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Biography
Eve Green Koopersmith is a Partner at Garfunkel Wild,
P.C. She joined the firm in 1994 and is head of the
Discharge Planning and Elder Law Practice Group.
Ms. Koopersmith's practice includes discharge planning,
elder law, guardianship proceedings, Medicaid planning,
litigation on behalf of hospitals and nursing homes,
general health care and regulatory matters and
compliance issues for nursing homes and home health
agencies.
With particular experience in patient rights issues
relating to hospitals, nursing homes and home health
agencies, Ms. Koopersmith is frequently involved in
matters concerning advance directives and
life-sustaining treatment, discharge planning, retention
and treatment issues for psychiatric patients, and
assisted outpatient treatment matters. She also works
with families of Special Needs individuals, establishing
Supplemental Needs Trusts and advising families on
Medicaid matters and other governmental benefits.
She also has represented organizations
devoted to working with special needs children. Ms. Koopersmith regularly advises hospitals and other
providers regarding the confidentiality of specially
protected records such as HIV, alcohol/substance abuse
and mental health records.
Ms. Koopersmith has lectured for the New York State Bar
Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, Lorman Education Services and Behavioral
Health Care Management Institute. She is also a
contributing editor of "Guardianship Practice in New
York State," published by the New York State Bar
Association, and the "Legal Manual for Physicians,"
published by the The New York State Bar Association and
Medical Society of the State of New York.
Ms. Koopersmith received her B.A. from Cornell
University in 1979 and her J.D. from American
University, Washington College of Law, in 1982.
Publications
Co-authored chapter of Legal Manual for New York
Physicians (Third Edition), entitled Life-Sustaining
Treatment Decisions.
Challenges emerge when dealing with uninsured,
Discharge Planning Advisor,
December 1, 2009
Discharge Dilemma, Inside Healthcare, September
2009 Documents Governing Health Care Decisions, New York Law
Journal, September 22, 2008
Presentations
Mental Health Issues and Services, New York State
Bar Association, Elder Law Section and Senior Lawyers
Section Joint Fall Meeting, October 30, 2010
Hot Topics in Elder Law: Hospital Discharge Planning,
NYSBA 2009 Annual Meeting,
New York, NY, January 27,
2009
Honors
Newsday Long Island People on the Move (November
2008) The Attorney of Nassau County Who's Who List (November
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