Corporate Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide legal assistance at the crossroads of healthcare technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory compliance.

• Offer guidance on legal matters, draft and negotiate contracts, ensure adherence to compliance, manage risks, and negotiate technology and security terms.

• Advise the business on HIPAA, HITECH, and other privacy and security obligations.

• Support broader commercial contracting and legal-risk concerns impacting Availity’s healthcare technology platform.

• Draft, evaluate, and negotiate healthcare technology contracts and provisions related to cybersecurity.

• Collaborate with Information Security on incidents, threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management efforts.

• Ensure adherence to federal and state healthcare regulations, including HIPAA, HITECH, and other privacy and security laws.

• Keep abreast of changes in cybersecurity and privacy regulations, translating developments into guidance, policies, and contractual standards.

• Provide legal risk assessments to business and technical stakeholders based on intricate technical findings.

• Oversee compliance with payer requirements and regulations impacting revenue cycle management.

• Identify and mitigate legal risks associated with healthcare technology, revenue cycle management operations, and litigation issues.

• Develop and implement policies and procedures to manage and reduce legal risks.

• Handle and resolve legal disputes, including contract disagreements, regulatory inquiries, and litigation.

• Offer guidance and assistance to internal teams regarding legal obligations.

• Collaborate with compliance, finance, operations, and other departments.

• Provide legal insights in strategic planning and business development efforts.

• Report to the Associate General Counsel.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience at a law firm as a corporate or transactional associate and/or as an in-house corporate or transactional attorney.

• Proven experience advising on cybersecurity incidents, incident response, digital forensics findings, remediation strategies, and related legal and contractual risks.

• Experience in the healthcare and/or information technology sector is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with clearinghouse or Revenue Cycle Management is an advantage.

• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.

• Knowledge or experience in healthcare law, technology law, cloud computing, SaaS, software licensing agreements, data privacy, HIPAA/HITECH, state privacy and breach-notification laws, recognized security frameworks, Omnibus and other related laws, accreditations, and software and technology regulations.

• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating healthcare technology contracts, including information-security addenda, business associate agreements, data-protection clauses, software agreements, licensing contracts, service agreements, and cybersecurity provisions.

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

• Skill in evaluating technical security information and translating it into legal risk assessments and actionable business recommendations.

• Strong organizational and time management capabilities.

• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities while demonstrating initiative, accountability, and leadership.

• Strategic and analytical thinking ability.

• Strong decision-making skills.

• Preferred experience collaborating with information security, privacy, compliance, technology, and operational teams.

• Preferred experience advising a healthcare technology company, healthcare clearinghouse, health plan, or other regulated technology organization.

• Preferred experience managing legal responses to third-party or customer cybersecurity incidents.

• Preferred knowledge of healthcare interoperability, electronic data exchange, and revenue-cycle management operations.

• Relevant privacy or cybersecurity certification, such as CIPP/US, CIPM, or comparable credential, is preferred.

• Preferred experience in commercial contracting within a healthcare technology company.

• Ability to use a camera for all virtual meetings.

• Must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Bonus structure.

• HSA company contribution.

• Healthcare benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• 401k match program available from day one.

• Unlimited PTO for salaried associates.

• 9 paid holidays.

• Wellness reimbursement of up to $250/year for gym memberships, racing events, weight management programs, etc.

• Education reimbursement.

• Paid parental leave for birth and adoptive parents.

• Continuous learning resources and access to experts.

• Remote-first work arrangement.

• Culture teams and Young Professionals Group.

• Pop-up lunches near Jacksonville when meetings occur in the office.