Claudia Hinrichsen is a partner in the Lake Success office and is also a member of the Western New York Health Law Practice of the firm.

Claudia Hinrichsen has over two decades of experience in representing health care clients.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hinrichsen was a partner with Nixon Peabody, LLP where she established a diversified health law practice. Claudia Hinrichsen currently represents a cross-section of health care providers, including hospitals, physician groups, physician/hospital organizations and independent practice associations (IPAs, PHOs), diagnostic and treatment centers, and pharmaceutical companies with respect to a broad array of issues, including fraud and abuse, corporate compliance, transactional arrangements, patient-related legal issues, and HIPAA compliance. Ms. Hinrichsen also devotes a significant amount of her time representing clients in negotiation and dispute resolution with respect to managed care contract issues and in pursuing managed care companies for underpayments owed to health care providers.

Ms. Hinrichsen has to her credit a number of articles and client alerts on health law topics, including:

Can Solo Practioners and Small Group Practices Survive in Today's Challenging Marketplace?  Medical Society of the State of New York Magazine, May 2010, Vol. 66 No. 5.
The 2009 Managed Care Reform Act: Does it Go Far Enough? New York Law Journal, November 10, 2009.
 "CMS Issues the Final Anti-Markup Rule for Physician Diagnostic Tests; Revised Rule Goes into Effect January 1, 2009," client alert, November 17, 2009.
 "The Impact of Electronic Health Technology Safe Harbor on Clinical Integration Initiatives and Antitrust Enforcement," Linn F. Freedman and Claudia A. Hinrichsen, October 1, 2007, HIT News.
 "New Law to Affect Physician Office-Based Surgery," client alert, July 25, 2007.
 "New York Providers Prepare . . . Or Beware," client alert, April 12, 2007.
 "New Managed Care Law to Help Rein in HMOs," client alert, April 5, 2007.
 "New York State Department of Health Seeks to Regulate Office-based Surgery," client alert, March 30, 2007.
 "(Re)opening lines," hfm , Healthcare Financial Management Association's magazine, September, 2005.
 "Medical Information Privacy Regulations Are Finalized, Finally," client alert, April 30, 2003.
 "The Paper Monster--Corporate Compliance and the Board," Trustee , a leading, national health care industry magazine, February, 2001.
 "Medical Information Privacy Regulations are Finalized Finally," Nassau Lawyer , June, 2001.
 "Roadmap to Interpreting Federal Fraud Abuse Guidance Material," New York Law Journal , March 13, 2000.
 "Providing Patient Dumping-Supreme Court Rules No Improper Motive Needed Under Statute," New York Law Journal , March 22, 1999.
 "Meeting Ethical Obligations When Representing Healthcare Clients," New York Law Journal , January 25, 1999.

Ms. Hinrichsen frequently lectures on health care fraud and abuse, HIPAA compliance, and managed care issues before hospitals, medical groups, and state and regional professional associations.

Ms. Hinrichsen is an adjunct Professor at Hofstra University's Zarb School of Business, lecturing on business and health law topics.

Education
Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., with distinction (Member, Labor Law Journal); State University of New York at Geneseo, B.S., magna cum laude.

Admissions
Ms. Hinrichsen is admitted to practice in New York .

Affiliations
Ms. Hinrichsen is presently a member of the New York State Bar Association's Health Law Section and the Fraud and Abuse Substantive Law Committee of the American Health Lawyers Association. Ms. Hinrichsen is a past chair of the Health and Hospital Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.

Honors
Ms. Hinrichsen was named as one of the best health care attorneys in the nation by Chambers-USA for 2009.