Associate General Counsel, Healthcare & Research/ Transactions

About This Role

This attorney will serve as a healthcare transactions expert, providing legal guidance and counsel on transactions involving physician group acquisitions, healthcare affiliations, and services agreements for Johns Hopkins University. The role involves structuring, drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a wide variety of healthcare transactions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead transactional attorney on behalf of JHU in negotiating, structuring, and managing joint JHU/JHHS affiliations with, and acquisitions of, third party entities including health systems, FQHCs, physician practices and community hospitals.
• Identify regulatory issues and ensure compliance with the Stark Act and antikickback laws.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and regulatory developments affecting healthcare providers.
• Advise on creating new service lines, new quality metrics programs, and establishing new modes of healthcare service delivery (including telehealth, concierge, and related modalities).
• Assist in the documentation of agreements within a growing academic medical center.
• Advise on healthcare and billing compliance, telemedicine matters, and faculty/physician compensation.
• Provide guidance and assistance to other colleagues in the University’s Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school
• Active membership in good standing in at least one state bar association
• Satisfaction of all applicable requirements for attorneys practicing in-house in the State of Maryland
• 5+ years of legal experience advising healthcare clients, preferably academic medical centers
• Experience drafting documents of substantial complexity in a high-volume environment, including acquisition documents for physician practices
• Experience negotiating professional services, employment, and other agreements involving physicians and physician groups
• Subject matter expertise involving healthcare regulatory issues that arise in the context of transactions

Qualifications

• A Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school.
• Five or more (5+) years of legal experience, including advising health care clients, preferably academic medical centers, or similar complex health care organizations.

Nice to Have

• Extensive knowledge in healthcare service contracts, physician compensation and employment law, and related transaction
• Experience in emerging models of compensation in health care and compliance with CMS regulations and related laws
• Strong relationship building skills and ability to work collaboratively
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of university and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, physicians, patients, visitors, and attorneys
• Track record of maintaining positive, collaborative, and effective relationships
• Excellent legal analytical skills
• Ability to manage a high volume of work and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment