- September 22, 2023
- FIRM NEWS
Garfunkel Wild attorneys have once again been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Super Lawyers.
Biography
Barry B. Cepelewicz, M.D., Esq. has been working with physicians and other healthcare professionals, including dentists, physical therapists, chiropractors, occupational and speech therapists, and a variety of alternative medicine providers, for over three decades. A physician himself, Barry provides a unique perspective to providers and health-care related entities in transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. Practices, start-up companies and other healthcare related businesses continuously look to him for advice in regulatory, corporate, employment, real estate, compliance and IT matters. He guides clients on a wide variety of strategic projects, including complex payor-provider relationships; affiliations and alliances with other providers and entities; acquisitions and mergers; development of internal ancillary services; concierge medicine; and electronic medical record and other IT issues. Barry has been counselling healthcare related entities in eHealth, telehealth and telemedicine since the early 1990s and is recognized as an authority in this field.
Although primarily a transactional attorney, because of Barry’s background in medicine, he routinely represents healthcare professionals in audits and investigations, where the provider’s medical care is being questioned, whether by third party payors, state licensing entities, the Office of Attorney General or the Office of Inspector General. Prior to joining Garfunkel Wild, Barry successfully represented physicians in medical malpractice lawsuits and other types of litigation, including the seminal qui tam whistle blower case of United States ex rel. Mikes v. Straus.
Barry also works with state and county medical and specialty societies and associations and is frequently called by their members for legal advice and to assist on state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the delivery of health care.
Barry is frequently asked to speak at CME provider seminars and at other healthcare related symposiums on multiple issues that are currently impacting the healthcare industry. He also publishes extensively and for many years served as an Editorial Consultant for Medical Economics.
Although primarily a transactional attorney, because of Barry’s background in medicine, he routinely represents healthcare professionals in audits and investigations, where the provider’s medical care is being questioned, whether by third party payors, state licensing entities, the Office of Attorney General or the Office of Inspector General. Prior to joining Garfunkel Wild, Barry successfully represented physicians in medical malpractice lawsuits and other types of litigation, including the seminal qui tam whistle blower case of United States ex rel. Mikes v. Straus.
Barry also works with state and county medical and specialty societies and associations and is frequently called by their members for legal advice and to assist on state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the delivery of health care.
Barry is frequently asked to speak at CME provider seminars and at other healthcare related symposiums on multiple issues that are currently impacting the healthcare industry. He also publishes extensively and for many years served as an Editorial Consultant for Medical Economics.
Experience
- Sale of orthopedic, ophthalmology, dermatology and other specialty practices in private equity and other transactions.
- Acting as general counsel to large multi-specialty group practices and ambulatory surgery centers.
- Converted traditional medical practices to concierge practices.
- Represented clients in certificate of need applications for purposes of practice expansion.
- Worked with physicians and other healthcare professionals in creating intellectual property, including joint ventures between physicians and hospital systems, that would enable them to provide improved medical therapies.
- Created management services organizations (MSOs) with multiple single or multi-specialty group practices for purposes of increasing costs efficiencies, promoting clinical integration and potentially advancing to full integration.
- Negotiated the purchase of interests by management companies in surgery centers.
- Advised remote monitoring companies on regulatory and compliance matters, including regarding potential disclosures of protected health information, which include conducting in-depth risk assessment evaluations.
- Represented orthopedic surgeons in joint ventures with manufacturers of orthopedic devices to create prosthetic devices and/or new surgical techniques.
- Represented home health agencies in collaboration agreements with skilled nursing facilities to ensure continuity and quality of care.
- Advised practices which specialize in providing functional medicine services, particularly in their relationships with third party payors.
- Represented a pathology company in the acquisition of pathology practices for the purpose of creating a multi-specialty pathology practice that provide services to large medical groups and hospitals.
- Sale of a sleep center to a major health system.
News
- June 1, 2023
- AWARDS
Garfunkel Wild continues to increase its Health Care practice and lawyer recognition in Chambers USA 2023 annual rankings of the foremost law firms and lawyers in the country.
- September 29, 2022
- AWARDS
Thirty-Three Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2022 New York Metro/Upstate New York Rising Stars.
