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Biography
Debra A. Silverman is a Partner at Garfunkel Wild,
P.C. She joined the firm in 1988 and is a member
of the Health Care Practice Group.
Ms. Silverman's
practice focuses on representing institutional
clients, including teaching and community hospitals,
faculty practice plans and physician group practices,
with an emphasis on managed care contracting, physician
arrangements, antitrust, medical staff and regulatory
matters.
Ms. Silverman administers the firm’s managed care group,
which has reviewed and negotiated several hundred
managed care agreements. She also handles direct
negotiations with major managed care organizations,
including Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Oxford Health
Plans, Aetna, GHI, United Healthcare, Health Net and
HIP, for both fee-for-service and full risk
arrangements, including two of the largest risk
agreements in New York State.
A frequent lecturer for the Healthcare Financial
Management Association (HFMA) on managed care issues,
Ms. Silverman was also a contributing author of the New
York Health Law Update.
Ms. Silverman graduated cum laude both from Princeton
University in 1982 and from the University of
California, Hastings College of the Law, in 1985. She is
a member of the New York State Bar Association and the
Health Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Presentations
"Positioning for Reimbursement - Payor Responses to
Healthcare Reform & Introduction to ACOs", HFMA
Metropolitan New York Chapter seminar, New York, NY,
November 19, 2010
Hot Topics in Hospital
Contracting, HFMA New Jersey Chapter Managed Care Issues
workshop (December 8, 2009)
Legal Implications of "Physician Alignment Strategies"
presented by HFMA Hudson Valley NY Chapter, Fishkill,
NY. Session entitled "Physician Alignment Strategies"
and "Advanced Chargemaster Strategies" (October 29,
2009)
Publications
"Accountable Care Organizations: Before You Jump
In...," Journal of the American College of Radiology
(Volume 8, Number 9) September 2011
Honors
Long Island Business News - Who's Who in Women in
Professional Services
(October 2011)
Long Island Business News - Ones to Watch - Law (July
2008)
Long Island Business News - Ones to Watch (September
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