GAO, a non-partisan legislative branch agency, seeks an experienced attorney to join its Office of General Counsel to provide legal support to the Health Care team, which reviews a broad range of health care issues, including Medicare; Medicaid and CHIP; private health insurance; health care for servicemembers, veterans, and tribal members; public health; behavioral health; and prescription drugs. Attorneys with relevant subject matter expertise are particularly encouraged to apply.

Duties

As a Senior Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney (Health Care), PA-0905-2/3, your typical work assignments may include the following: Providing legal counsel to GAO analysts and senior agency officials in the context of evaluations and reviews carried out by GAO's Health Care team on a broad range of topics, including evaluating Medicare and Medicaid financing, expenditures, and program integrity issues; evaluating the effectiveness of federal public health programs to prevent and respond to public health emergencies; assessing trends, costs, and issues in private health insurance coverage and reform; assessing actions and options for improving health care services for servicemembers and veterans; and assessing IHS's administration of health care programs to tribal members. Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary audit teams to address a variety of complex, far-reaching, and significant legal issues related to the nation's health care programs. Reviewing GAO products (such as reports and testimonies) to ensure they are legally sufficient and reflect an accurate understanding and application of the law as it relates to the federal program or activity under review, including oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services and its components (including CMS, FDA, CDC, NIH, IHS, ASPR, HRSA, and SAMHSA), the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense health care programs. Collaborating with other attorneys in GAO's Office of the General Counsel regarding cross-cutting issues that affect multiple agencies or issue areas. Identifying and interpreting authoritative legal sources, such as statutes, regulations, legislative history, case law, and administrative opinions. Ensuring that positions taken by GAO are legally correct and constitute the best objective view of the law, including in circumstances of first impression and matters of national significance. Drafting internal and external products on legal matters related to health care issues. Briefing congressional staff on legal matters related to health care issues and communicating with agency counsel on legal issues relevant to GAO reviews. Providing legal counsel to GAO officials testifying before Congress. Drafting legislation and analyzing legislative proposals to determine potential effects and implications for federal policies and GAO.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the minimum qualification requirements by the closing date of this job opportunity announcement Must have a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. Must be an active member in good standing of a bar of a state, a territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Band II Senior Staff Attorney candidates must have a minimum of two years (104 weeks) of legal experience working with and applying the laws, policies, and regulations related to the duties of the position. Band III Senior Attorney candidates must have a minimum of four years (208 weeks) of legal experience working with and applying the laws, policies, and regulations related to the duties of the position.

Education

See Qualification section

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Most foreign education is not accredited by an accrediting body that is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Government Accountability Office Human Capital Office 441 G Street NW Washington, DC 20548 US
• Name: GAO Legal Careers
• Email: [email protected]