Associate General Counsel

Overview

This role involves serving as a mid-level healthcare regulatory attorney supporting regulatory, operational, and contracting matters. The work will focus on provider billing and payer reimbursement disputes, including negotiating directly with health plans and developing processes for collecting on arbitration awards. Day-to-day responsibilities split between reactive dispute handling and proactive work to turn legal requirements into systems and platform features.

Responsibilities

• Partner on payer reimbursement matters, advising on billing and reimbursement questions and setting the organization’s approach to health plans.
• Drive payment dispute negotiations by negotiating directly with health plans to resolve disputes and recover what providers are owed.
• Build an arbitration award collection playbook, defining how arbitration awards will be collected and making the process repeatable as volume grows.
• Shape litigation readiness by evaluating litigation strategies and developing pre-litigation plans, including when and how to escalate.
• Guide product and operations teams on regulatory questions by translating healthcare regulatory requirements into systems, tools, and platform features.
• Support contract review by reviewing and negotiating vendor agreements, BAAs, NDAs, and MSAs in collaboration with the Deputy General Counsel.
• Build legal process workflows and templates to scale a growing legal team.
• Counsel the business on general legal matters and act as a trusted advisor as new questions arise.

Requirements

• Mid-level healthcare regulatory attorney experience from a top law firm or healthcare organization.
• Ability to apply state and federal law to questions without clean precedent.
• Experience handling billing and reimbursement disputes, including evaluating when matters should move toward litigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• HealthTech or healthcare technology experience.
• Experience with IDR or No Surprises Act dispute work.
• Experience working directly with state or federal regulators.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation range: $200K - $225K
• Competitive compensation, including equity
• Full health, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement savings plan through 401(k)
• Flexible time off
• Opportunities for company-wide connection and events

Location

• Hybrid flexibility with offices in LA or NY plus remote flexibility (remote/hybrid flexibility varies by role and team).

Employment Information

• Work authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations are provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Background Checks: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background checks, where permitted by law.
• At-Will Employment: Employment is at-will and may be terminated by either party at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law.