Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy P.C.

The attorneys of Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy, assist members of the healthcare industry including physicians, healthcare providers and health-related businesses with a wide array of legal services including corporate and transactional matters, civil and administrative litigation, healthcare regulatory issues, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and commercial real estate transactions. Outside of the healthcare industry, we similarly assist businesses and business owners with respect to corporate and commercial matters, business disputes, litigation, financing, documenting secured transactions and commercial real estate transactions.

Our law firm brings decades of experience to the practice of healthcare law in the following areas:
• Joint ventures and transactions involving physicians and other professionals, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, third party payors, management companies, and other participants within the heathcare industry, including Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), Office-Based Surgery (OBS) Practices, Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), Imaging Centers and Multi-Specialty Practices.
• Disputes, investigations and disciplinary proceedings involving medical staff privileging, academic appointments and hospital employment, and resident and fellow discipline proceedings.
• Sale/transfer of physician practices to hospitals and hospital systems.
• Professional licensing, and OPMC/OPD investigations and proceedings, including coordination with The Physician Health Program for New York State the Committee for Physician Health (“CPH”).
• Regulatory analysis and compliance with federal and state laws affecting the healthcare industry, including those relating to fraud and abuse, compliance and anti-kickback prohibitions, Stark, HIPAA, HITECH, corporate practice and fee-splitting.
• Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights litigation and proceedings involving hospitals, healthcare providers and business organizations.
• Managed Care, Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid compliance, audits and appeals, and disputes with the New York State Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).
• Litigation/arbitration of commercial disputes, including group practice break-ups, physician buy-outs, restrictive covenants, and physician/employee departures.
• Employment agreements and employment-related disputes.

We have a similar depth of experience representing small and mid-sized businesses, and their owners, in complex transactional, commercial and litigation matters, such as:
• Financing and Secured Transactions.
• Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights.
• Shareholder/Partner Disputes.
• Sale and acquisition of businesses.
• Commercial and Bankruptcy litigation
• Real estate leasing/licensing and transactions.

Complementing our experience and knowledge is a thorough understanding of the unique legal and business needs of individuals and businesses participating in the healthcare industry, a passion for providing the highest caliber of legal representation to each of our clients, and a willingness to work with our clients to determine the most cost-effective legal strategies best suited to addressing their specific needs and obtaining their desired goals.