Corporate Counsel - Healthcare

About the Role

Title: Corporate Counsel - Healthcare (Remote)

Location: Dallas, TX, US

Full Time

Requisition ID: 1391

Who We Are

Access TeleCare is redefining how hospitals and health systems deliver behavioral health care-closing access gaps, improving patient outcomes, and supporting overburdened clinical teams through best-in-class telemedicine solutions.

As the nation's largest provider of telemedicine technology and acute clinical services, our Telemed IQ platform enables life-saving care across behavioral health, psychiatry, and beyond. We are proud to be the first acute telemedicine provider to earn and continuously maintain The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval.

We love what we do and if you want to know more about our vision, mission and values go to accesstelecare.com to check us out.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Corporate Counsel will have responsibilities across the legal function and provide a variety of corporate, commercial and contractual advice and legal services to internal clients, with a primary focus on enabling the go-to-market activities of the company and support the clinical and business operations of the organization. The Corporate Counsel will bring relevant healthcare experience to the role to provide legal advice regarding health care regulatory and compliance matters. The Corporate Counsel will focus on protecting the company from legal, security and business risks while enabling the company's continued growth and expansion. This position will work on a wide range of legal matters, including contracts, M&A, clinical, technology and data security agreements, intellectual property, corporate governance, employment law, software licensing, and dispute resolution. Corporate Counsel will work closely with her/his peers in a small and nimble legal team, as well as with senior management, outside counsel, clients, and employees at all levels. This position is remote with the voluntary option to work in the headquarters office in Dallas, Texas if the Corporate Counsel is local to the area.

What You'll Do

• Structure, draft, negotiate and review commercial contracts with a primary focus on the provision of clinical services to hospital and health system customers through its tech-enabled platforms, but also to include vendor contracts for the company's procurement of goods and services.

• Prepare and negotiate contracts for the engagement of clinicians for provision of clinical services to end customers.

• Assist with the development of corporate policies, systems and procedures, in particular, with facilitating the contracting process

• Provide legal counsel to departments as needed, including on various data and protected health information, security, and privacy-related matters

• Review and analyze arrangements between hospitals and other parties on compliance for Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute, and other fraud and abuse laws, EMTALA, HIPAA, antitrust laws, corporate practice of medicine, telemedicine and any other regulatory requirements applicable to such arrangements

• Provide legal counsel to departments as needed, including compliance, HR, IT, information security, finance/accounting, marketing, and clinical operations

• Provide legal support on litigation matters

What You'll Bring

• Juris Doctor degree

• Licensed to practice law in one or more states

• 5+ years prior experience working in-house or at a law firm, including relevant experience as an attorney in the healthcare industry, including exposure to hospital, clinician, and data security transactions and federal and state fraud and abuse and privacy laws

• 5+ years of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial and technology-related agreements

• Business acumen, with the demonstrated ability to balance business needs and legal risks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong negotiation skills

• High attention to detail

• Ability to successfully navigate in a dynamic, fast paced environment while operating under tight deadlines

• Comfortable and skilled at managing across multiple senior stakeholder groups to achieve results with a sense of urgency and counsel on sensitive matters

• Ability to build strong working relationships with internal team members throughout the company and external points of contacts

• Collaborative and team-oriented, and able to work independently with little supervision

• Comfortable working in a remote culture

• Familiarity with health care laws and regulations, including Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes, state and federal healthcare regulations, HIPAA and other privacy laws, billing and coding compliance and related regulations, Medicare and Medicaid issues and government investigations, corporate practice of medicine.

• Experience supporting enterprise sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including managing a high volume of customer contracts, supporting RFP submissions, and responding to customer regulatory, compliance and privacy requirements

• Experience providing legal support to a physician group operating in a multi-state telemedicine practice

• Experience with and expertise in labor and employment laws

• Experience with medical malpractice matters

Why Join Access TeleCare

• Fully remote work environment

• Comprehensive benefits - health, dental, vision, life, and 401(k)

• Flexible vacation and wellness days - we value performance and balance

• Culture of ownership, transparency, and results - where the best ideas rise

• Directly impact patient access nationwide

Access TeleCare, is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. a division of Access TeleCare.