Senior Counsel - Health Affairs

Senior Counsel - Health Affairs role at The State University of New York

Location: Albany, NY

Posted On: Wed Dec 11 2024

• Provide comprehensive healthcare legal services and guidance to the SUNY System Administration and its state-operated campuses as the primary attorney for the OGC in health affairs.
• Provide legal services related to healthcare compliance, complex healthcare transactions, matters involving state and federal fraud and abuse compliance, general health law and regulatory issues, including hospital physician compensation, physician practice acquisitions, provider-based agreements, and other joint business ventures.
• Work collaboratively with OGC attorneys across the campuses to support the SUNY medical centers, medical schools, and clinical or faculty practice plans operated by SUNY, including:
  • SUNY's hospitals and academic medical centers at (i) SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, (ii) Stony Brook University, (iii) SUNY Upstate Medical University, (iv) University at Buffalo, and their schools/colleges.
  • SUNY's public research institutions including SUNY Albany, SUNY College of Optometry, SUNY Poly, Binghamton University, and other SUNY state-operated institutions.
• Additional responsibilities may include providing legal advice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliations; complex commercial contracts, software contracts; procurement agreements; general hospital and physician transactions; managing P3 arrangements for campus projects; academic affiliation and exchange agreements; medical staff bylaws; clinical safety/risk management and medical malpractice; health information technology; managed care;
  Medicare/Medicaid CoPs and CfCs and provider-based rules; pharmacy/controlled substances; research and sponsored research projects (including basic science, government and foundation research, product development, animal and human subjects research, and clinical trials); revenue cycle appeals; scientific misconduct; research conflicts of interest; good laboratory practices, laboratory accreditation and certification; and such other duties as may be assigned.

• Required
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
  
  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited American Bar Association law school (or foreign equivalent).
  • Admission to the New York State Bar (or eligibility for admission within six months) and a strong academic background.
  • This position requires 10+ years of exceptional legal experience in the area of health law with demonstrated specialized legal expertise in the area of healthcare regulatory and transactional law.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Significant experience working in an in-house legal office at an academic medical center and/or vertically integrated non-profit health system.
  • Superior written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to present complex legal concepts to diverse, non-legal professionals.

• Salary is dependent on a variety of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, training, and certifications. The range as an Senior Counsel position is $143,400 - $190,00.
• Excellent Benefit Package which includes: NYS health insurance, free dental and vision coverage, competitive retirement options, tuition assistance, parental leave at full pay, and generous vacation, sick, and holiday time. 13 days of paid holidays per year; 21 days of vacation and 21 days of sick time accrued each year. Please see our Management/Confidential benefits summary for additional information.
• Management/Confidential appointments work under the leadership and discretion of the appointing authority and are not represented by a union.
• This position is located in Albany, New York. Limited telecommuting may be available. Some travel may be required depending on the needs of clients.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. VISA sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants with a valid driver's license are preferred.
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• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Legal

• Higher Education