[Hiring] Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance Consultant @Savas Management Center LLC

Role Description

Lifekind Health is building its compliance program and is seeking an experienced healthcare regulatory and compliance consultant for a focused, six-month engagement. The organization has grown quickly — including a recent acquisition of eight Arizona clinics — and now needs a dedicated expert to assess the current state, surface and prioritize risk, and help stand up the systems that keep the organization compliant going forward.

This is a remote engagement, but it is a hands-on, embedded one — not a desk-advisory role. The consultant works directly with people in each department (billing, front desk/scheduling, HR, clinic managers, IT, and the acquired-clinic leads) over Teams, phone, screen-share, and email, pulls and tests real records and data, drives remediation, and leaves behind durable infrastructure a lean internal team can operate.

The Mindset We're Looking For

• Solutions-oriented: Identify compliant paths to business goals rather than just flagging problems.
• Business-literate: Understand compliance as a means for confident operation, weighing practical impact, cost, and speed alongside risk.
• Pragmatic about risk: Distinguish real exposure from theoretical risk to help leadership make informed decisions.
• Clear and candid: Explain the "why" in plain language to non-lawyers and provide straightforward advice.

Scope of Work

The engagement runs in three overlapping phases over roughly six months. All work is performed remotely, but this is embedded, hands-on work — the consultant is in the systems and on calls with the people who actually do the work, not reviewing documents from a distance. The consultant works alongside in-house counsel and in coordination with outside counsel.

• Phase 1 — Assess (≈ Months 1–2):
  • Meet directly with billing, front desk/scheduling, HR, clinic managers, IT, and acquired-clinic leads over Teams, video, and phone.
  • Pull and test real records and data against governing rules using a defensible sampling method.
  • Press hardest on the eight newly acquired Arizona clinics, interviewing their people and testing their records directly.
  • Score and prioritize findings into a ranked risk register and flag any time-sensitive findings to counsel immediately.
• Phase 2 — Remediate & Prioritize (≈ Months 2–4):
  • Work the prioritized register hands-on with internal owners to correct processes and implement controls.
  • Develop practical, compliant options for each significant issue to facilitate quick leadership decisions.
  • Draft or revise foundational policies and procedures needed to close priority gaps.
  • Run live exclusion screening and spot-checks during this phase.
• Phase 3 — Build the Durable System (≈ Months 4–6):
  • Stand up ongoing monitoring and auditing machinery, including an audit calendar and recurring monitoring routines.
  • Develop and/or personally deliver role-appropriate training to staff, confirming completion.
  • Walk the internal team through a transition package live.

Qualifications

• Substantial healthcare regulatory compliance experience, ideally including building or significantly maturing a compliance program.
• Working knowledge of the federal framework: Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark/physician self-referral, False Claims Act, Medicare/Medicaid requirements, exclusion screening, and OIG compliance-program guidance.
• Familiarity with practical compliance issues of multi-site outpatient operations and post-acquisition integration.
• Demonstrated ability to perform hands-on work directly — pulling and testing samples, running audits, conducting interviews and walkthroughs, and executing fixes.
• Proven ability to work effectively as an embedded remote resource, driving work and building relationships across departments.

Requirements

• Direct California and/or Arizona healthcare regulatory experience, and comfort flagging material CA/AZ differences.
• Experience with ambulatory surgery centers, clinical research compliance, and/or health-tech/EMR contexts.
• Relevant credentials (e.g., CHC / CHPC / CHRC or equivalent), or comparable demonstrated expertise.
• Experience working alongside outside counsel within an attorney-directed, privilege-aware workflow.

Working Relationship & Engagement Terms

• Independent contractor (1099).
• Project-based consultant. Not an employment relationship; no employee benefits.
• Remote work with no required on-site presence; availability during business hours across Pacific/Mountain time zones.
• Assessment and analysis coordinated with in-house and outside counsel, following confidentiality and privilege protocols.
• Handles sensitive organizational and patient information; will execute appropriate confidentiality agreements.
• Specific milestones, fees, and acceptance criteria set out separately.