General Counsel

Be a part of the team building the future of healthcare!

At Firefly Health, we believe primary care needs re-invention to ensure that all Americans have access to the best care. That’s why we’re taking a different approach. Founded by experienced clinicians, technology leaders, and innovators, Firefly Health aims to provide healthcare that’s twice as good at half the cost. We’re building a full benefit offering for employers - a ‘virtual-first Kaiser’ - to be able to direct savings from higher value care back to our patients. We’re bridging the gap between a high-functioning care team, sophisticated technology, and a scalable business model, with the ambition to ensure all people have access to continuous, holistic health care that's catered to their unique needs.

Driven by a passion for bettering healthcare and a belief that there should be an easier way for more people to access it, our team puts people at the center of everything we do. If you share our innovative spirit and desire to change the world of health care, this just might be the place for you.

Your role:

You will serve as Firefly’s legal expert and in-house counsel for all matters related to health care regulation, contracting, and partnerships. As part of the leadership team, you will advise other Firefly leaders on risk and risk mitigation related to regulation, contracting, and partnerships. This may include state and federal laws around licensure, prescribing, ERISA regulations, the corporate practice of medicine, anti-kickback and related laws, CMS regulations, HIPAA, among others. You will be responsible for assessing contracts with partners including payers, network providers, employers, vendors, and stop-loss carriers. You will provide legal and strategic advice as we develop a full benefit solution in the self-insured space to employers of all sizes, including the development of health care captives.

Beyond legal advice, you will work closely with the Founder/Chief Network Officer and other members of senior leadership to develop and execute our network and partner strategy. In this capacity, you will represent Firefly as you source, initiate, negotiate, and manage key partnerships in the payer, provider, and vendor community.

What you will do:

Partnerships and contracts

Provide strategic input into key partnerships, assessing legal risk and opportunities

Draft and/or review all contracts with providers, payers, and other potential partners or vendors

Draft and/or review contracts with self-insured employers and all partners entering into Firefly full benefit agreements

Lead contract negotiations with partners and potential partners

Help Firefly teams ensure appropriate management of partnerships according to contracts

Regulation

Assess regulatory risk in each state in which Firefly practices or intends to practice

Corporate practice of medicine

Scope of practice for nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, medical doctors, social workers, unlicensed coaches

ERISA and similar state-level regulations governing health plans

Advise on decisions and management related to regulations, applying judgment to legal risk vs. business need

Assist Firefly team members in other departments (tech, product, clinical, operations) with regulatory questions

Compliance

Serve as Firefly’s privacy officer for HIPAA and advise on HIPAA and related questions and issues

Other legal work

Liaise with outside counsel when outside counsel is needed, such as for HR issues, fundraising

You’d be a good fit if you:

Have a law degree with at least 10 years of experience practicing health care regulatory law

Have passed the Massachusetts bar

Have excellent communication skills

In-house counsel experience preferred

Are excited to be part of a dynamic, fast-paced growing company and a team that is committed building a half-priced health care model that is twice as good

We are always looking for valuable talent to add to our growing team. Even if you’re not sure this role is the one for you, don’t let that stop you. We’d love to have a conversation to see where you could fit.

Our office is located in Watertown, but we’ve developed a robust remote working structure to give us more flexibility geographically while hiring.

Firefly is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We're committed to building and sustaining an inclusive workplace culture where individuals are treated with dignity and respect. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.