Health Care Staff Attorney II

Job Purpose or Objective(s):

Health Care related Attorney who will provide research and legal advice to health care professionals of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. You will report to the Director.

Mon-Fri 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

• Research the intent of laws and judicial decisions and apply the law to the circumstances.
• Work on unusual or complex problems and provide solutions.
• Negotiate contractual agreements and provide legal advice to avoid legal liability.
• Provide legal representation to the Nation in all requested and required legal and liability areas.
• Manage the case management of in-house matters.
• Advise operational leaders, clinicians, and executives on legal and regulatory risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate healthcare-related agreements, including physician employment and professional services agreements; vendor, technology, and managed services contracts; affiliation, joint venture, and value-based care arrangements.
• Support compliance programs, internal investigations, regulatory investigations and audits, and fraud and abuse investigations.
• Prepare, negotiate, review and advise on work pertaining to contracts, agreements, and other legal instruments on behalf of the Nation.
• Provide guidance to lower-level Attorneys.
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned.

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Licensed to practice law by a State within the United States.
• Ability to handle a variety of legal fields and procedures.
• Minimum Six [6] years’ experience as an attorney in the health care field.
• Experience advising operational leaders, clinicians, and executives on legal and regulatory risk.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating healthcare-related agreements, including physician employment and professional services agreements; vendor, technology, and managed services contracts; affiliation, joint venture, and value-based care arrangements.
• Experience supporting compliance programs, internal investigations, regulatory investigations and audits, and fraud and abuse investigations.
• Strong working knowledge of healthcare legal and regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA/HITECH and patient privacy laws;
  Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and False Claims Act;
  Medicare/Medicaid certifications, reimbursement, and compliance requirements