Asst General Counsel

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Asst General Counsel

The candidate will assist, advise and makes recommendations on the full scope of legal matters affecting the Health System and its affiliated hospitals and other corporations. Understands and/or researches issues in the legal and business context in which they arise, seeks out information and colleagues to assist such understanding and responds to issues promptly, clearly and thoughtfully and objectively.Understand and is aware of the variety of laws, regulations and case law which impact the operations of the Health System and its affiliated hospitals and corporations and keeps current with their evolution. Strive to maintain an awareness of the activities of the Health System, its constituent hospital sand other corporations, in order to provide more comprehensive up-to-date legal advice. Identify areas which could benefit from proactive action by corporate and hospital personnel in order to minimize liability and other risks and works with such personnel to develop programs, policies and procedures to address the impact of such risks, laws and regulations.Work closely and cooperatively with other members of the Legal Affairs Department, Health System personnel and outside professionals in formulating analyses, advice and recommendations and conveys recommendations in a clear and analytical manner.Assist in making recommendations to Health System personnel on risk management practices and potential malpractice and other liability issues. Coordinate these recommendations with the Risk Management and Quality Management departments. Act as a liaison to ensure that the outside professionals fully understand the business context of the issues being addressed and Health System personnel understand the effect of the outside counsel’s legal analysis on their operations. Assist in the development and revisions of various policies and procedures, including administrative policies and procedures, procedures relating to health information management and those particularly relevant to the System’s research efforts.

Promote and participates, as requested in the development and implementation of corporate compliance efforts. Assist with responses to investigations from outside regulatory agencies. Assist with policy and contractual responses to a variety of issues relating to information technology and confidentiality collaboratively.Work collaboratively in the administration of the Legal Affairs Department.Monitor and reviews (as appropriate) work and performance of other members of the Legal Affairs Department.Coordinates activities with other members of the Legal Affairs Department, fostering a team working environment. Monitors activities and billings of outside legal counsel.Develop policies and mechanisms to assist in the understanding and reduction of outside legal expenses. Will prepare, reviews, analyzes and negotiates contractual arrangements entered into by the hospitals and other corporations of the Health System including, but not limited to computer software license agreements, equipment purchase agreements, physician employment agreements, managed care agreements, financing agreements, sale and acquisition agreements, agreements to reduce savings by sharing reduction of expenses, affiliation and services agreements, research and licensing agreements. Assesses, advises, and makes recommendations to Health System colleagues on the nature and risks of proposed and existing contractual arrangements. Draft and negotiate agreements which clearly and understandably reflect the relevant business and legal terms and conditions of the transactions. Understands the range of agreements entered into by the corporations of the Health System, as well as the related specific terms and conditions and the business and legal implications. Advise and instruct administrative and other personnel on the review and analysis of agreements for business and legal issues. Identify opportunities for the preparation of model agreements and forms, and prepares such agreements and forms for use by non-legal personnel of the Health System in order to expedite the conduct of business. Provide backup to other department members in the preparation and negotiation of various agreements. Prepare drafts and negotiate leases and purchase and sale agreements for the acquisition or disposition of Health System real estate property.Assist the Office of Technology Transfer and the Feinstein Institute on matters concerning licensing and commercialization of Health System Technologies.Provide advice on corporate governance, authority and organizational issues.Assist in the preparation for corporate board and committee meetings, including, but not limited to preparation for corporate resolutions.Prepare and revises corporate documents, including certificates of incorporation, certificates of amendment and bylaws. Monitor corporate and medical staff activities for legal implications necessitating board, committee and/or other action, coordinating such action. Attend committee and board meetings as requested and appropriate, assists committee and board members with activities requiring their consultation or approval.Provide advice regarding the structure of affiliation arrangements within the Health System in order to best protect the interests of the System and its constituent hospitals and corporations, as well as the appropriate means to document such arrangements. Assist in identifying potential private environment issues and other matters, which may affect the tax exempt status of the entities within the Health System. Provides advice regarding employee benefits, pension and compensation issues. Work with independent third parties to analyze physician compensation models to ensure they are commercially reasonable, consistent with fair market value, and meet Federal and State requirements. Provide assistance with legal matters relating to the Medical Board and Medical Staff of and the patient care provided by the various hospitals affiliated with the Health System.

As counsel to the hospitals and medical boards, attends meetings including; Joint Conference/Professional Affairs Committees, the medical boards (as appropriate) and medical staff bylaws. Monitors medical board, committee and hospital activities for legal issues, provides advice on appropriate action for their resolution. Provide advice to trustees, the medical boards, quality management department members, clinical department chairmen and directors and medical board representatives and other personnel with respect to the conduct of peer reviews, due process hearings and other medical staff matters. Assist in the coordination of the activities of the due process hearing committees and the hearing and appellate process to maximize compliance with laws and procedures; assists in the development and revisions of appropriate and workable due process procedure. Work collaboratively to prepare, in coordination with the members of the medical board bylaws committees, revisions to the medical staff bylaws, rules an regulations, as appropriate. Provide advice concerning the impact of laws and regulations on various healthcare and medical staff related issues as they arise, including, but not limited to, issues relating to possible professional misconduct, patient complaints, advance directives, medical ethics, release of information and confidentiality issues. Assist physicians, on-call administrators, department chairmen and other personnel in identifying and resolving legal issues as they arise in the patient care arena.

Prioritize legal issues in the patient care setting so that they are handled promptly in support of the Health System’s mission for quality patient care.

Assist social work and discharge planning personnel in anticipating and proactively dealing with complex continuum of care and discharge planning matters, upon request. Identify potential litigation exposures and works with Risk Management, Quality Management, colleagues within Legal Affairs Department and other administrative staff, as well as outside professionals (when appropriate) to minimize risks arising from such exposures. Assist in the supervision of matters which are referred to outside counsel. Develops programs and presentations to educate staff members as to issues relating to their legal responsibilities, the rights of patients, compliance with law and the legal risks involved in their activities. Assist medical records and other personnel in responding to subpoenas, court orders and other requests for medical records, patient and other information

Company info

Northwell Health
270-05 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park
New York
United States 11040
Website : https://www.northwell.edu