Corporate Counsel

Calling All Strategic Advisors!

Are you a legal expert with a passion for healthcare and a strategic vision for the future? Join Providence St. Joseph Health as our Corporate Counsel and become a key player in shaping healthcare delivery across our dynamic organization.

The Role

As the Corporate Counsel at Providence St. Joseph Health, you will play a crucial role in delivering legal services and advice under the guidance of the VP, Senior Corporate Counsel. You will exercise independence in addressing complex legal matters and support specific projects. Your responsibilities include providing legal consultation, conducting policy analysis, preparing written guidance for executive teams, and drafting contracts with a focus on physician and vendor agreements. Staying informed on relevant legal developments, you'll ensure timely responses to client needs while upholding high standards of legal support and compliance.

What You'll Do

• Advise business clients on compliance with key healthcare regulations, including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Medicare and Medicaid billing rules, HIPAA and EMTALA.
• Draft and review physician agreements, including medical director agreements, on-call agreements, and professional services agreements.
• Prepare and review business associate agreements, guiding clients on HIPAA compliance and navigating state and federal privacy statutes regulations.
• Offer strategic, practical legal counsel to executive leadership, enhancing decision-making processes.
• Develop expertise in healthcare law and share insights within the Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) and beyond, bolstering the organization's legal proficiency.
• Work closely with VP, Senior Corporate Counsel, and Deputy General Counsel, providing seamless guidance on Providence's legal affairs.
• Prepare, draft, and review critical legal documents, ensuring compliance with statutes, regulations, and policies.
• Lead efforts in providing timely legal information and educational materials to Providence operations and ministries, adapting to regulatory/legal changes.
• Provide legal guidance to Providence?s Integrity, Audit, and Compliance Services Department, aiding internal investigations.
• Collaborate with DLA litigation counsel, advising on litigation management strategies.
• Stay informed about healthcare issues, continuously enriching your legal knowledge.
• Efficiently manage outside counsel relationships, setting scopes, budgets, and overseeing services rendered.

What You'll Bring

• Education: Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of relevant healthcare legal experience, either in a law firm or in-house experience.
• Regulatory Expertise (Preferred): Experience with legislative proposals, as well as proposed and final regulations.
• Bar Admission: Admission to California State Bar required.
• Communication Excellence: Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate indirectly with senior leadership and team members.
• Independent Leader: Proven capability to manage assignments with minimal supervision.

Why Join Us?

If you're a strategic advisor with a deep commitment to healthcare, we invite you to apply! Help us drive transformative changes and make a lasting impact in healthcare delivery. Join Providence and embark on a rewarding journey in a vibrant, ever-evolving industry.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of ?Know me, care for me, ease my way.? Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we?ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act."

Requsition ID: 381318

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Legal

Job Function: Legal/Compliance/Risk

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4007 SS LEGAL 1

Address: CA Irvine 15480 Laguna Canyon Rd

Work Location: Providence System Offices Discovery Park-Irvine

Workplace Type: Remote

Pay Range: $78.33 - $138.50

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.