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Senior Counsel, Corporate and Business Law

Primary Location Oakland, California Worker Location Remote Job Number 1284741 Date posted 05/23/2024
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Description:
Job Summary:


As a member of the Legal Departments Health Care Business Law Practice Group, this position provides legal counsel and support to Kaiser Permanente business entities regarding complex health care transactions. This lawyer will partner with our business partners and clients on complex transactions work for Kaiser Permanente, including drafting and negotiating contracts with institutional providers, such as hospital systems, as well as large physician organizations, affiliations, mergers/acquisitions and new ventures. This is a broad transactional practice supporting Kaiser Permanente’s operations as health plans and integrated delivery systems in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington.


Essential Responsibilities:



  • Advise Kaiser’s enterprise-wide leadership on complex transactional work, including structuring, negotiating and drafting documents to support:

    • Arrangements with institutional providers (such as hospitals and hospital systems, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, and dialysis centers), physicians and physician groups, ancillary providers (such as imaging, laboratory, and durable medical equipment), rental networks and other health-related entities;

    • Affiliations, mergers, acquisitions and new ventures.



  • Serve as a subject matter expert, educational resource, and strategic adviser to business leaders and colleagues on all aspects of health care transactions, including the regulatory overlay applicable to health plans and providers. 

Basic Qualifications:

Experience


  • A minimum of eight (8) years of health care law experience, including a minimum of five (5) years of healthcare transaction experience.


Education


  • Bachelors degree. Juris Doctorate degree required.


License, Certification, Registration


  • N/A


Additional Requirements:


  • Solid work ethic, excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), and sharp analytical skills.

  • Ability to work independently and to work collaboratively as part of a team.



  • Applicable bar license or willingness to obtain such license within two years is strongly expected.

  • A working knowledge of nonprofit corporate governance, tax exemption, health care law (e.g., regulation and licensing of institutional and professional providers), managed care law and core health care transactional law (e.g., fraud and abuse and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement regulations).

  • Experience providing interpretation and analysis of statutes, regulations, and institutional and professional provider practice standards, processes and procedures.

  • Superior writing and analytical skills based on substantial experience advising complex organizations with interaction between legal entities

  • Excellent academic and professional qualifications.



Preferred Qualifications:


  • A minimum of ten (10) years of general health care law experience, including a minimum of eight (8) years of complex healthcare transaction experience strongly preferred



******This position has a target base salary of $234,000 to $292,500 and is eligible for incentive compensation, comprehensive health, wellness, time off, savings, and retirement benefits, as well as relocation support, as applicable.


 


****** Can Work Remote while residing in one of these areas - California; Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR; Rockville, MD, Washington D.C. and Washington Markets.

Primary Location: California,Oakland,Ordway Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon - Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Remote Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE Executives|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Director/Senior Director Department: Po/Ho Corp - Natl Legal - HlthCare Bus Law - 0308 Pay Range: $234000 - $292500 / year Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest