Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Attorney

4 weeks ago


Washington, United States Government Accountability Office Full time

Summary

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.

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