In-House Counsel, Healthcare and Regulatory

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Works under the direct supervision of the Director/Managing Attorney for Healthcare Transactions to handle a wide variety of health law and regulatory issues impacting a large, academic medical center.

Requirements

• J. D. degree from ABA-accredited law school
• 3 years Professional legal experience in transactional/regulatory health care practice
• License to practice law in the State of Texas Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• Professional legal experience in an academic medical center, hospital system, or similar healthcare setting or in a law firm representing healthcare clients

Responsibilities

• Advises on healthcare law and regulatory issues arising within clinical practices, health system facilities, and affiliations with external partners, including, but not limited to STARK and Anti-Kickback, EMTALA, HIPAA and other privacy laws, billing and physician and hospital reimbursement compliance, accountable care organizations, acquisitions, government funding, managed care contracting, education agreements, telemedicine, and antitrust.
• Ensures that all aspects of the University's healthcare provider practices (excluding medical malpractice /risk management) and hospital and clinical facilities meet regulatory requirements.
• Drafts and reviews legal documents for risk mitigation and legal and regulatory compliance including, but not limited to contracts, leases, affiliation agreements, professional services agreements, memoranda, and litigation-related materials.
• Advises on new and existing healthcare regulatory policy initiatives; drafts, reviews and revises institutional, hospital, and departmental policies and procedures; serves on and supports hospital and ambulatory policy committees; develops and provides training on a broad range of healthcare law issues.
• Supports and serves on various healthcare-related institutional, hospital and clinical boards and committees.
• Provides litigation defense support in limited areas of medical and allied health clinical practices; interacts with UT System Office of General Counsel, the Texas Office of the Attorney General, and private counsel in the defense of claims.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees