• August 15, 2024
• FIRM NEWS

38 Garfunkel Wild Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America 2025

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. 

• August 17, 2023
• AWARDS

38 Garfunkel Wild Attorneys Named Among the Best Lawyers in America

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.
 
 

• October 21, 2019
• MEDIA MENTIONS

Kimberly Kempton-Serra Quoted In ASC Focus Article Entitled “Set Up A Compliant Patient Transportation Service” October 2019

Kimberly Kempton-Serra Quoted In ASC Focus Article Entitled “Set Up A Compliant Patient Transportation Service” October 2019

• October 30, 2024
• EVENTS

11th Annual ASC and Health Care Management Symposium

Garfunkel Wild's 11th Annual ASC and Health Care Management Virtual Symposium is dedicated to the most important business, legal, clinical, and operational issues facing the ASC and health care management community.

• August 13, 2024
• ALERTS

Preparing for the FTC's Ban on Non-Competes

Many clients are asking whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ban has gone into effect and, if not, what the status is currently.  As we reported previously, the FTC enacted a nationwide ban on most non-compete agreements, subject to certain narrow exceptions, that was anticipated to take effect on September 4, 2024.  Since that time, however, multiple court challenges have been filed, testing the validity of the ban. 
 

• April 25, 2024
• ALERTS

FTC Bans Non-Competes Across the Nation

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) promulgated a final rule banning most non-compete agreements, in any industry, and is set to become effective 120 days after its publication in the Federal Register (the “Final Rule”).  

• March 1, 2024
• ALERTS

OIG Issues New Resource for Single Audits

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently posted a new educational resource on its website about Single Audits.  HHS is the largest grant-making agency in the Federal government, and OIG’s new resource is designed to help key stakeholders understand the scope of Single Audits, as well as improve the overall quality of such audits.

• October 26, 2023
• ALERTS

Favorable Employee Bonus Opinion on ASC Profits

On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion 23-07, a favorable opinion regarding an employer’s proposal to pay bonuses to its employed physicians based on net profits derived from certain outpatient surgical procedures the employed physicians perform at the employer’s two planned ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). 
 

• October 12, 2023
• EVENTS

10th Annual ASC and Health Care Management Symposium

Garfunkel Wild's 10th Annual ASC and Health Care Management Virtual Symposium is dedicated to the most important business, legal, clinical, and operational issues facing the ASC and health care management community.

• August 2, 2023
• ALERTS

Temporary Health Care Staffing Agencies Now Required to Register in New York

In what appears to follow a multi-state trend to protect “temporary” workers, as part of the New York Budget for FY 2023-2024, a new law went into effect that requires any entity that provides temporary staff to health care entities to register with the Department of Health (DOH). 

• October 25, 2022
• EVENTS

Garfunkel Wild's 9th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Symposium

Garfunkel Wild is pleased to present the 9th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Complimentary Virtual Symposium on October 25, 2022.

• December 8, 2021
• EVENTS

Connecticut Orthopaedic Society Webinar “Is Private Equity Right for You?”

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.

• October 28, 2021
• EVENTS

8th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Complimentary Virtual Symposium

Garfunkel Wild’s 8th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Symposium to be held on October 28, 2021

• May 3, 2021
• EVENTS

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association 2021 Virtual Conference

Kimberly Kempton-Serra will present at the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association 2021 Virtual Conference on May 3, 2021.

• November 18, 2020
• EVENTS

7th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Complimentary Virtual Symposium

Garfunkel Wild’s 7th Annual ASC & Healthcare Management Symposium will be held on November 18, 2020