Corporate Counsel

Summary

Join Stellar Health as their first in-house Corporate Counsel! This exciting opportunity involves building and managing the internal legal function, demonstrating its value, and drafting/negotiating commercial contracts. You will work cross-functionally with various teams, including growth and compliance, and coordinate with external partners. The role requires strong legal expertise in healthcare technology, regulations, and contract negotiation. Stellar offers a competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, equity grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school. We will also consider a foreign equivalent from an accredited law school with the right background and experience
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 5-7 years of legal experience
• Experience reviewing and negotiating value based care contracts with various types of healthcare entities
• Strong understanding of and experience with applicable federal and state healthcare regulations, including telehealth regulations, laws such as AKS, FCA and other fraud and abuse laws, CPOM, scope of practice rules, Medicaid reimbursement rules
• Strong understanding of and experience with federal and state healthcare privacy regulations
• Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first in-house counsel to support our value based care and financial incentives technology platform and other initiatives, including our Accountable Care Organization
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including service contracts with Stellar’s customers (health care insurance companies and health care systems), network agreements with medical groups, purchase contracts with vendors, and data use and business associate agreements across these entities
• Use prior experience, knowledge, and commercially-minded judgment to navigate complex negotiations that achieve desired results while managing risk and protecting the company's interests
• Interpret and translate complex healthcare entity relationships and regulatory requirements, including financial incentives and reimbursement, AKS/Stark, corporate practice of medicine, risk adjustment, and HIPAA and other data privacy issues
• Work cross functionally with business teams across the company to analyze legal risks, devise creative but compliant solutions and develop strong, trusted advisor relationships
• Identify, create, and deliver training materials to relevant staff that enables their meaningful participation in the contracting process and enhances organizational efficiency
• Transform existing framework, processes, and documents into a full-fledged internal legal program that can be easily maintained and scaled for growth
• Support the network and enterprise sales teams as they interact with current and potential customers
• Stay aware of emerging or changing regulatory obligations and coordinate required actions with the compliance team
• Create and maintain an inventory of existing contractual obligations
• Support the compliance team with supplemental regulatory research support
• Manage the relationship with external counsel and oversee their work product. Candidates are expected to demonstrate long term savings from the transition to internal resourcing

Preferred Qualifications

• In healthcare technology at a startup, a payor or large provider group, the government, or an accountable care organization
• Building and maturing an legal function to drive efficiency, value, and scalability
• Driving cost savings found by bringing legal resourcing in-house
• Optimizing the contract lifecycle with a keen focus on balancing speed and quality while managing risk to the organization within tolerated limits

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Universal Paid Family Leave
• Company sponsored One Medical memberships and Citibike memberships
• Medical Travel Benefits
• A monthly wellness stipend that gives employees the freedom to choose where they spend their cash, whether it be on wellness, pet care, childcare, WFH items, or charitable donations
• Stock Options & a 401k matching program
• Career development opportunities like Manager Training, coaching, and an internal mobility program
• A broad calendar of company sponsored social events that for our in-office and remote employees
• The salary range for this role is $215,000 - $250,000 and will be eligible for an annual performance based bonus and equity grant