Cityblock Health
Role
We are seeking a deeply thoughtful, hardworking, emotionally intelligent, organized, and pragmatic attorney who is excited to serve as Cityblock’s corporate counsel partnering with the Commercial team on all health plan partner and partner related work. This role will play an integral role in helping to drive Cityblock’s performance by building, optimizing, and transforming our market growth through contracts and will report into the General Counsel.
Responsibilities
Support Cityblock’s Commercial teams in a wide variety of strategic, risk‑based alliances and business development activities across all Cityblock markets
Proactively identify problems within the assignment and adjacent functions and drive to positive and impactful solutions
Manage large‑scale deliverables with little or no oversight
Manage multiple functional areas, integrating Growth, Partnerships, and Network responsibilities
Growth
Lead drafting, editing, and negotiating all revenue‑generating and related agreements with payor partners (including LOIs, definitive agreements, BAAs, etc.)
Assist the Growth team to advance short‑term and long‑term best practices for value‑based and fee‑for‑service contracting, including governing terms, reimbursement rates and structures, reporting, and contract template structure
Provide assistance in navigating structural and regulatory considerations, such as multi‑state organizational licensure (IPAs, ACOs), multi‑state utilization review licensure and certification, compliance implications of increased clinical and financial integration models, privacy and security, data sharing and reporting, and the applicability of Stark Law, the Anti‑Kickback Statute, civil monetary penalty laws, and corporate practice of medicine doctrines
Serve as a critical and collaborative thought partner with the Commercial team and the broader leadership team by translating complex legal topics into relevant, insightful explanations that inform strategic and operational decisions
Represent Cityblock externally during negotiations with health plan partners
Take learnings from past negotiations to continually improve our contracts and negotiating strategy
Partnerships
Work collaboratively with the partnership and business teams to answer legal questions that arise during the course of our relationships and advise on strategic partnership issues
Design contract extractions for partnership and business teams so folks across the organization can easily operationalize the contracts
Network
Partner with the Network team to draft and negotiate contracts that support our Network strategy
Design contract extractions for network and business teams so folks across the organization can easily operationalize the contracts
Continually hone our processes to maximize efficiency and capture learnings to speed up deal cycles and promote high customer satisfaction and appropriate oversight of network partnerships
Establish excellent rapport and working relationships with colleagues in order to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel
Qualifications And Preferred Experience
JD degree (required)
7+ years of work experience
Transactional background with an in‑house legal department for a healthcare company or law firm preferred
Excellent multitasking and prioritization skills with a proven ability to manage multiple contract negotiations and provider agreements in parallel
Prior experience in an externally facing capacity
Radical candor and comfortability working within an often ambiguous, high‑growth environment
Exceptional management, mentorship, and communication skills conducive to an environment where issues are identified and resolved
Mission‑driven to serve in an organization dedicated to bringing novel care delivery models to underserved populations
How We Define Success
Establish strong and collaborative relationships with your Commercial and Network team partners
Manage outside counsel successfully
Compensation and Benefits This role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, participation in the company’s equity program, paid time off, including vacation and sick leave. The expected salary range for this position is $153,000.00 – $210,000.00 annually. Salary will be determined based on qualifications, skillset, experience and location.
Cityblock values diversity as a core tenet of the work we do and the populations we serve. We are an equal‑opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Cityblock will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.
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Responsibilities
Support Cityblock’s Commercial teams in a wide variety of strategic, risk‑based alliances and business development activities across all Cityblock markets
Proactively identify problems within the assignment and adjacent functions and drive to positive and impactful solutions
Manage large‑scale deliverables with little or no oversight
Manage multiple functional areas, integrating Growth, Partnerships, and Network responsibilities
Growth
Lead drafting, editing, and negotiating all revenue‑generating and related agreements with payor partners (including LOIs, definitive agreements, BAAs, etc.)
Assist the Growth team to advance short‑term and long‑term best practices for value‑based and fee‑for‑service contracting, including governing terms, reimbursement rates and structures, reporting, and contract template structure
Provide assistance in navigating structural and regulatory considerations, such as multi‑state organizational licensure (IPAs, ACOs), multi‑state utilization review licensure and certification, compliance implications of increased clinical and financial integration models, privacy and security, data sharing and reporting, and the applicability of Stark Law, the Anti‑Kickback Statute, civil monetary penalty laws, and corporate practice of medicine doctrines
Serve as a critical and collaborative thought partner with the Commercial team and the broader leadership team by translating complex legal topics into relevant, insightful explanations that inform strategic and operational decisions
Represent Cityblock externally during negotiations with health plan partners
Take learnings from past negotiations to continually improve our contracts and negotiating strategy
Partnerships
Work collaboratively with the partnership and business teams to answer legal questions that arise during the course of our relationships and advise on strategic partnership issues
Design contract extractions for partnership and business teams so folks across the organization can easily operationalize the contracts
Network
Partner with the Network team to draft and negotiate contracts that support our Network strategy
Design contract extractions for network and business teams so folks across the organization can easily operationalize the contracts
Continually hone our processes to maximize efficiency and capture learnings to speed up deal cycles and promote high customer satisfaction and appropriate oversight of network partnerships
Establish excellent rapport and working relationships with colleagues in order to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel
Qualifications And Preferred Experience
JD degree (required)
7+ years of work experience
Transactional background with an in‑house legal department for a healthcare company or law firm preferred
Excellent multitasking and prioritization skills with a proven ability to manage multiple contract negotiations and provider agreements in parallel
Prior experience in an externally facing capacity
Radical candor and comfortability working within an often ambiguous, high‑growth environment
Exceptional management, mentorship, and communication skills conducive to an environment where issues are identified and resolved
Mission‑driven to serve in an organization dedicated to bringing novel care delivery models to underserved populations
How We Define Success
Establish strong and collaborative relationships with your Commercial and Network team partners
Manage outside counsel successfully
Compensation and Benefits This role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, participation in the company’s equity program, paid time off, including vacation and sick leave. The expected salary range for this position is $153,000.00 – $210,000.00 annually. Salary will be determined based on qualifications, skillset, experience and location.
Cityblock values diversity as a core tenet of the work we do and the populations we serve. We are an equal‑opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Cityblock will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.
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