Litigation Paralegal - Employment and Revenue Cycle

The University of Kansas Health System; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a Litigation Paralegal for Employment and Revenue Cycle at Broadmoor Campus. The hybrid role supports employment and revenue cycle attorneys, including managing claims, preparing responses, and coordinating with outside counsel.

You will help with training materials and policy development and respond to third‑party requests and subpoenas. Requirements include an associate degree with an accredited paralegal program and at least three years of

Qualifications

• Associate Degree from an accredited college and completion of an accredited paralegal program.
• 3 or more years of experience as a litigation paralegal in a law firm or in-house.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred and experience in healthcare/legal environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide litigation/claims support to employment and revenue cycle attorneys, including preparing, sending, and tracking legal holds.
• Implementing legal holds and timely notifying insurers when a claim is received.
• Organize custodians' documents, interview witnesses, and coordinate depositions and discovery.
• Prepare exhibits, timelines, responses, pleadings, and other documents with limited attorney oversight.
• Docket deadlines and collaborate with outside counsel as applicable.
• Maintain secure legal files and document management systems; support policy/procedure development.

Skills

Excellent communication

Strong English writing

Microsoft Office 365

Time management

Independent work

Education

Associate Degree + accredited paralegal program

Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Document management systems

Co-Pilot

eDiscovery tools

Job description

Position Title Litigation Paralegal – Employment and Revenue Cycle Days – Full Time Broadmoor Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest: The Litigation Paralegal – Employment and Revenue Cycle provides litigation and claims support to the employment and revenue cycle attorneys, including setting up new claims, investigating claims and gathering relevant information, promptly notifying insurers, preparing responses, responding to written discovery, and working with outside counsel (where applicable). The position analyzes and responds to third‑party requests for information and subpoenas, including those sent by regulatory boards and law firms, and assists in the preparation of training materials, policies, and presentations as well as in the investigation of, and response to, union grievances.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Provide litigation/claims support to the employment and revenue cycle attorneys, including preparing, sending, and tracking legal‑hold notices.
• Implementing legal holds.
• Timely notifying insurers when a new claim is received.
• Receiving, organizing, reviewing, and storing custodians' documents.
• Interviewing witnesses and conducting other fact finding.
• Scheduling witness interviews and depositions.
• Preparing exhibits, timelines, responses, pleadings, letters, and/or other documents.
• Docketing and complying with all applicable deadlines.
• Partnering with outside counsel, where applicable.
• Coordinating and responding to discovery requests.
• Timely respond to third‑party requests for information and subpoenas, compile and review responsive documents, prepare and execute business records affidavits where required; and submit requested documents to requestor (whether a regulatory board, law firm, employee or other).
• Conduct legal research and analyze applicable laws, regulations, statutes, and rules of the Board of Healing Arts, Board of Nursing, and other licensing boards.
• Investigate and assist in responding to grievances or inquiries filed or made by union members.
• Assist in preparing training materials and presentations (including conducting data analytics on claims/litigation).
• Assist in developing and maintaining policies, procedures, and protocols to support the human resources, legal, and revenue cycle departments.
• Prepare high‑quality letters, responses, and other written documents with minimal attorney oversight.
• Organize, maintain and secure legal files, databases, and document management systems (partnering, where appropriate, with other members of the legal department and/or legal operations personnel).
• Effectively collaborate and communicate across departments and between the health system, UKP (the physicians group), the University of Kansas and its medical school, and other entities, and with executives and all other levels of employees; demonstrate strong time‑management skills, and the ability to work independently and meet all applicable litigation and other deadlines; and maintain the attorney‑client privilege and attorney work product protection.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management in furtherance of organizational and/or department goals.

Work Arrangements

This is a hybrid role. The initial training and onboarding will be done on‑site. Following the initial training period, the paralegal will work in the office 1‑3 days per week (this frequency can be increased/decreased at any time by management). The paralegal must be willing to drive to off‑site hospital locations (including multiple locations within the same workday) and must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate Degree from an accredited college or university and completion of an accredited paralegal program.
• 3 or more years of experience as a litigation paralegal in a law firm and/or in‑house legal department.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• 1 or more years Experience working in an academic medical center or within the healthcare industry.
• 1 or more years Prior experience handling employment/labor litigation.
• 1 or more years Prior experience working in revenue cycle and utilizing dispute resolution processes.
• 1 or more years Prior experience in administrative law.

Knowledge Requirements

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Proficient in reading and writing English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, Co‑Pilot, etc.).
• Ability to work efficiently and independently under tight deadlines and pressures, and balance/prioritize competing priorities.
• Must be detail oriented, highly organized, flexible, creative, solutions driven, and a critical thinker.

Work Hours

Time Type: Full time

Job Requisition ID: R-55184

Important information for you to know as you apply

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally‑protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail]. Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health‑system‑dispute‑resolution‑program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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About The University of Kansas Health System

As part of the region’s premier academic medical center, The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world‑class healthcare provider and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We are driven by our commitment to service, continuous improvement and to the highest degree of excellence. Collaboration between physicians, nurses, researchers, educators and other professionals who share their expertise leads to exciting discoveries and life‑changing treatments for the people we serve.