Associate General Counsel - Legal Services - Full Time (Healthcare)

Location: Manchester, NH, United States; Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

Company

hirify.global supports Elliot Health System and its affiliates in delivering healthcare services.

What you will do

• Provide legal counsel on healthcare operations, clinical and business activities, facilities, personnel, corporate transactions, employment matters, medical staff issues, licensing, and investigations.
• Respond to legal and regulatory matters involving patient care, advance directives, guardianships, probate, subpoenas, search warrants, involuntary emergency admissions, and patient consent.
• Review, negotiate, and revise complex clinical, software, consulting, physician employment, and other commercial contracts.
• Draft and review policies addressing state and federal laws, regulatory requirements, and CMS Conditions of Participation.
• Support compliance activities involving billing and coding, government and payer audits, whistleblower protections, healthcare fraud and abuse, HIPAA, and HITECH.
• Manage contract review staff and processes, support paralegal oversight, collaborate with outside counsel, provide legal training, and participate in ethics committees.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Admission to practice law in at least one state and eligibility for admission to the New Hampshire Bar.
• At least seven years of experience as a practicing attorney.
• Demonstrated interest in health law and relevant healthcare, litigation, regulatory, labor and employment, or corporate experience.
• Extensive knowledge of state and federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws, particularly the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Extensive knowledge of contracts, corporate and commercial law, and healthcare and hospital law.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a Monday–Friday schedule.
• Rotating on-call coverage for legal issues related to patient care and similar matters.
• Equal opportunity employment.