Legal Counsel

1 day ago

Arkansas City, KS, United States Fuze Health Full-time

Job Summary
About Fuze Health
At Fuze Health, we put patients first and tirelessly address the most pressing needs in healthcare. We empower millions to digitally connect with care providers, essential health resources and needed treatments – and enable care providers, employers, health plans and life sciences companies to meaningfully enhance quality, outcomes and value. We are dedicated to helping our partners evolve and modernize to meet emerging patient and marketplace needs.

Fuze Health’s foundation is built upon the strategic combination of several proven, technology-powered innovators in the digital health, diagnostics, and pharmacy sectors. Our growing portfolio brings together the capabilities of industry leaders including LetsGetChecked, Truepill, and Alto Pharmacy, to create a distinctive, unified force in healthcare. Together, we have the shared vision, advanced capabilities and talented teams to deliver next-generation solutions that patients and healthcare partners need today and into the future.

Job Description
The Associate Legal Counsel is a high-impact, strategic role in Fuze’s enterprise legal department sitting at the intersection of healthcare regulatory law, technology, and patient care. This position serves as a legal architect for Fuze Health’s domestic commercial operations, providing the specialized subject matter expertise required to navigate the high-stakes digital health landscape. The Associate Counsel serves as a trusted advisor to business partners across Fuze Services, advising on the regulatory considerations for new and existing offerings, and contracting with customers for those offerings.

The Associate Legal Counsel is a pragmatic attorney with substantive experience in commercial contracting, sound legal judgment, solid risk assessment capabilities, and the ability to balance legal and business considerations in a fast-paced environment.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

Contracting

  • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements using playbooks and clause libraries., including:

    • Sell-side: payer/customer agreements, data sharing agreements, BAAs/DPAs, SaaS and technology agreements, MSAs, and SOWs

    • Buy-side: vendor, procurement, and operations agreements (IT/SaaS, professional services, logistics/delivery, marketing vendors, clinical vendors)

  • Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure contract terms are both favorable and operationally-minded

  • Manage redlines, issues lists, internal alignment, and approval workflows through execution; memorialize deviations and approvals

  • Maintain and improve templates, clause libraries, and playbooks to reduce cycle time and drive consistency

  • Negotiate and document SLAs, support/uptime, data handling/retention, audit rights, business continuity, termination/transition assistance, and fee/charge guardrails

Healthcare Regulatory and Privacy Support

  • Issue-spot and provide practical guidance on applicable laws and regulations, such as the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, False Claims Act, and FDA requirements relevant to screening and diagnostic testing, laboratory certifications, and telehealth operations.

  • Support the Privacy team on HIPAA and data protection matters, including incident response, breach investigations, and privacy compliance activities.

  • Partner with outside counsel on complex or novel regulatory questions; help implement recommendations.

  • Identify and support the development of training materials and policy and procedure documents on relevant legal and business issues.

  • Advise internal business partners on legal risk affecting their priorities the business and its strategies and collaborating on strategies to best manage identified risks.

  • Partner with business functions such as Product, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, and Marketing to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory and legal requirements.

Required Experience & Qualifications

Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience as an attorney at a law firm or in-house practicing in the digital health, life sciences or healthcare industries. &l