Sr Counsel TPMG Job in Oakland, California US
Sr Counsel TPMG
At Kaiser Permanente Northern California, you'll join a team of health advocates who share your passion for helping people. From our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-we work together to help our members achieve their best level of wellness. And you'll be inspired to do the same. Whether you dream of sailing the bay, hitting the slopes in the Sierras, hiking Yosemite, attending the opera, or strolling the vineyards, you'll discover the cultural and recreational diversity that makes Northern California one of the most desirable places in the world to live and work. Northern California's largest health plan, Kaiser Permanente provides you with the resources, scope, and opportunity you need to realize your goals. Come see for yourself. Summary: Provides legal advice and counseling to TPMG in the following areas: health care and general business. Develops and presents legal advice and opinions relative to TPMG's operations and regulatory requirements. Essential Functions: -Provides legal advice and counseling to TPMG managers and administrators in the following areas: health care and general business. -Develops and presents legal advice and opinions relative to TPMG's operations and regulatory requirements. - Provides day to day legal advice to TPMG operations and physician leaders on a wide range of healthcare issues, including contracts and relations with external vendors, Medicare, Medicaid, other financial and reimbursement issues, credentialing, licensing, scope of practice, informed consent, miscellaneous and medical-legal issues - Conducts legal research, prepares legal documents and recommends courses of action to ensure appropriate compliance with existing laws, regulation, and accreditation standards. - Provides advice and drafting assistance on policies and procedures (including, but not limited to clinical policies), and on proposed internal and external communications. - Advises TPMG management on relevant new statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions affecting TPMG operations. - Provides negotiation assistance, develops and prepares contracts with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and other organizations with which TPMG conducts business. - Monitors and reviews all work and expenditures for outside counsel to ensure quality and efficacy of legal services. - Provides educational programs for TPMG physicians and staff on legal issues pertaining to TPMG and Kaiser Permanente. Requirements