St. Tammany Health System

Attorney

• Support St. Tammany Health System’s Corporate Compliance Department, leadership team, and Board of Commissioners
• Serve as a legal resource for the System
• Conduct due diligence on proposed business, employment, and organizational transactions
• Support the System’s review, negotiation, and completion of contracts and agreements
• Manage and oversee legal aspects of real estate and other business transactions
• Manage the System’s employment agreements with physicians, service and support agreements, and document management
• Communicate critical information to System leadership in accordance with System policies and procedures

Staff Attorney

Affiliate Manager

• Provide consultative services to colleagues and leaders on colleague relations matters, including performance management and application of HR policies and procedures
• Assist leaders with disciplinary matters in accordance with STHS policies
• Manage colleague retention and recognition events
• Represent the organization in unemployment claims and appeal hearings
• Facilitate dispute resolution
• Monitor employment laws and recommend changes to HR policies and practices affecting colleague relations
• Conduct and coordinate internal investigations

Colleague Relations Partner

Medical writer

• Facilitate improved integrity of medical record documentation through interaction with healthcare providers
• Support appropriate representation of severity of illness, risk of mortality, acuity, and complexity of care
• Perform pre-visit and retrospective reviews of ambulatory clinical documentation
• Ensure accurate depiction of patient complexity to support the facility’s Risk Adjustment strategy
• Apply clinical and nursing knowledge, CMS coding guidelines, DRG principles, HCC documentation requirements, ICD-10-CM accuracy and specificity, and medical necessity standards
• Collaborate with physicians and advanced practice providers
• Communicate documentation opportunities
• Educate patient care team members regarding documentation guidelines, coding requirements, and service-line-specific requirements

Staff Attorney

Colleague Relations Partner

Clinical Documentation Specialist, RN