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When you join Triple-S, you will be key to our efforts on delivering high-quality and affordable healthcare as well as contribute to our purpose to enable healthier lives. We serve more than 1 million consumers in Puerto Rico through our Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Commercial, Life and Property & Casualty Businesses.
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JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for providing support to the business and operational areas involved in provider contracting, management, implementations, policy and procedures review, health and technology related services. Motivated and skilled to collaborate with dynamic teams. Will play a critical role in advising and representing internal clients on complex legal matters related to the health care industry. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to providing long-term solutions to areas such as Network Department, Clinical Operations, Medical Management Departments, Medical Groups and Quality and Compliance Department, also any future subsidiary doing business as a health services provider. Must have experience on risk assessment, be business focused, and provide rapid, practical, business-oriented legal-regulatory support.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Advise internal clients on a variety of legal issues related to health care, including regulatory compliance, contracts, and transactions.
- Represents clients in negotiations, mediations, and other legal proceedings.
- Conducts legal research and analysis to support clients’ needs.
- Draft, review and negotiates contracts and other legal documents.
- Provide strategic legal advice and support to business related to initiatives, compensation strategies and changes in policies & procedures for all lines of business.
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations, both local and federal.
Conduct complex legal research and develop legal memoranda. - Actively participates in strategic meetings with managed care subsidiaries and health services organization’s executives.
- Provides rapid, practical, business-oriented legal and regulatory support to the operation.
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor
EXPERIENCE
- Juris Doctor from accredited Law School with 5 years of experience as legal counsel. Five (5) years’ experience related to health services legal matters.
- Admitted to practice of law in Puerto Rico (in good standing). Notary Public
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- NP - Notary Public
COMPETENCIES
- Collaborates
- Action Oriented
- Customer Delight (Employee)
- Instills Trust
- Manages Ambiguity
It is company policy to seek for the qualified applicants for positions throughout the company without distinction of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, real or perceived sexual orientation, civil status, social condition, political ideologies, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Drug-free company.
Equality Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action for People with Disabilities/Veterans. Employer with E-Verify to verify the eligibility of employment of all the new employees.
We encourage Veterans and Disabled to Apply.