UPMC Corporate is hiring a Paralegal, Intermediate to join our team at the US Steel Tower! This role will work standard business hours Monday through Friday. The position will have a hybrid schedule with work from home and onsite requirements.
The Paralegal, Intermediate independently applies knowledge of the legal system and substantive and procedural law in providing work of a legal nature under the supervision of the attorneys of the UPMC Corporate Legal Department. Responsibilities will include substantive legal knowledge, management, and leadership skill and organizational ability. This work requires knowledge of legal concepts, federal, state, and local laws and the ability to research complex legal matters. The Corporate Paralegal, Expert provides legal assistance and enables the UPMC attorneys to deliver legal services more efficiently and economically.
Responsibilities:
Pre-Suit Claims Administration
- Manage high-volume pre-suit medical professional and general liability claims across multiple regions and insured entities
- Maintain comprehensive tracking of all open pre-suit matters, including status reporting
- Interface directly with plaintiff attorneys and pro se patients
- Draft initial responses to Letters of Representation
- Secure and validate medical authorizations for legal communication
- Support reporting of claims and suits to captive insurance entities
Medical Records & Financial Analysis
- Obtain, organize, and produce medical records and billing documentation
- Analyze medical bills and provide reporting to support settlement strategy
- Ensure timely and accurate production of records to opposing counsel
Legal Document Drafting & Case Support
- Draft tolling agreements and full/final releases for attorney review
- Monitor and follow up on execution of settlement documents
- Draft general correspondence in support of pre-suit matters
Litigation Support
- Support outside counsel with document production, billing records, and provider information
- Obtain and monitor court docket activity
- Interface with court personnel to obtain information and filings
- Assist with documentation management within claims systems
- Assist in the transition and implementation of Origami Patient Event Reporting and Claim Management System
Litigation Hold Management
- Issue, track, and manage litigation holds across matters
- Respond to document custodian inquiries
- Close out litigation holds upon case completion
Program Leadership / Systemwide Support
- Support expansion and administration of litigation hold processes across multiple regions
- Provide guidance and support to claims and litigation teams
Executive Support
- Coordinate calendars, meetings, deadlines, and trial schedules for in-house counsel, accountants, auditors, actuaries, captive board members, insurance regulators, insurance managers and brokers, and MCARE
- Prepare materials for executive-level meetings
- Manage inbound and outbound physical mail
- Process travel, expense, and PTO requests
- Serve as a central coordination point to ensure deadlines and reporting obligations are met
- High School and five years of experience as a legal assistant, OR associate's degree and three years of experience as a legal assistant, OR Paralegal certification and three years of experience as a legal assistant, OR Bachelor's degree and two years of experience as a legal assistant.
- Must have the ability to problem solve and make decisions independently within agreed parameters of attorney supervision and consistent with professional rules of responsibility for the attorney practice of law.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Computer operating mandatory with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access, Westlaw, Adobe, Pacer, and internet applications.
- Requisite typing skills of 60 to 70 wpm with a strong command of the English language and excellent proofreading skills.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: - Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran