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Biography
Steven J. Chananie, a partner at Garfunkel Wild,
P.C., joined the firm in 1996. He is the head of
the firm’s Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice
Group, which advises clients on compliance matters,
assists them in implementing or modifying their
compliance programs, and defends clients in criminal,
civil and regulatory government actions.
In his practice, Mr. Chananie has represented numerous
health care providers, helping them to set up
comprehensive compliance programs and advising them on
regulatory and fraud and abuse issues. Compliance
clients include hospitals, faculty practice plans,
laboratories (both independent and hospital-based),
physician practices, nursing homes, and home health
agencies. He has also defended numerous of these clients
against civil and criminal government actions and
investigations, including False Claims Act cases,
threatened Anti-Kickback prosecutions, and various state
and federal audits.
Mr. Chananie has lectured nationwide on compliance,
regulatory, defense and related issues.
Prior to joining Garfunkel
Wild, P.C., Mr.
Chananie was Chief of Appeals at the Queens County
District Attorney’s Office (1993 - 1996), Counsel to
Field Operations and chief appellate counsel at the New
York State Organized Crime Task Force (1987 - 1993), and
an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District
Attorney’s Office (1983 - 1987. While at the Manhattan
District Attorney’s Office, he took a leave of absence
to clerk for former Chief Judge Judith Kaye on the New York
State Court of Appeals. Mr. Chananie has also taught
Appellate Advocacy and Criminal Procedure as an adjunct
professor at Brooklyn and Pace Law Schools.
Publications
Monthly 'Exclusion' Checks
Now Expected, New York Law Journal, July 26, 2010
Looking Ahead: 2010
OIG Work Plan, Journal of the American College of
Radiology, February 2010
New Rules for Mobile
Diagnostic Test Providers, Journal of the American
College of Radiology, August 2009
Yet More Changes to the Stark Law Regulations, Journal
of the American College of Radiology, February 2009
Significantly Expanded Anti-Markup Rule Goes into Effect
January 1, 2009, Journal of the American College of
Radiology, January 2009
CMS Delays the Implementation of Its Significantly
Expanded Antimarkup Rule, Journal of the American
College of Radiology, June 2008
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Now Scrutinizing
Leasing Arrangements, Journal of the American College of
Radiology, October 2007
Stark Changes on the Horizon, ABA Health ESource, August
2007 (Vol 3, No. 12)
Legitimate Lease Arrangement or Suspect Joint Venture?,
Journal of the American College of Radiology, June 2007
Compliance Programs - Serious Business for Healthcare
Providers, Journal of the American College of Radiology,
April 2007
The Stark Reality About Shared Nuclear Medical Imaging
Equipment Leasing Arrangements After January 1, 2007,
Journal of the American College of Radiology, December
2006
Presentations
Health Care Reform:
Now What?, New York State Bar Association's 2010 Annual
Meeting, Health Law Section, January 27, 2010 (New York,
NY)
Voluntary Disclosures:
Benefits, Risks and the Auditing Process, New England
Healthcare Internal Auditors Fall 2009 Conference,
December 3, 2009 (Newport, RI)
The High Cost of Non-Compliance, The Center to Promote
Health Care Studies, September 15, 2009 (New Hyde Park,
NY) Update on Recent State and Federal Investigations and
Initiatives, Med World Pharmacy Winter Seminar, March
18, 2009 (Tarrytown, NY)
Stark Aspects of the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee
Schedule Final Rule, Beard Group Audio Conference,
December 10, 2008
Panel on Stark Regulations, CT Hospital Association and
CT Association of Healthcare Executives, December 9,
2008 (Wallingford, CT)
Medicaid Update - There's a New Sheriff in Town, Center
to Promote Health Care Studies, November 19, 2008 (New
Hyde Park, NY)
Stark Aspects of the New IPPS Rule, Beard Audio
Conference, September 15, 2008
The 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - What
Providers Need to Know, Beard Audio Conference, July 24,
2008 Ethical Issues in Internal and External Investigations -
NYSBA "Medicaid Fraud: New Era, New Faces, New (and Old)
Problems" - November 3, 2007 (Cooperstown, NY)
Closing Stark Loopholes - Beard Group Audioconference -
July 31, 2007
Healthcare Law Update The Foundation for Accounting
Education in New York, NY - June 7, 2007
Issues and Practical Solutions Regarding
Hospital/Physician Relationships - CHA Corporate
Compliance Conference - April 19, 2007
Dealing with Government Voluntary Disclosures, Corporate
Compliance Agreements, and Corporate Integrity
Agreements - CHA Corporate Compliance Conference - April
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