Deputy General Counsel

WHO YOU ARE 

You are devoted, compassionate, and enjoy being on the front lines of healthcare, changing the lives of patients by supporting them and the team by focusing on customers. You’re excited about being part of a team that is building a healthcare delivery model that ensures the highest possible quality of life and best outcomes for those in our care. You believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best person-centered, holistic, comprehensive care and want to influence the healthcare system to drive towards that. You thrive in innovative and evolving environments with high rates of change. Does this sound like you? If so, we should talk.

WHO WE ARE

Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life by delaying disease progression, shifting care to the home, and accelerating kidney transplants.

We help nephrologists focus on the right patients at the right time across the full care spectrum. We do this by providing them with the best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insight and tools, and services to patients.

We listen to the needs of our patients, our employees, and our client partners, continually working to push beyond the status quo in which the care system manages patients today.

YOUR ROLE

The Deputy General Counsel is responsible for leading and mentoring a team of legal professionals and will report directly to the Company’s General Counsel. You will be responsible for providing a broad range of legal support services covering a robust range of topics, including general business counseling, customer and vendor contracting (including drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, as well as managing the contract life cycle), regulatory research, analysis and advice, privacy and information security, corporate governance, employment, and litigation management. You will participate in, and provide legal support to, all aspects of the business (compliance, clinical, operations, finance, analytics, talent, corporate development, etc.).

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

• Serve as a strategic partner and influential contributor to the Evergreen leadership team, facilitating and driving decision-making in complex legal matters.
• Partner closely with the Company’s compliance officer to manage risk to the organization and optimize compliance functions.
• Manage and optimize corporate governance and legal entity structural integrity, displaying an in depth knowledge of business organizations and the laws governing their creation and maintenance.
• Identify and lead legal and compliance department process creation and improvement.
• Draft and negotiate managed care contracts, including provider agreements, value-based risk contracts, administrative services agreements, management agreements, and others.
• Educate and coordinate company officers and employees regarding regulatory rules and responsibilities, including but not limited to HIPAA compliance, state licensure requirements, and federal healthcare program participation.
• Act as a resource and thought leader on the interpretation of existing and proposed laws and regulations that could impact Evergreen’s existing and prospective operations, including but not limited to the CMS Kidney Care Choices model (or other similar innovation model) and its progeny and federal anti-fraud and abuse laws.
• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor and services agreements to support company initiatives.
• Advise the company on employment-related matters and develop best practices for talent and performance management.
• Provide counsel and oversight for litigation matters, selecting and supervising outside counsel, judging the merits of potential litigation, and approving settlements of disputes, if warranted.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

HOW YOU QUALIFY

• You reviewed the Who You Are section of this job posting and immediately felt the need to read on. That makes you a match for our innovative culture
• You accept that things change quickly in a startup environment and are willing to pivot rapidly on priorities
• You can navigate ambiguity in an environment where full scope of information might not be available or might be delayed in coming
• You align with Evergreen’s purpose, principles, and practices, encapsulated in our Culture Code
• You hold a Juris Doctor from accredited, top-tier law school, and active membership in good standing o