Health Law

With one of the largest health care practices in New York State, Abrams Fensterman represents over 150 nursing homes, community hospitals and academic medical centers, a large number of medical groups and individual physicians, medical societies, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic and treatment centers, early intervention providers, imaging facilities, dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, and other health care providers in a variety of complex health care related matters. Our health care lawyers understand the demands of the market and have broad legal experience with a wide range of issues facing our valued clients, including:

• Admission, treatment and discharge of patients
• Advanced directives, health care proxies/treatment decisions
• Affiliation and network agreements
• Ancillary provider agreements
• Assisted outpatient treatment orders
• Business and corporate transactions
• Business formation, corporate law and entity selection
• Buy-sell agreements
• Certificate of Need applications
• Collection and reimbursement recovery
• Contract negotiation, enforcement and litigation
• Corporate and tax matters
• Corporate compliance programs
• Discharge planning and payment recovery counseling
• Discrimination matters (before the NYS Division of Human Rights)
• Electronic medical records
• Employment, shareholder and partnership agreements
• Fraud and abuse investigations
• Government investigations, audits and surveys
• Guardianship
• HIPAA compliance
• Insurance company audits, refunds and demands
• Internal investigations and self-disclosures
• IPA formation and representation
• Litigation
• Managed care agreements
• Medical malpractice defense
• Medical staff bylaws, internal hearings and NPDB reporting
• Mental hygiene hearings and counseling
• Mergers and acquisitions
• No Fault recovery
• Not-for profit and tax-exemption
• OPMC/OPD investigations and actions
• Patient treatment (DNR, Health Care Proxy and withholding/withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment)
• Physician practice
• Provider licensure, registration and certification
• Real estate development and financing
• Red Flag identity theft program
• Regulatory compliance, licensing and administrative law
• Reimbursement
• Research compliance
• Residency training accreditation
• Self-disclosures
• Stark and anti-kickback
• State/Federal surveys and plans of correction
• Transfer agreements
• Treatment over objection hearings, and other psychiatric/medical proceedings
• Voluntary/involuntary hospitalization and retention
• White collar criminal defense
• Workers' Compensation

Our clients are our top priority and we consistently strive to provide the best possible representation, value-added service and a comprehensive and creative team approach to every client matter.