Education & Jurisdictions
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2007
- Cornell University, B.S., 2004
- Licensed in NY & NJ
Honors and Awards
- 2017-2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers, Rising Stars
Notable Matters
- Structured and negotiated joint venture arrangements between health care providers.
- Structured and drafted documents in connection with multi-million dollar medical practice sale and sale of an ambulatory surgery center.
- Represented medical practice in connection with integration into large hospital system.
- Drafted and negotiated commercial lease agreements on behalf of health care clients.
- Formed IPA in New York.
- Formed Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers.
- Formed numerous professional corporations and limited liability companies for multiple providers, drafted related shareholders operating agreements.
- Created concierge medical practices.
- Represented healthcare client in multi-million dollar Medicare investigation.
- Structured and settled multi-million dollar settlement with managed care company in connection with inappropriate billing.
Lectures
- Present “Intricacies of Nurse Practitioners Employment Contracts, Collaborative Agreements With Physicians and Independent Contractor Status” to psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner students at Adelphi University
- Present “Physician Contracting” to residents at Winthrop University Hospital; Downstate Medical Center (Department of Ophthalmology); Brooklyn Hospital Center (Department of Family Medicine); Westchester Medical Center (Department of Orthopedic Surgery); Queens Hospital (Department of Internal Medicine); Long Island Jewish (Department of Emergency Medicine), Stony Brook (Department of Orthopedic Surgery); Bergen Regional Medical Center (Department of Psychiatry), Stony Brook (General Dental Residency), NYUMC/Bellevue Hospital (Department of Internal Medicine); Einstein/Montefiore (Department of Rheumatology), New York Methodist Hospital (Department of Medicine); St. Johns Hospital; Nassau University Medical Center
- Present “Regulations and Regulatory Agencies” to residents at Downstate Medical Center (Department of Ophthalmology); Brooklyn Hospital Center (Department of Family Medicine); Westchester Medical Center (Department of Orthopedic Surgery); New York Methodist Hospital (Department of Medicine)
- Present “Fraud and Abuse” to residents at Downstate Medical Center (Department of Ophthalmology); Brooklyn Hospital Center (Department of Family Medicine); Westchester Medical Center (Department of Orthopedic Surgery); New York Methodist Hospital (Department of Medicine)
- Present “The Physician Patient Relationship” to residents at Downstate Medical Center (Department of Ophthalmology); Brooklyn Hospital Center (Department of Family Medicine); Westchester Medical Center (Department of Orthopedic Surgery); New York Methodist Hospital (Department of Medicine); Staten Island University Hospital
- Present “Medical Records, Coding & Reimbursement) to residents at Staten Island University Hospital
- Present lecture on social media to the Young Physician Section of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
- Present lecture on electronic medical records to the Young Physician Section of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
- Present “Physician Contracting” lecture to the Residents Section of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
- Present lecture on Legal Risk for Plastic Surgeons at the New York State Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting
Publications
- 2020 OIG Compliance Work Plan
- Understanding Private Equity Transactions in Healthcare
- Stark Law Waivers Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
- COVID-19 and Small Businesses
- New York Shield Act
- New Requirement Involving Professional Practice Entities
- New Medicare Rule
- Understanding the Legal Ramifications Involving Medispas
- New Guidance Issued by Medicare Involving Extrapolation
- Deadline Approaching for Reporting 2018 HIPAA Breaches
- New York’s Mandatory Compliance Program Obligation Deadline Approaching
- Understanding Compliance
- Featured in the Journal of the Nassau County Bar Association June 2018: Understanding the Legal Implications Involving Management Services Organizations
- CMS Offers Possible Settlement Option for Providers with Pending Medicare Appeals
- Understanding Family Leave Benefits in New York
- Telehealth Audits To Be Added to OIG Work Plan
- Tax Reform and Physician Consolidation
- Understanding Third-Party Payor Audits Affecting Physicians
- Understanding EUOS and New Guidance Involving Corporate Structure
- Understanding The Process of Leaving A Large Mega Group or Hospital After a Merger
- Understanding Telemedicine
- Understanding Lease
- Understanding General Business Employee Manuals
- Understanding Physician Employee Manuals
- Understanding Financial Arrangements Between Anesthesiologist and Ambulatory Surgical Centers as per the Recent OIG Opinion
- Understanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Understanding Business Associates
- Understanding General Business Lease Agreements
- Understanding Physician Lease Agreements
- Understanding Physician Advertising
- Understanding Succession Planning
- Understanding Prepayment Audit Reviews
- Understanding the Process of Starting a Medical Practice
- Understanding The Process of Merging Your Practice With A Large Mega Group or Hospital
- Understanding Physician Partnership/Shareholders’/Operating Agreements
- Understanding IPAs