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Prime Healthcare

Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals

Assistant General Counsel - Clinical Operations and Risk Management

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOntario, CA, USA$153.8k - $249.6k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association-accredited law school.
  • Active membership in good standing of a state bar in a state where Prime Healthcare maintains hospital operations.
  • At least ten years of prior legal experience in a law firm, public-sector, and/or in-house position.
  • At least five years of experience specifically focused on advising healthcare providers on patient care risk issues.
  • Experience in the healthcare industry, preferably with hospitals.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary contact for hospital operators on daily patient-care issues, including reporting incidents to regulators, responding to citations and requests for action plans, medical staff issues, and responding to subpoenas for medical records.
  • Lead the maintenance and improvement of an enterprise-wide risk-management program designed to manage and reduce claims against Prime’s hospitals.
  • Develop and provide educational materials and training presentations to improve clinical operations and prevent future claims.
  • Work closely with the Legal Department’s professional-liability and general-liability litigation teams to manage claims as they move from pre-litigation to active litigation and implement process improvements after litigation is resolved.
  • Actively manage, supervise, and coordinate outside counsel in assigned areas, direct strategy, and contain costs.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior experience as a registered nurse is highly preferred.
  • Significant experience with hospital or healthcare risk management and exposure control is strongly preferred.
  • Prior experience interacting with regulatory bodies is strongly preferred.
  • Experience handling organized medical staff matters is preferred.
  • Prior litigation experience is strongly preferred.
  • California-licensed attorney preferred; highly qualified candidates not yet licensed in California may be considered if eligible for California registered in-house counsel status.

About the Company

Prime Healthcare

Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals

Prime Healthcare operates a network of hospitals and outpatient centers across the United States, concentrating on turning around financially struggling facilities. It invests in infrastructure and technology, restructures operations, and negotiates payer terms (including pursuing higher out-of-network reimbursements) to improve financial performance, and it manages both for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit facilities through the Prime Healthcare Foundation. The company aims to raise clinical quality and patient safety while expanding access in hundreds of communities, though it has faced legal and regulatory scrutiny over billing practices and service-line decisions. Its goal is to stabilize and improve the financial and clinical performance of underperforming hospitals so they can continue serving their communities.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$2.2B
Headquarters
Ontario, CA
Founded
2001

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