Elisabeth A. Pimentel
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Elisabeth A. Pimentel advises health care providers on a wide range of corporate and regulatory issues. She regularly represents clients with respect to affiliations and mergers, provider and physician practice acquisitions, creation of medical foundations, and provider and physician professional services agreements and employment agreements. Her regulatory practice encompasses Certificate of Need matters before the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Office of Health Strategy; licensure matters before the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, and DPH; Connecticut Medicaid audits; and assisting nonprofit organizations with governance questions and federal and state tax-exemption issues. Lis previously served as the Interim Risk Manager in-house at a large academic medical center where she provided day-to-day risk management advice.
Prior to practicing law, Lis was a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Alfred V. Covello and for six years was an officer in the United States Navy where she conducted research in the field of medical education and simulation-based training technology.
Lis serves on the American Health Law Association’s Women’s Leadership Council.
Garfunkel Wild continues to expand its Healthcare practice and lawyer recognition in Chambers USA 2024 annual rankings of America’s top law firms and lawyers.
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.
Garfunkel Wild Adds Another Lateral Partner
Garfunkel Wild, P.C., a premier law firm with a specialty in health law, is pleased to announce the formal launch of the firm’s multi-disciplinary Cannabis Law Practice Group to help clients navigate the rapidly evolving cannabis landscape and conflicting federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Elisabeth A. Pimentel will present the session "Understanding and Effectively Negotiating Your Physician Employment Agreement" at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2024 Annual Meeting & Symposium.
Garfunkel Wild's Salvatore Puccio and Elisabeth Pimentel will present "FTC Ruling on Employment Non-Compete Clauses" at the Fairfield County Medical Association and Hartford County Medical Association's Webinar on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
On July 21, 2023, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (“OHS”), sent a letter to Connecticut physicians reminding them of the requirement for certain practice transactions to obtain Certificate of Need (“CON”) approval prior to closing.
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.
Additional speaking & writing
Publications
- Co-authored “Review Of Key Legislation Relating To Providers Of Services To The Elderly,” LeadingAge Connecticut, Inc., 2012 – 2019
Elisabeth A. Pimentel advises health care providers on a wide range of corporate and regulatory issues. She regularly represents clients with respect to affiliations and mergers, provider and physician practice acquisitions, creation of medical foundations, and provider and physician professional services agreements and employment agreements. Her regulatory practice encompasses Certificate of Need matters before the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Office of Health Strategy; licensure matters before the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, and DPH; Connecticut Medicaid audits; and assisting nonprofit organizations with governance questions and federal and state tax-exemption issues. Lis previously served as the Interim Risk Manager in-house at a large academic medical center where she provided day-to-day risk management advice.
Prior to practicing law, Lis was a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Alfred V. Covello and for six years was an officer in the United States Navy where she conducted research in the field of medical education and simulation-based training technology.
Lis serves on the American Health Law Association’s Women’s Leadership Council.
On July 21, 2023, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (“OHS”), sent a letter to Connecticut physicians reminding them of the requirement for certain practice transactions to obtain Certificate of Need (“CON”) approval prior to closing.
Garfunkel Wild's Salvatore Puccio and Elisabeth Pimentel will present "FTC Ruling on Employment Non-Compete Clauses" at the Fairfield County Medical Association and Hartford County Medical Association's Webinar on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
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.
Elisabeth A. Pimentel will present the session "Understanding and Effectively Negotiating Your Physician Employment Agreement" at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2024 Annual Meeting & Symposium.
Elisabeth A. Pimentel will present the session "Understanding and Effectively Negotiating Your Physician Employment Agreement" at the New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2024 Annual Meeting & Symposium.
Garfunkel Wild's Salvatore Puccio and Elisabeth Pimentel will present "FTC Ruling on Employment Non-Compete Clauses" at the Fairfield County Medical Association and Hartford County Medical Association's Webinar on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
On July 21, 2023, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (“OHS”), sent a letter to Connecticut physicians reminding them of the requirement for certain practice transactions to obtain Certificate of Need (“CON”) approval prior to closing.
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.
Additional speaking & writing
Publications
- Co-authored “Review Of Key Legislation Relating To Providers Of Services To The Elderly,” LeadingAge Connecticut, Inc., 2012 – 2019
Practices
Education
- High Honors
- Completed medical doctor coursework at The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Intellectual Property Certificate
- magna cum laude
- Majored both in Chemistry with a concentration in Cell Molecular Biology and in Classical Civilization.
Court admissions
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Bar Association – Health Law Section since 2011
- Connecticut Bar Association since 2011
- Connecticut Health Lawyers Association since 2011
AWARDS & RANKINGS
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Healthcare (2023-2024)
- Super Lawyers – Connecticut (2015-2021)