System In-House Counsel

• Position: System In-House Counsel
• Reports To: System Chief Executive Officer
• Location: Corporate Office, Johns Creek, GA

Position Overview

• The System In-House Counsel serves as the primary legal advisor to Tenor Health
• Foundation, providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance across all aspects of a
• growing multi-state nonprofit healthcare system. This executive-level position partners
• closely with the CEO, executive leadership team, and external legal counsel to ensure the
• organization operates in compliance with applicable federal and state laws while
• supporting strategic growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Counsel & Strategy

• Serve as the primary legal advisor to executive and hospital leadership.
• Provide practical legal guidance supporting strategic, operational, and financial

decisions.

• Manage legal risk and oversee outside counsel.

Healthcare Compliance

• Advise on federal and state healthcare laws, including CMS, HIPAA, Stark Law, Anti

Kickback Statute, EMTALA, Medicare, Medicaid, and the False Claims Act.

• Support regulatory compliance, accreditation, licensing, and policy development.

Labor & Employment

• Counsel leadership on employment law, labor relations, collective bargaining,

investigations, executive agreements, and workforce matters.

• Partner with Human Resources to ensure compliant employment practices.

Corporate Governance & Contracts

• Support nonprofit governance, Board matters, and system policy development.
• Draft, negotiate, and review physician, employment, vendor, technology, real estate,

and other commercial agreements.

Mergers, Acquisitions & Risk Management

• Provide legal support for acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and other strategic

transactions.

• Oversee litigation, claims management, system risk, and regulatory investigations.
• Lead legal counsel and lead due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, affiliations,

• divestitures, and other strategic transactions, with demonstrated experience
• supporting acquisitions of financially distressed organizations, restructuring efforts,
• and turnaround initiatives.

Privacy & Information Security

• Advise on HIPAA, data privacy, cybersecurity, breach response, and information

governance.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active State Bar membership required.
• Minimum 10 years of legal experience, preferably within a hospital or integrated

health system.

• Expertise in healthcare regulations, employment law, labor relations, contracts,

corporate governance, litigation, compliance, and healthcare transactions.

• Experience supporting executive leadership and Boards of Directors.
• Multi-state healthcare and nonprofit experience preferred.

Education

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active State Bar membership required.
• Georgia Bar admission or eligibility for authorized in-house counsel status preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Professional office environment with occasional standing, walking, and computer

work.

• Ability to travel approximately 10–20% across the health system.

Equal Opportunity Statement

• Tenor Health Foundation is an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a
• respectful, inclusive, and mission-driven workplace. Employment decisions are based on
• qualifications, merit, business needs, and applicable law.