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About The Position

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant transactional legal experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.
• Some experience with or exposure to healthcare payor contracting, value-based care arrangements, or similarly complex risk-based healthcare agreements.
• Foundational knowledge of Value-Based Care, Medicare Advantage Organizations, and healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
• Ability to draft and negotiate agreements, provide clear advice under complex situations, and build relationships across stakeholder groups.
• Ability to exercise initiative, independence, and sound judgment and to work proactively with appropriate supervision.
• Ability to identify and articulate legal and business risks and support balanced, informed decision-making.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and within a highly matrixed organization.
• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

Nice To Haves

• Prior in-house healthcare experience, particularly in a value-based care, managed care, or payor-facing environment.
• Knowledge of ACO REACH/LEAD, MSSP, or other federal healthcare program structures.
• Experience with vendor or commercial contracting, including technology, SaaS, or data agreements.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems or contracting process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end negotiation of Medicare Advantage risk agreements, including financial terms, risk-bearing entity structures, DOFR allocations, and performance guarantees, in partnership with senior legal and Payor Contracting leadership.
• Draft, review, and maintain payor contract templates and assist in updating template language to reflect current regulatory requirements and market conditions.
• Assist with attorney-to-attorney correspondence and support escalations, disputes, and resolutions under the direction of senior counsel.
• Monitor CMS regulatory developments and assist in advising business partners on contract language implications; support preparation for Joint Operating Committee (JOC) meetings, dispute notices, and other payor-facing communications.
• Assist in coordinating with Finance, Contract Analysis, and other cross-functional stakeholders to align negotiated financial terms with approved financial models.
• Support payor contract interpretation, post-execution management, amendments, renewals, notices, reconciliations, and other ongoing contract matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial vendor and third-party agreements, including technology, SaaS, professional services, consulting, data and analytics, clinical services, business associate, licensing, and supply agreements.
• Collaborate with IT, Information Security, Privacy, Finance, Compliance, and business owners to ensure vendor agreements appropriately address business, legal, regulatory, security, and operational requirements.
• Support development and maintenance of standard vendor contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidelines.
• Physician and partner agreements, including employee lease agreements, medical leadership agreements, reimbursement arrangements, and program incentive agreements.
• ACO program contracting, including MSSP and LEAD managed care services agreements, participating provider agreements, and partner participation agreements.
• Clinical program agreements, co-management arrangements, and other provider-facing contracts.
• Research federal and state legal developments affecting agilon's markets and contractual arrangements and provide timely analysis to senior legal staff and business stakeholders.
• Assist in translating legal, regulatory, financial, and operational risks into clear, practical guidance that enables informed business decisions.
• Support Legal's advisory role in risk adjustment, data sharing, and regulatory compliance matters as they intersect with contracting.
• Partner effectively across Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and Market teams in a highly matrixed environment.
• Perform other duties and support additional projects as assigned, consistent with the evolving needs of the Legal department and the business.

Benefits

• Periodic business travel may be required to attend company, legal, and/or other business meetings.