Under the supervision of the Assistant General Counsel (ACG), review prepare and negotiate a full range of hospital contracts including, without limitation, physician contracts, IT, SaaS and software licensing agreements, clinical affiliation agreements, transfer agreements, Human Resource search and staffing agreements, procurement of goods and services, leases of space and equipment, event contracts, confidentiality and consulting agreements, transport and ambulance agreements, and home health and hospice agreements, assuring legal and regulatory compliance. Serve as a primary resource for the interpretation of contractual obligations, benefits and remedies. This position is onsite and located in Morristown, NJ .
-Working with Contract Coordinators, oversee physician, real estate and contract management process, including development of electronic databases. Assume primary responsibility for physician contract compliance.
-Assist the General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel on major transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures, serving as a resource for the management of the due diligence process.
-Serve as a key subject matter resource on healthcare laws and regulations, including, without limitation, monitoring of regulatory developments, and legal research on regulatory issues, including fraud and abuse issues, HIPAA compliance, EMTALA, Medicare and Medicaid compliance, licensure issues, pay-to-play issues, corporate governance and regulatory issues related to tax-exempt entities.
-As required, participate in the development, review and revision of clinical and corporate policies. Review and prepare informed consents, appearance releases, consents to videotaping, etc.
-As requested, serve as legal advisor to various committees, work groups and task forces. Work collaboratively with Risk Management, Insurance, Privacy, Audit & Compliance and other key functional areas to align efforts, improve decision-making, reduce risks and improve quality outcomes.
- People: Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee engagement, adherence to company policies, effective communications, collaboration, innovation, optimal productivity and continuous learning. Assures that systems are in place to ensure appropriate resources and competent staff.
- Service: Focuses staff on continuously building customer satisfaction for patients, physicians, colleagues, the community and other departments served. Engages staff in continually raising the bar in service excellence.
- Growth: Communicates effectively as hospital/system advocate to members of the community, continually seeks ways to promote organization to the public.
- Quality: Assures the implementation of standards of professional practice occurs, reviews and revises documents according to policy or as necessary to reflect changes in practice and to ensure safe, effective and efficient patient care. Develops, with our physician colleagues, a system-wide quality review program. Ensures compliance with local, state, federal rules and regulations and OSHA and The Joint Commission standards.* Consistently, with others, evaluates core processes for redesign opportunities to improve operations, reduce cost, reduce cycle time, enhance service and improve performance.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Ability to work independently and serve as lead attorney on matters
Excellent analytical and writing skills
Ability to identify and resolve regulatory issues
A particular strength in physician contracting, including practice acquisitions, vendors and corporate services contracting, and familiarity with IT contracting
Strong customer orientation with an ability to accommodate a high volume of diverse requests and to interact with team members at all levels of the organization
Minimum Education:
JD from an ABA-approved law school and be an active member in good standing of the New Jersey Bar required
Relevant Experience:
5+ years of relevant healthcare law experience; law firm experience required
Healthcare regulatory and corporate work experience, including prior experience with hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, and federal and state healthcare regulatory issues, including fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, the Anti - Kickback Statute, HIPAA/HITECH and NJDPA
Experience working with SaaS agreements and other technology agreements
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