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Biography
Jeffrey S. Brown is a Partner/Director of Garfunkel
Wild, P.C. who joined the firm in 2001 and
specializes in health care and hospital law. Mr. Brown
is a member of the Health Care, HIPAA Compliance and
Litigation and Arbitration Practice Groups. He
represents various hospitals, long-term care facilities,
physicians' practices and other health care related
clients.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Brown was Chairman of the
Health Law Practice Group at Cole, Schotz, Meisel,
Forman & Leonard, P.C. Prior to that he was Vice
President of Legal and Governmental Affairs and
Corporate General Counsel for JFK Health Systems, Inc.
Mr. Brown was selected as Leadership Fellow for the
State of New Jersey, in which capacity he analyzed the
issue of health care in terms of its statewide
significance. He was also chosen by former New Jersey
Governor James McGreevey as a member of the health care
transition team. Mr. Brown was also selected for
inclusion in Strathmore's Who's Who for 2005.
A frequent speaker on health care issues, Mr. Brown has
lectured at Seton Hall University School of Law, where
he serves on the Advisory Board of the Health Law &
Policy Program. He has also lectured before the New
Jersey Association of Health Care Facilities, Bergen
County Medical Society, Bergen County Bar Association,
New Jersey Dermatologic Society, New Jersey Institute
for Continuing Legal Education, the Franzblau Institute
for Continuing Education, WCTC Radio and various cable
television programs.
Mr. Brown is the health care editor of the Bergen
Barrister and has published articles in the New Jersey
Law Journal, Physician's Group Practice Journal, New
York Bar Association Newsletter and Bergen Medicine.
Mr. Brown, the partner responsible for the firm's
Hackensack, New Jersey office, also serves on the Board
of Trustees for the Community Resources Council of
Bergen County.
Mr. Brown received his B.A. in 1979 from Rutgers
University and his J.D. from 1982 from Seton Hall
University School of Law, where he was a member of the
Seton Hall Law School Legislative Journal.
Presentations
"Protecting Your Livelihood:
Tips for Preventing Medical Malpractice Claims and
Protecting Your Assets," Bergen County Medical
Society, River Edge, NJ (April 20, 2010)
Publications
The Hazards of Pharmaceutical Disposal: Emerging
Environmental Issues of Concern, New Jersey Law Journal,
July 19, 2010
"HIPAA Deadline Arrives - Are Health Care Providers
Ready as New Guidelines are Published?" Bergen
Barrister, Summer 2003, Vol. 20, No. 2.
"HIPAA Update - Compliance with HIPAA's Privacy
Regulations Required Beginning April 14!" Bergen
Medicine, Spring 2003.
"New Jersey Passes Law to Allow Physicians and Dentists
to Jointly Negotiate with Carriers," Bergen Medicine,
Winter 2002.
"Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations Contain Significant
Changes," Bergen Medicine, January 2001.
"Inspector General Issues Voluntary Compliance Programs
for Physician Practices," Bergen Medicine, September
2000. "Summary of Compliance Program Guidance for Physician
Practices," Bergen Barrister, July 2000, Vol. 17, No. 3.
"Physician Rights in Fraud and Abuse Investigations,"
Bergen Medicine, September 1998.
"Managed Care Plans and HMOs," Bergen Barrister, June
1998, Vol. 14, No. 2.
"Compliance Programs in Healthcare Law," Bergen
Medicine, January 1998.
"Health Care Portability Act: Employers & Physicians
Beware," Bergen Barrister, September 1997, Vol. 13, No.
3. "Health Care Portability and Accountability Act of
1996," NYSBA One on One, September 1997.
"Physician Recruitment," Bergen Barrister, October 1995,
Vol. 11, No. 4.
"Managed Healthcare: A Prescription for Change," Bergen
Barrister, April 1995, Vol. 11, No. 2.
"New Physician Recruitment Rules," Bergen Medicine,
March 1995.
"Companies Must be Ready for OSHA's Blood Work," New
Jersey Law Journal, February 1995.
"The Time Has Come for Hospitals and Health Care
Practitioner to Take OSHA Seriously," Bergen Medicine,
November/December 1994.
"Managed Health Care," Jersey Voice, July 1, 1994, Vol.
3, No. 86.
"The Changing Health Care Environment," Bergen Medicine.
June 1994.
"Self Referrals Pose Danger to Group Practices' Economic
Health," Physician Group Practice Journal, March/April
1994, Vol. 43, No. 2.
"Physician Don't Refer Thyself," New Jersey Law Journal,
November 8, 1993.
Honors
New Jersey Super Lawyers 2005 – 2008,
2010
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