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Melissa M. Zambri: Lawyer with Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

Melissa M. Zambri

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Ms. Zambri focuses her practice on enterprise development and regulatory guidance for the health care industry. She provides counsel to individual practitioners, owners, administrators, executives and employees of health care and health care-related facilities, including physicians, licensed medical personnel, hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, senior residences and assisted living facilities, laboratories, health care trade associations, durable medical equipment providers, alcohol and substance abuse treatment facilities, physician practice management companies, mental health programs and medical transportation companies.
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Albany,  NY  U.S.A.
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Practice Areas

  • Health Law
  • Health Care Privacy
  • Health Care Compliance
  • Health Care Contracts
  • Business Law
  • Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Real Estate
  • Lobbying
  • Election Law
 
University Siena College, B.S., summa cum laude, 1994; Union College Graduate Management Institute, M.B.A., 1998
 
Law SchoolAlbany Law School, J.D., cum laude 1998
 
Admitted1999, New York
 
Memberships New York State Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section, 1995—); American Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section, 1995—); American Health Lawyers Association.
 
BornAlbany, New York, December 16, 1971
 
Biography

Phi Sigma Tau; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Alpha Kappa Alpha. Member: Justinian Society; Outstanding Law School Students of America. Recipient, Wall Street Journal Award. Listed: Who's Who in American Law, 2005-2009; Who's Who in Medicine & Healthcare, 2004-2009; Who's Who in American Law Students, 1996, 1997, 1998. Adjunct Professor, Management, Legal Aspects of Health Care, The Graduate College of Union University, 2005-20010. Author: "Ask the Attorneys: What You Wanted to Know, But Didn't Ask," Panel Discussion for the Empire State Association of Assisted Living Annual Conference," May 17, 2011; "Medicaid Redesign Law," Hiscock & Barclay, LLP Sponsored Webinar, May 11, 2011; "Measuring the Effectiveness of a Compliance Program, Implementation Tips, Review Tools and Self-Disclosure Issues," Lecture for NYSARC Inc. and the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State's 4th Annual Compliance Conference for Providers Serving People with Disabilities, May 10, 2011; "Basic Health Law for the Non-Health Lawyer," New York State Bar Association CLE, May 3, 2011 ; "Compliance Update," Lecture for the Council of Agency Executives, April 28, 2011; "Conflicts of Interest, Kickbacks and Gifts: Addressing Risk Through the Compliance Program," Lecture for the Bonadio Group's Compliance Officer Development Series, April 26-27, 2011; "New York State Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Developments," New York State Bar Association Health Law Journal, Spring 2011, at 13-14; "Staff Compliance and Documentation Training," Lecture for Western Regional Meeting of the New York State Day Services Providers, January 14, 2011; "Regulatory Compliance and Fraud and Abuse," Lecture for New York State Bar Association Health Law Section Annual Meeting, January 26, 2011; New York State Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Developments," New York State Bar Association Health Law Journal, Fall 2010, at 16-18; "Measuring the Effectiveness of a Compliance Program – Implementation Tips, Review Tools and Self-Disclosure Issues," Lecture for the Annual Conference of the NYS CP Association, October 26, 2010; "Corporate Compliance: Evolution and Techniques," Lecture from the 2010 NYSRA Summit, September 2010; "HIPAA for Clinical Researchers," Lecture for the Society of Clinical Research Associate's Annual Conference, September 2009; "HIPAA for the Medical Device Industry and its Researchers: Regulations and Guidelines for Device Clinical Research," SoCRA Source, August 2009; "Confidentiality of Medical Records in New York: Overview of Medical Records and Confidentiality, HIPAA Privacy and Special Federal and State Rules," Lecture for Lorman Education Services, June 2009, June 2008, June 2007 and June 2006; "Sanctioning Health Care Providers for Privacy and Security Violations Is Becoming More Common," Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, November 20, 2008; "Quality of Care Issues for Providers," Law 360, November 19, 2008; "HIPAA for the Medical Device Industry and its Researchers," Lecture for the Society of Clinical Research Associate's Conference on Device Research: Regulations and Guidelines for Device Research, June 2008; "Staff Compliance and Documentation Training," Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Day Services Providers, June 2008; "HIPAA for Device Manufacturers," Lecture for CNY MedTech's Quality Product Development in a Regulated Environment: Medical Device and Diagnostics Leadership Summit, September 2007; "Compliance Update," Lecture for the NYSARC, Inc. Executive Director's Association, June 2007; "Introduction to Health Law: Patient Confidentiality Laws – HIPAA and Beyond," Lecture for the New York State Bar Association Health Law Section, May 2007; "8th Annual Educational Conference on Mental Health Issues - The Family's Role in Recovery: Discussion of Privacy Issues in the Mental Health System," Lecture for NAMI – MFH, November 2006; "Compliance and Self-Disclosure," Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association of Rehabilitation Facilities," May 2006.

 
Reported CasesGeneral Counsel to a 200-bed community hospital impacted by Berger Commission Report; Assists health care clients with certificate of need applications, compliance programs, HIPAA compliance and licensure issues; Helps health care clients obtain approval to operate various types of health facilities and to complete significant transactions; Drafts agreements regarding employment, leasing, independent contracting and affiliations; Performs analysis for clients of pronouncements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the New York State Department of Health, regarding state and federal anti-kickback and self-referral requirements, federal and state funded health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and other items of regulatory interest to providers.
 
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NYS Department of Health Issues Application for Assisted Living Program Beds
David P. Glasel,Melissa M. Zambri, May 8, 2012
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued an application, referred to as an “Opportunity for Development” (OFD), whereby it can approve up to 4,718 new Assisted Living Program (ALP) beds by March 31, 2014. Applications are due by July 18, 2012. This round of ALP...

Further Changes on the Horizon for Not-for-Profits
Melissa M. Zambri, March 5, 2012
On February 16, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released a report prepared by the Leadership Committee for Nonprofit Revitalization, a group composed of 32 leaders in the not-for-profit community who were charged last year with “developing proposals for reducing burdens on the...

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Compliance Program: OMIG Style
Margaret Surowka Rossi,Melissa M. Zambri, February 16, 2012
As you may know, over the course of the last year, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) has issued guidance for providers regarding how OMIG would evaluate the effectiveness of a compliance program. OMIG now requires providers to certify the effectiveness of their...



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Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
80 State Street
Albany, NY 12207-2830




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