and writing skills; and have a public health, health care financing, regulatory compliance, and/or administrative law background.

Conditions of Employment:

• Candidates eligible to waive into the Colorado Bar will be required to submit proof of their completed application and application for Practice Pending Admission before the first day of employment. For more information about admission to the Colorado bar please review information on the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel website.
• The final candidates for employment must successfully pass a thorough criminal background investigation.
• The Office of the Attorney General offers flexible work arrangements. This position allows for hybrid work.

The Office of the Attorney General is an equal opportunity employer and believes that a diverse work force adds quality and perspective to the services we provide to the public. Candidates with diverse qualities and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

WE HAVE STRONG CORE VALUES

Our core values drive our actions. At the Department of Law, we are: 1) principled, maintaining the highest ethical standards, rigorous legal analysis, and careful evaluation of facts; 2) public servants, who are always ensuring our work is not about us, but instead is about the people of Colorado; 3) innovative, by seeking to identify the best approach, make deliberate decisions, and look to improve; and 4) “better together,” by working to support each other and collaborate.

The Health Care Unit in the State Services Section serves as counsel for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the State Medicaid Agency) and the public health divisions within the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. On behalf of these two clients, the Unit handles a full range of litigation, enforcement, procurement, compliance, and general counsel/advice matters. The Unit provides both agency clients with legal opinions and memorandums on a wide range of issues and questions, as well as providing general strategic and legal guidance on a daily basis.
On behalf of the State Medicaid Agency, Unit attorneys manage a wide range of provider and member appeals, litigate challenges to Department policies and regulations, engage with vendors in contract disputes, defend the Department in challenges to reimbursement and overpayment findings, defend the state against adverse actions taken by the federal government, and coordinate inter- agency efforts at both the state and federal level when faced with provider terminations due to fraud or abuse. All of these actions are undertaken to help protect limited Medicaid funds in order to provide critical health care services to some of the most vulnerable Coloradans. For the State Health Department, Unit attorneys are tasked with litigating and advising on all health facility licensing and compliance issues, paramedic/EMT certification suspension or revocation matters, vital records disputes, challenges involving the medical marijuana registry, and advise and litigate matters related to disease control outbreaks and investigations.
In carrying out these duties, the Health Care Unit attorneys’ practice at all levels of administrative, state, and federal courts.