Associate General Counsel

Your Role

As Associate General Counsel, you will report to Honest’s General Counsel and be a trusted advisor to the business. You will engage in direct legal services including preparation, review, and revision of agreements, providing advanced legal counsel and guidance related to health care operational and transactional matters. You will assist with risk management, policy development and contracts, and regulatory requirements such as Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance as applied to value-based payer arrangements with physicians and health systems, to include providing legal advice on the formation and operations of ACOs participating in MSSP and REACH and IPAs contracting with Medicare Advantage payers on risk arrangements. You will harness your knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver within an in-house legal function that is nimble, responsive, and innovative in problem solving and business strategy

Primary Functions of the Associate General Counsel Include:

• Leverage and support deep working knowledge of healthcare operations law to help the business in achievement of business strategy.
• Deliver effective health care legal operations across the enterprise and its subsidiary/affiliated partners.
• Supervise, direct, manage and collaborate with other members of the legal team, as the organization scales and the teams grow.
• Prepare, review, and revise corporate documents to aid with internal processes, such as the governance matrix, approval and signature authority policy, articles of incorporation, and other materials needed to operate effectively.
• Coordinate with outside counsel on matters requiring subject matter expertise.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to multiple areas of the business during periods of high growth, ensuring that processes, procedures, and foundations for decision making are supported by best practice and working knowledge of current industry regulations.
• Perform other related responsibilities as assigned. 

How You Qualify

You reviewed the Who You Are section of this job posting and immediately felt the need to read on. This makes you a match for our innovative culture. You accept things change quickly in a startup environment and are willing to pivot quickly on priorities.

• Juris Doctor from a law school accredited by the America Bar Association, with substantive experience in health law
• 6+ years of experience with a national law firm working with physician practices and health systems on general corporate matters to include physician/hospital joint ventures, structuring and implementation of IPAs, PHOs, and ACOs, and structuring and negotiating value-based payment arrangements such as with Medicare Advantage payers and ACOs participating in the CMS MSSP and REACH programs
• 6+ years of experience in a healthcare environment in the performance of operational, general, or other specialty legal services for health systems, health plans, medical groups, providers, clinics, or healthcare delivery organizations
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Ability to work on concrete deadlines and deliver results independently
• Demonstrated past ability to perform legal functions with high ethical standards
• Comfort working in a fast paced, ground up, business build
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion

The base pay range for this role is $206,400 - $252,800. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, and organizational needs. Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Honest. Eligible roles also qualify for short-term incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.