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* Global scope for contract management and processing while collaborating with partners across procurement, legal and business unit. * Drafting, executing and archiving relevant procurement legal documents for Indirect and Manufacturing including Masters, Amendments, Schedules, and Non-Disclosure Agreements. * Negotiating with suppliers on non-commercial contract terms to minimize enterprise risk.* Driving and leading productivity and efficiency performance metrics as it relates to Global contracting team. * Managing document processes and approvals as required for general business and SOX compliance.* Identifying and implementing process enhancements to drive continuous improvements. * Assisting with other projects to enhance or provide visibility within the business.

• Evaluating Requests for Proposal and providing responses to proposals.• Reviewing, evaluating and negotiating contract terms and conditions to mitigate risks while maintaining compliance with FAR/DFAR provisions.• Coordinating with business leaders to ensure program teams understand contractual requirements to make informed decisions. • Attending and coordinating program meetings with internal team and outside customers.• Implementing, administrating and maintaining contracts and purchase orders per Contract Lifecycle Management Policy.

Iowa City, Iowa

• Implementing, administrating and maintaining contract management program for efficiencies in annual contract review. • Drafting and providing contracting support relative to employment agreements, medical director agreements, and independent contractor agreements for over 250 medical providers.• Interfacing with administration, human resources, legal and fiscal departments relating to questions and other issues relating to employment agreements.• Creating central electronic spreadsheets reducing workload for contract management processes. • Evaluating market analysis for physician and advanced practice providers compensation and productivity, including survey analysis, interpretation of compensation data and comparative analysis to market or national benchmarks. • Completing physician and advanced practice provider salary surveys such as MGMA, Sullivan Cotter and AMGA as needed.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Drafting and providing contracting support relative to hospital policies, health care contracts and other documents involving strategic planning and risk management.• Providing recommendations and assistance for improvement of contract templates and policies.• Documenting and maintaining corporate organizational charts, board meeting minutes, resolutions, and consents for University of Iowa and its subsidiaries.• Maintaining corporate filings related to University of Iowa and its subsidiaries.• Tracking, monitoring, prioritizing projects by creating central electronic spreadsheets and maintaining calendar appointments for in-house attorneys.• Ensuring timely coordination of processing outside counsel invoices and other departmental expenses, including travel and memberships for attorneys.

• Communicating with executive directors of 30 medical departments and other university personnel regarding contracting needs and providing updates on working contracts.• Implementing, administrating and maintaining a contract tracking system that allowed monitoring the status of contracts and enabling quicker execution with hospital partners while improving communication and follow up mechanisms.• Drafting and preparation of contracts relative to employment agreements, service agreements, affiliation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, non-competition agreements, operational and clinical agreements related to Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and other area hospitals.• Obtaining and organizing legal documents in response to subpoenas or other regulatory inquiries. • Obtaining and maintaining due-diligence materials such as corporate certificates of good standing, real estate, and title information.• Maintaining document retention policies and assisting each university area in implementation of such policies.• Prioritizing and managing workload for twelve attorneys.

St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

• Analyzing correspondence and pleadings to determine legal malpractice allegations involving clients and determining liability insurance coverage. • Researching state statutes and case law for Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, and New Mexico relating to insurance coverage and claims and preparing analysis of such determinations.• Communicating to clients and outside attorneys to obtain additional information for claims and new case developments.• Tracking and entering legal malpractice information into company database for malpractice claims, incidents and bar complaints.• Analyzing and summarizing case files for underlying litigation matters and assisting in office with other administrative tasks.• Performing as a liaison between insurance attorneys and clients to ensure timely and full communication.

• Meeting monthly billable hour goal of 150 hours leading to increased litigation revenues.• Drafting legal pleadings, answering discovery, and corresponding to clients regarding medical malpractice, nursing home, personal injury and product liability cases.• Managing case files and court deadlines from inception through discovery and trial.• Obtaining and summarizing medical records, medical bills, employment records, workers compensation records, social security records and police records.• Researching federal, state and local courts to determine if claimants have outstanding litigation in order to determine insurance fraud or possibility of additional discovery.• Analyzing and summarizing depositions related to varies litigation matters.• Locating and communicating with expert witnesses regarding medical histories.

St. Louis, Missouri

B.S.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba