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Richard T. Yarmel Rochester, New York
| Partner | |
| phone | (585) 218-9999 |
| fax | (585) 218-0562 |
| ryarmel@abramslaw.com | |
Richard Yarmel is a partner and director of the Rochester and Western New York Health Law Practice of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP.
Richard Yarmel advises a broad range of health care providers in federal (OIG and DOJ), State (MFCU and OMIG), and Joint Commission and other accrediting body surveys, audits and investigations; Medicare and Medicaid voluntary self-disclosures; corporate compliance; Corporate Integrity Agreements; fraud and abuse issues; electronic health information exchanges; HIPAA; residency training program accreditation; patient-related issues; medical staff issues; professional licensure and misconduct; psychiatric commitment issues; discharge planning; guardianships; and many other medical/legal and regulatory issues.
Mr. Yarmel has lectured at health care provider symposia on medical/legal issues including the Federal and State False Claims Acts, corporate compliance, government investigations, HIPAA, New York Family Health Care Decisions Act, advance directives (DNR, health care proxy, etc.), national practitioner data bank, impaired physicians and practitioners, medical staff credentialing, patient restraints, designated representatives, admission agreements, guardianships, EMTALA, home health agency health and safety standards, patient rights/patient care, discharge planning, nursing home PPS and consolidated billing, and residency training program accreditation.
Mr. Yarmel has been designated a "Super Lawyer" in 2011, a distinction earned by only five percent of the lawyers in the Upstate New York area.
- Education:
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
J.D. - State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- New York State Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Chair, Special Committee on Long Term Care. Member, Committee on Fraud, Abuse and Compliance and the Committee on Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care
- New York Association of Homes & Services for the Aging
- Member, Legal Services Committee
- Healthcare Financial Management Association, Rochester Regional Chapter
- Member, Board of Directors
- Continuing Developmental Services, Inc.
- Member, Board of Directors, Executive Committee
- Past Employment Positions:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel and Office of the Regional Attorneys
- New York State Department of Mental Hygiene
- Hospital Association of New York State, Division of Management and Planning Services