- June 22, 2022
- AWARDS
Garfunkel Wild continues to increase its Healthcare practice and lawyer recognition in Chambers USA 2022 annual rankings of the foremost law firms and lawyers in the country. Chambers & Partners conducts research that includes thousands of interviews with clients and peers, and determines rankings based on select criteria, including legal knowledge, experience, client service and effectiveness.
- September 30, 2021
- AWARDS
Thirty-Six Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2021 New York Metro/Upstate New York Rising Stars.
- May 21, 2021
- AWARDS
Garfunkel Wild Continues to Increase its Healthcare Rankings in Chambers USA 2021
- November 13, 2020
- MEDIA MENTIONS
In the October 2020 issue of Thomson Reuters 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers magazine, Barry Cepelewicz, M.D. Esq., was quoted in the article entitled “The World Turned Upside Down.”
- October 28, 2020
- AWARDS
Thirty-Six Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2020 New York Metro/Upstate Rising Stars.
- September 13, 2019
- AWARDS
Thirty-Four Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and 2019 New York Metro Rising Stars.
Insights
Additional speaking & writing
Speeches and Events
- November 30, 2023
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild's Barry Cepelewicz, M.D., will present at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons District 6 Meeting and Networking Event.
- September 20, 2023
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild's Barry Cepelewicz, M.D., will present "Is Private Equity Right for You?" at the Fairfield County Medical Association and Hartford County Medical Association's Webinar on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
- September 9, 2023
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild's Barry Cepelewicz, M.D., will present at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting & Symposium.
- June 23, 2023
- ALERTS
Effective July 1, 2023, Connecticut modifies its law governing physician covenants not to compete and extends non-compete protections to advanced practice registered nurses (“APRNs”) and physician assistants (“PAs”). Physicians, APRNs, PAs, and their employers will need to evaluate current non-competition provisions and revise, as needed, to comply with the new law.
- April 20, 2023
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild’s Barry B. Cepelewicz and Andrew L. Zwerling will present at Fairfield County Medical Association’s Webinar “The FTC’S Proposed Ban on Non-Competes: What Does It Mean?” on April 20, 2023.
- March 30, 2023
- PODCASTS
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced and released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to prohibit employers from entering into non-competes with workers, including independent contractors.
- November 10, 2022
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild’s Barry B. Cepelewicz and Garfunkel Health Advisors’ Alicia Shickle will present at Fairfield County Medical Association’s Free Webinar “Optimizing the Use of Telehealth in Your Practice” on November 10, 2022 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET.
- December 8, 2021
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild’s Barry Cepelewicz and Kimberly Kempton-Serra will present at the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society/Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association Webinar “Is Private Equity Right For You?” on December 8, 2021 from 7-8pm.
- November 7, 2020
- EVENTS
Barry Cepelewicz will present at the New York State Society Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Virtual Annual Meeting and Symposium – November 7, 2020.
- May 5, 2020
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild Partner/Director Barry B. Cepelewicz will present at the Fairfield County Medical Association Webinar – ‘Operating Your Practice in the COVID-19 ERA” on May 5, 2020.
- April 23, 2020
- EVENTS
Barry B. Cepelewicz will present at the COS Webinar – Covid-19 crisis: How Can You Exit Or Modify a Contract? On April 23, 2020.
- February 26, 2020
- EVENTS
Garfunkel Wild Partner/Directors Barry Cepelewicz will present the webinar “Telehealth: Effective Risk Management Strategies to Reduce Liability” on February 26, 2020. This webinar is the first of our Telehealth webinar series.
- September 21, 2019
- EVENTS
Barry C. Cepelewicz will present at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2019 NYSSOS Symposium & Annual Meeting on September 21, 2019.
- September 20, 2019
- EVENTS
Empire State Hematology & Oncology Society 2019 Annual Conference
- March 27, 2019
- EVENTS
Barry B. Cepelewicz will present at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Webinar – Your Employment Agreement: How to Be Best Protected.
- March 6, 2019
- EVENTS
Barry B. Cepelewicz will present at the Fairfield County Medical Association’s Webinar – Creating a Medical Record that Protects Your Patients, Your Practice & You – March 6, 2019.
- March 5, 2019
- EVENTS
Barry B. Cepelewicz will present at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) – New York Chapter’s Program – Optimizing Your Surgical Practice – March 5, 2019.