General Counsel (MSO - Healthcare, Risk & Corporate)

General Counsel (MSO - Healthcare, Risk & Corporate) Compensation: Base annual salary up to $240,000 paid bi-weekly, commensurate with experience, scope, and market location. Employment Type: W-2 Full Time Employee, Exempt Location: This is a remote position; some ability to travel required Role Summary ARC Health is seeking an experienced General Counsel to serve as the organization’s chief legal officer and enterprise risk leader. This role is heavily focused on healthcare law, regulatory compliance, MSO–practice alignment, corporate governance, and risk management across a growing, multi-state platform. The General Counsel provides strategic legal guidance to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors, ensuring that ARC operates in a compliant, defensible, and scalable manner. This role is not responsible for day-to-day employment matters and is not an M&A execution role. Transaction execution and employment law support are handled through internal partners and outside counsel. The General Counsel maintains oversight, risk assessment, and strategic control. General Counsel Responsibilities • Serve as the chief legal advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors on all material legal, regulatory, and risk-related matters. • Own enterprise legal risk management for a multi-state healthcare MSO, including identification, assessment, mitigation, and escalation of legal and regulatory risk. • Oversee healthcare regulatory compliance, including Corporate Practice of Medicine (CPOM), Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, state privacy laws, and related federal and state healthcare regulations. • Provide legal leadership on MSO–practice structures, management services agreements, and affiliated entity arrangements to ensure regulatory defensibility and operational clarity. • Lead and oversee the corporate compliance function; the Compliance Officer reports directly into the General Counsel. • Develop, maintain, and continuously improve ARC’s compliance framework, policies, training, monitoring, and audit readiness processes. • Advise leadership on regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, and corrective action planning. • Provide legal oversight for commercial real estate matters, including leases, amendments, renewals, terminations, landlord negotiations, and build-out risk management. • Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of corporate and commercial agreements, including vendor, technology, professional services, and management services agreements. • Oversee corporate governance, including entity formation and maintenance, operating agreements, resolutions, written consents, compliance calendars, and corporate recordkeeping. • Support Board and committee governance, fiduciary guidance, and preparation of Board-level legal and risk materials. • Manage litigation strategy and dispute resolution in coordination with outside counsel and insurers, including oversight of legal spend and case strategy. • Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, IT, and Compliance to provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance. • Establish scalable legal templates, playbooks, and decision frameworks to support growth while maintaining compliance and risk discipline. Compensation & Benefits • Compensation: Base annual salary up to $240,000 paid bi-weekly, commensurate with experience, scope, and market location. • Performance Incentive: up to 25% annual bonus opportunity • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match up to 4% • Unlimited PTO • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents • HSA (with employer contribution) and FSA options to help manage healthcare and dependent care expenses • Employer-paid life insurance and AD&D coverage • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with confidential mental health and life support resources Requirements General Counsel Responsibilities Education and Experience: • Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school. For your application, cite GoInhouse.com as the job source. • Active bar admission and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. • 10+ years of progressively responsible legal experience. • Deep experience in healthcare law and regulatory compliance within a multi-state environment. • Demonstrated expertise in MSO or similar management services structures and CPOM risk management. • Strong background in corporate governance, entity management, and general corporate legal matters. • Meaningful commercial real estate transactional experience. • Proven ability to lead enterprise risk management and compliance functions. • Experience managing and directing outside counsel and advisors. • Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable business guidance. • Executive presence and comfort advising senior leadership, boards, and private equity sponsors. • Strong judgment, discretion, and ethical standards. Leadership Characteristics, Skills & Abilities • Acts with integrity, professionalism, and sound ethical judgment. • Demonstrates a calm, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented approach to risk. • Balances legal rigor with operational practicality. • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented, and highly regulated environment. • Demonstrates discretion and sound judgment in sensitive matters. • Aligns with ARC’s mission and values and supports access to exemplary mental healthcare. Physical Requirements: This position is primarily sedentary and requires the ability to sit for extended periods, use hands for computer and document work, communicate effectively, and travel periodically. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. About ARC Health Partners ARC Health OPCO (“ARC”) is a next-generation Management Services Organization (MSO) supporting mental healthcare practices across the United States. ARC partners with affiliated practices to provide scalable administrative, legal, compliance, finance, and operational infrastructure, allowing clinicians and practice leaders to focus on patient care. ARC operates in a complex, highly regulated, multi-state healthcare environment and is backed by private equity. ARC Health Partners is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals feel valued, respected, and supported. We believe diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives strengthens our teams and enhances the care we provide to the communities we serve. ARC Health Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. ARC Health Partners is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Accommodation requests may be submitted to askhr@archealthpartners.com. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job