Assistant General Counsel - Healthcare

Meds•Miami Beach, FL

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Meds.com is seeking an Assistant General Counsel – Healthcare & Telemedicine to work closely with the General Counsel and serve as a key legal and regulatory resource for its healthcare businesses. The role focuses particularly on medical group relationships, physicians and nurse practitioners, telemedicine, prescribing, provider licensing, and state and federal healthcare regulations. The successful candidate will translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical guidance for the business and support the company’s growth, new product launches, and expansion into new markets. The position is full-time and based in the company’s Miami Beach, Florida office; the company is seeking someone who enjoys working in the office. The Assistant General Counsel will advise executive leadership and teams across clinical, operations, product, pharmacy, and business functions. The role will develop and maintain healthcare compliance frameworks, monitor regulatory developments, and coordinate responses to regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, and inspections. It will also partner with the General Counsel on strategic initiatives, lead and mentor legal department members, and oversee critical transactions and litigation, including outside counsel strategy and budgets.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school and active bar membership.
At least 5 years of legal experience, with significant experience in healthcare regulatory, healthcare compliance, telemedicine, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, or a similarly regulated healthcare environment.
Demonstrated experience advising medical groups, physicians, nurse practitioners, prescribers, or other healthcare professionals.
Strong understanding of telemedicine, remote prescribing, provider licensing, scope of practice, corporate practice of medicine, and state medical board requirements.
Experience interpreting and operationalizing state-by-state telehealth and prescribing requirements.
Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements involving medical groups, healthcare providers, prescribers, pharmacies, or other healthcare partners.
Strong understanding of applicable federal and state healthcare, pharmacy, FDA, DEA, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Proven ability to manage regulatory matters and compliance frameworks within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
Strong business judgment and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with executives, physicians, NPs, clinical leadership, operations, product, pharmacy, compliance, and outside counsel.
Ability to translate complex regulations into clear, practical guidance for non-legal stakeholders.
Proactive, solutions-oriented approach and comfort operating with a high degree of ownership and autonomy in an entrepreneurial environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working directly with telemedicine companies, medical groups, physician practices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, or other healthcare organizations.
Comfort serving as the go-to legal resource for healthcare provider, medical group, telemedicine, and prescribing questions.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary legal resource for matters involving medical groups, physicians, nurse practitioners, prescribers, and other healthcare professionals.
Advise leadership and clinical, operations, product, pharmacy, and business teams on federal and state healthcare and telemedicine laws.
Monitor and interpret state-by-state telehealth, remote prescribing, provider licensing, scope-of-practice, standards-of-care, and medical practice requirements.
Advise on corporate practice of medicine requirements and the structure and operation of relationships with medical groups and healthcare professionals.
Provide legal guidance on medical group agreements, provider arrangements, independent contractor relationships, physician and NP agreements, and other healthcare partnerships.
Advise on provider onboarding, credentialing, prescribing authority, licensing, and ongoing regulatory requirements.
Evaluate new products, services, clinical workflows, and prescribing practices for healthcare regulatory considerations.
Develop and maintain compliance frameworks addressing applicable federal and state healthcare laws and regulations.
Monitor regulatory developments from state medical and pharmacy boards, DEA, FDA, and other applicable regulatory agencies.
Advise on telehealth compliance, remote and controlled-substance prescribing, patient consent, provider requirements, pharmacy operations, and healthcare services.
Manage and coordinate responses to regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, and inspections.
Advise on privacy and data-security requirements applicable to patient health information and healthcare operations.
Provide high-level legal and regulatory advice to executive leadership on complex, high-impact matters.
Partner with the General Counsel on strategic legal initiatives, product launches, new business opportunities, and expansion into new markets.
Establish and scale legal policies, controls, and processes aligned with company growth objectives and risk tolerance.
Lead, mentor, and oversee members of the legal department.
Oversee critical transactions and litigation matters, including outside counsel strategy and budgets.
Serve as a trusted business partner, balancing regulatory risk with commercial objectives and providing practical, solutions-oriented guidance.