Hayden S. Wool joined Garfunkel Wild, P.C. in 1992. He advises clients on a variety of business, regulatory and transactional issues.
Hayden’s practice includes the structuring of hospital physician relationships, physician group relationships, review of the structure of business transactions as to compliance with Federal and State regulatory matters, as well as issues regarding proper reimbursement for health care activities.
Hayden has particular expertise in the application of the Federal and State self-referral (Stark) laws, Anti-Kickback laws, Fee-splitting laws and Professional Misconduct laws, as well as the related rules and regulations.
Hayden has written articles and lectured on these and other areas involving contract review. He is also a co-editor of the Legal Manual for New York Physicians, Sixth Edition, published by the New York State Bar Association and Medical Society of the State of New York.
Garfunkel Wild received prominent recognition in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. A total of 38 attorneys were honored with 59 individual recognitions across various practices and offices nationwide.
Thirty-Eight Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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.
Thirty Five Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 The Best Lawyers in America® guide and the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list. In addition, Partner Jason Y. Hsi was honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation – Health Care Law.
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.
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.
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.
In Advisory Opinion No. 23-06, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) declined to approve a proposed arrangement in which an anatomic pathology laboratory operator would purchase the technical component of anatomic pathology services from Physician and Non-Physician Laboratories for commercial payors.
Garfunkel Wild Partner/Director Hayden S. Wool will present at the Strafford Webinar – Forming Physician Super Groups: Structural and Regulatory Challenges on October 8, 2019.
Additional speaking & writing
Publications
Co-Editor of the Legal Manual for New York Physicians (Sixth Edition) and co-authored chapter entitled “Fraud and Abuse.”