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SANDRA GREENBLATT, P. A.

Board Certified as an Expert in Health Law, the firm's President, Sandra P. Greenblatt, holds the AV highest rating for lawyers from Martindale-Hubbell and a 100% Superb AVVO rating.  She was named one of the Top Lawyers in South Florida, 2000-2009; a Florida Super Lawyer, 2006-08; and to Florida's Legal Elite, 2005-2008.  She was appointed in 2006 and 2008 to the Governor's Legal Work Group of the Agency for Health Care Administration, which is working to create Florida's statewide Health Information Network, and has authored Chapters on Healthcare Technology Contracting in the 2007 and 2009 Florida Practitioner's Health Law Handbook, as well as many other articles and publications on health law topics.
 
As a health law regulatory and business attorney for more than 24 years, Sandra Greenblatt focuses her legal skills on giving health care providers, professionals and entrepreneurs sound, practical and creative advice on how to navigate their highly regulated industry.  She believes that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and that if clients work closely with the proper lawyer when starting a professional practice or health care business they can generally prevent the expense and often devastating effects of being non-compliant.   Ms. Greenblatt advises her clients regarding Federal and Florida fraud and abuse laws, including the Stark Law, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, Patient Brokering, Florida Clinic Licensure, physician dispensing and health care licensure matters. 

Typical firm health law services include preparing and/or negotiating specialized employment, shareholder, management, managed care, technology and other contracts; forming or unwinding joint ventures and group practices; mergers and acquisitions; licensure and general counsel representation of hospitals, IPAs, HMOs, TPAs, MSOs, IDTFs, SNFs, FISOs, CMHCs, Clinics and more; creating customized Corporate Compliance Programs and lobbying. 

Referrals generally come to the firm from satisfied clients, other attorneys, accountants and consultants.  Clients appreciate that when they hire her firm, they receive Sandra Greenblatt's hands-on personal service and years of experience as a Board Certified expert in health law, rather than being delegated to a junior attorney.  In addition, Ms. Greenblatt's billing rates are reasonable and typical of a small firm, despite her having spent many years as an attorney at large prominent Florida and national law firms.

Areas of Practice

• Health Law Regulatory 40%
• Health Law Contracts 30%
• Health Law Transactions 20%
• Health Information Technology 10%

Honors and Awards

• Florida Legal Elite, 2005 - 2008
• Best Health Care Attorney, 1996 - Present
• Justice Harry Lee Anstead Award Nominee-FL Bar Board Certified Lawyer of the Year, 2008
• Florida Super Lawyer, Law & Politics, 2006 - 2008
• Legal Elite, Florida Trend, 2005 - 2008
• Top Lawyers in South Florida, South Florida Legal Guide, 2001 - 2008
• Heavy Hitter in Health Care, South Florida Business Journal, 2005
• Best of the Bar, South Florida Business Journal, 2003
• Best Health Care Attorney, Florida Medical Business, 1996

Published Works

• Negotiating Technology Contracts in Healthcare, South Florida Hospital News, November, 2007
• Healthcare Technology Contracting, Chapter 17, Health Law Handbook, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, 2007
• Physician Dispensing Beware When Selecting Your Partner, Florida Medical Business, July 24-Aug 3, 2007
• Technology Contracting 101 for Providers, Florida Medical Business, March 13-26, 2007
• Physicians Get Assistance with EHR & e-Prescribing Costs, Florida Medical Business, August 29-Sept. 11, 2006
• Tougher Standards for Effective Compliance, University of Miami School of Business Health Administration & Policy Program Review, Spring, 2005
• Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines Toughen Standards for Effective Compliance Programs, ACI's Eye on Compliance, Winter, 2005
• Bioethics: DNR, Withdrawing or Withholding Treatment; Living Wills; Surrogacy; Anatomical Gifts; Patients Rights/Consents, The Florida Bar, Health Law Certification Review Course Materials, 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act: How it Impacts Healthcare Companies, Florida Medical Business, Feb-Mar, 2004
• Tracking of Informal Compliance Reports, Laboratory Compliance Insider, November, 2003
• Consider Insurance for Medicare/Medicaid Investigations, Ophthalmology Compliance & Reimbursement Insider May 2001 (Co-contributor) & OB/GYN Administrator's Reimbursement & Compliance Insider April 2001 (Co-contributor), 2001
• New OIG Compliance Guidelines for Physicians, Cybear, Compliance Newsletter Online, June, 2000
• OIG Pushes Doctors Toward Compliance with Guidelines, Florida Medical Business, June 27, 2000
• How to Hire and Pay Specialists, Florida Medical Business, January 12, 1999
• Group Practice: More Than Just the Sum of its Parts, Florida Healthcare Report and Hospital News, August, 1998
• Protect Your Company with a Corporate Compliance Program, Florida Healthcare Report and Hospital News, March, 1998
• Group Practices - Big and Small - Require Compliance Programs, Medical Business, South Florida Edition, July 15, 1997
• Beware Legal Obligations when Advertising Health Manager News, April 18, 1994
• New Regs Fraught with Fraud and Abuse Traps for Providers, Medical Business, South Florida Edition, December, 1993
• Managed Care: Florida is Testing Ground for Managed Competition Theory, (Co-Author with Michael Cherniga, Esq.), HealthSpan,, June, 1993
• Proposed HMO Regulations to Curb Physician Incentive Payments, Medical Business, South Florida Edition, February 2, 1993
• The New Bellwether State Tolls the Future for Health Care, (Co-Author with Michael Cherniga, Esq.), HealthSpan, May, 1992
• Physician Recruitment & the Law, Medical Group Management Association, Update, October, 1990
• Rough Sailing or 'Safe Harbors, Vital Signs, Winter, 1989

