Senior Counsel
Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc Athens, GA Full-Time
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Job Summary:
Senior Counsel performs legal services, represents and supports Northeast Georgia Health System with regard to hospital-physician relationships under the direction and supervision of the Chief Legal Officer, or his/her delegate, including without limitation, business transactions, innovation, research, grants, certificate of need, enterprise risk management, support of clinically integrated networks, accountable care organizations, and similar or related entities; physician contracting, including negotiation and drafting of professional services agreements between Northeast Georgia Medical Center and medical groups; physician recruitment; physician employment; business and non-physician contracting; corporate, commercial, physician and business transactions; loans and financing transactions; the formation, operation and dissolution of joint ventures and other business organizations; physician practice acquisitions; legal/regulatory and compliance; and licensure, certification and accreditation.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree
• Juris Doctor
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and an active license to practice (Georgia license or ability to apply for and obtain Georgia license) and 5-8 years’ of relevant health law experience in a law firm practice and/or in-house is required. Consideration will be given to qualified candidates advising health care institutions with a combined total of eight or more years’ experience.
Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Outstanding analytical, negotiating, drafting and writing ability. Pragmatic business acumen with the ability to recognize the broader consequences of legal advice.
• Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication. Innovative thinking that adds value for clients and finds creative solutions to complex legal issues.
• Interpersonal skills that foster successful interaction with a diverse array of legal colleagues, clients, and leaders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and initiatives; prioritizing and working independently in a highly collegial and high performing environment. High degree of personal integrity, sound judgment, and a commitment to accountability.
• Extensive knowledge of federal and state laws relating to healthcare, including but not limited to Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, HIPAA, AKS, self-referral prohibitions, privacy, security, and fraud and abuse.
• Experience in managing, drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex contracts.
• Good working knowledge of the key operational and strategic issues and challenges currently affecting hospitals, medical foundations, health systems, providers, health care delivery organizations, and/or integrated delivery systems.
Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.
Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.
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