Overview
The organization is seeking an Assistant General Counsel responsible for highly complex, difficult, and novel professional legal work as a generalist attorney with substantial healthcare experience. This role provides broad-based legal advice on healthcare-related matters, including federal and state Medicaid and Medicare law, and supports a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. Work will be performed with a high degree of independence.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and advise on healthcare requirements with a substantial focus on federal and state Medicare and Medicaid statutes, regulations, policy developments, and litigation impacting client engagements.
- Provide legal analysis of relevant healthcare-related case law and policies, including potential impacts on client programs, policies, and operational strategy.
- Assist with identifying related risks and support relationships with external legal counsel on healthcare-related finance and policy issues.
- Provide broad-based legal counsel across practice areas, including corporate governance, compliance, and other general business matters.
- Identify legal risk and provide practical, business-oriented advice to management and internal stakeholders.
- Advise on and represent the organization in contract negotiations for state/local government and commercial contracting.
- Examine, prepare, review, and edit contracts, procurement documents, proposals, and other legal documents from clients, subcontractors, consultants, and vendors, including drafting BAAs and Data Use Agreements and similar documents.
- Assist with all phases of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities, including due diligence, deal documents, outside counsel management, and integration.
- Support marketing activities by reviewing external materials for legal compliance and accuracy.
- Assist other functional areas with internal projects, risk mitigation strategy, and oversight/management of outside counsel engagements for general business or administrative matters.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited institution.
- Admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction is required.
- Admission in good standing (or ability to obtain admission as corporate counsel within one (1) year to the Pennsylvania Bar) is required.
- 5 to 7 years of professional legal experience, including broad generalist experience across corporate and commercial matters, with substantial experience in healthcare-related legal matters (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, managed care, or provider/health system work). A combination of in-house or government and firm experience preferred.
- Broad generalist legal experience across corporate and commercial matters.
- Knowledge of common law and state and federal laws relevant to the organization’s business, including Medicare and Medicaid.
- Working knowledge of M&A preferred.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods, materials, and practices of legal research.
- Ability to conduct legal research; interpret, analyze, and organize facts, evidence, and precedents; and present material clearly and logically.
- Ability to interpret and draft contracts and other legal instruments.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Familiarity with contract management systems and compliance tools preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of M&A.
- Familiarity with contract management systems and compliance tools.
Compensation & Benefits
- Anticipated salary range: $130,000/year (lowest geographic market range) to $160,000/year (highest geographic market range).
- Final pay depends on factors including type and years of experience, type of years and experience within the industry, education, and market location.
- Typically, candidates are not hired near the top of the range.
- Eligible to participate in an annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP), ranging up to 15% of annual salary.
- Benefits (subject to plan documents and eligibility): group healthcare plans offering medical, dental, and vision, plus insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life.
- Eligible to enroll in the organization’s 401(k) plan (if plan requirements are met).
- Flexible Time Off.
- 16 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Paid time off for qualifying medical leave.
- Up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave.
Equal Employment / Workplace Information
- Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. No discrimination based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
- Drug-Free workplace.
Reasonable Accommodation
If reasonable accommodation is needed for any part of the employment process, requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis (contact information provided for accommodation requests in the original posting has been omitted here).