LEGAL COUNSEL

Job Code: LGLCNSL Reports To: VP, Compliance & In-House Counsel Base Location: AZ or CO Work Status: Virtual Office Minimum Starting Monthly Range: $10,775 Hiring Range (Monthly Pay): $10,775 - $12,500 Full-time / Part-time: Full-time Exempt / Non-Exempt: Exempt Risk Designation: Extremely High

Summary:

The Legal Counsel is an integral part of Contexture's small but mighty legal team, providing a broad range of legal support and advice to the organization. This position involves interpreting laws, rules, and regulations; providing legal advice to Contexture personnel; negotiating and drafting agreements; and monitoring legislative changes. The role supports transactional and strategic legal functions across Contexture's HIE, public health, social determinants of health, and other business lines. This role requires excellent collaboration skills, attention to detail, the ability to simplify complex legal issues, a growth mindset, and a proactive, solution-oriented approach.

This position is based in Phoenix Arizona, Denver, or Grand Junction Colorado. Our strategic flexibility allows for local work from home opportuniti

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Legal Support and Advice

Providing legal advice to Contexture personnel on a wide range of legal issues, including compliance with HIPAA, the Part 2 regulations, and other federal and state privacy laws and regulations; security incidents and potential data breaches; proposed federal and state legislation and regulations; mergers and acquisitions; responses to subpoenas and other requests for patient information; nonprofit corporate governance; intellectual property; and employment law. Interpreting complex healthcare regulations and statutes, and applying them to business and transactional matters, including business line operations and corporate affiliations.

Contract Drafting and Negotiation

Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of a wide range of documents and agreements, including customer agreements, business associate agreements, SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, vendor agreements, facility agreements, lease agreements, services agreements, and agreements related to corporate affiliations and other business arrangements. Managing contracts with participants/customers (e.g. healthcare providers, health plans, accountable care organizations), government agencies, and vendors. Responding to internal requests for legal advice relating to contracts. Providing oversight and guidance regarding the use of the Contracts Lifecycle Management (CLM) system.

Risk Assessment, Policy Development, and Compliance

Identifying and analyzing legal issues, presenting clear recommendations, and mitigating legal risks. Drafting and updating internal and external policies and procedures, including those relating to HIE access, HIE data use, patient rights, privacy, information security, contract review and approval, and compliance. Managing comprehensive compliance and privacy programs that span multiple business lines. Implementing and monitoring controls that ensure compliance with federal and state privacy, data protection, and healthcare laws such as HIPAA, Part 2, the Colorado Privacy Act, and the Arizona Health Information Organization la Providing education and training to Contexture teams regarding legal and compliance issues. Handling or providing legal guidance relating to potential privacy and security incidents.

Other Legal Functions:

Providing legal guidance related to tax, insurance, employment, and nonprofit corporate governance matters. Monitoring developments in applicable laws and regulations and providing practical guidance regarding those developments to Contexture's teams. Overseeing the work of outside attorneys. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be abl to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in our full job posted are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Go to http://contexture.org/careers to learn more about the skills, required education and experience, work environment, and physical demands associated with this role.

Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and / or qualifications associated with the job.