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Physician Dispensing: An RX for Compliance Teleconferences, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, May 28, 2008
• Program Chair/Moderator, 2008 Advanced Health Law Topics and Health Law Certification Review Course, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, March 7, 2008 - March 8, 2008
• Speaker, Paper vs. Electronic Maintaining A Private and Secure Health Information Exchange, South Florida Health Information Initiative, Second Annual Summit, Miami, FL, November 8, 2007
• Speaker, Legal Issues in Acquiring EHR and Negotiating Technology Contracts, South Florida Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Miami, FL, May 31, 2007
• Program Chair/Moderator, 2007 Health Law Certification Review Course, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, April 13, 2007 - April 14, 2007
• Corporate Compliance Programs, 2007 Health Law Certification Review Course, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, April 13, 2007
• Speaker, Negotiating Effective Technology Contracts, Technology Committee, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, March 14, 2007
• Program Chair/Moderator, 2006 Health Law Certification Review Course, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, March 31, 2006 - April 1, 2006
• Speaker, Florida Health Care Law Update/End of Life Issues, Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, January 14, 2006
• Speaker, Bioethics: DNR, Withdrawing or Withholding Treatment; Living Wills; Surrogacy; Anatomical Gifts; Patients Rights/Consents, The Florida Bar, 2004 - 2005
• Speaker, Bioethics: DNR, Withdrawing or Withholding Treatment; Living Wills; Surrogacy; Anatomical Gifts; Patients Rights/Consents, Health Law Certification Review Course, Tampa FL, April 8, 2005 - April 9, 2005
• Speaker, Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Not Just for Public Companies, Lorman Education Services, Miami, FL, November 19, 2003
• Speaker, Document Retention Policies after Andersen: Are you Protected?, American Health Lawyers Assn, Technology & Information Seminar Atlanta, GA, 2002
• Speaker, Is your Document Retention Policy up to Date?, American Corporate Counsel Association, 2001
• Speaker, Fraud & Abuse Update/Corporate Compliance, Nova Law School Master's Program in Health Law for Non-Lawyer, July 26, 2001
• Speaker, Compliance for Physicians Offices, Boca Raton Community Hospital Medical Staff CME Program, October 28, 2000
• Speaker, Healthcare Legislative Update, Women in Healthcare, Broward County, April 20, 1999
• Speaker, Corporate Compliance 1999 Conference, Association of Jewish Aging Services, Colorado Springs, CO, March 13, 1999 - March 16, 1999
• Speaker, Fraud and Abuse Update 38th Annual Conference, American College of Legal Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, March 19, 1998
• Speaker, Fraud and Abuse Update Florida Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare Association, Annual Conference, May 1, 1997
• Speaker, What is Medicare Fraud & Abuse and How to Avoid It, Broward Medical Center, October 9, 1996
• Speaker, Asset Protection for Physicians, Women In Medicine Day, September 21, 1996
• Speaker, Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fraud and Abuse: Medicare and Florida Laws, Annual Meeting of the Florida Partial Hospitalization Association, Orlando, Florida, May 11, 1995
• Speaker, The Home Care Industry: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Medicare Fraud and Abuse, National Alliance for Community Based Care, Annual Meeting, Orange Co., CA, February 21, 1995
• Speaker, Negotiating Managed Care Contracts, Florida Medical Group Management Association, Annual Meeting, 1994
• Speaker, Issues Related to Healthcare Advertising, Gold Coast Hospital Public Relations and Marketing Council, March 15, 1994
• Speaker, Avoiding the Pitfalls of Medicare Fraud and Abuse, Imperial Point Medical Center, 1994
• Speaker, Fraud & Abuse Ignorance is no Excuse, Medical Group Management Association, Annual Meeting, October 27, 28, , October 27, 1992 - October 28, 1992
• Speaker, Fraud & Abuse, Dade County Medical Association, July 9, 1992 - July 14, 1992
• Speaker, Americans With Disabilities Act, Southern Section, Medical Group Management Association, 1992
• Speaker, Fraud & Abuse, Florida Medical Group Management Association, June 19, 1992
• Speaker, Legislative Update, Florida Healthcare Financial Management Association, February 20, 1992

Pro Bono Activities

• Secretary & Director, S. FL Health Information Exchange, 2006 - 2007
• Appointee, Legal Work Group, Governor's Privacy & Security Project, 2006 - 2008
• President, Women in Healthcare, Broward County, 1994 - 1996
• Member, Board of Governors, Dade Community Foundation, 2003 - 2008
• Member, Board of Governors, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, 2003 - 2008

Representative Clients

• Health Choice Network
• Miami Jewish Home & Hospital
• Broward Health
• Florida Optometric Physicians Network

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Investigations, Administrative Rulemaking, Licensing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, International Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Joint Ventures, Transactions, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Internet, Government Relations & Lobbying, Legislative Practice, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Art, Government Agencies & Programs, Medicare & Medicaid, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Mental Health, Nursing Home, Technology Licensing, Electronic Commerce, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science & Technology Law, Biotechnology