Hayden S. Wool
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone 516-393-2232
Fax 516-466-5964
hwool@gwtlaw.com
  Practice Groups
Business
Compliance and White Collar Defense
Health Care

Year Joined
1992

Education
Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1985);
Alfred University (B.S., Healthcare Administration and Management, with honors, 1982)

Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1986

Court Admission(s)
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Divison

Bar Affiliation(s)
New York State Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Other Affiliation(s)
American Health Lawyers Association
Healthcare Financial Management Association

Biography
Hayden S. Wool is a Partner/Director of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., which he joined in 1992. He is a member of the firm’s Health Care, Business and Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice Groups, which advise clients on a variety of business, regulatory and transactional issues.

Mr. Wool’s practice includes the structuring of hospital physician relationships, physician group relationships, review of the structure of business transactions as to compliance with Federal and State regulatory matters, as well as issues regarding proper reimbursement for healthcare activities.

Mr. Wool has particular expertise in the application of the Federal and State self-referral (Stark) laws, Anti-Kickback laws, Fee-splitting laws and Professional Misconduct laws, as well as the related rules and regulations.

Mr. Wool has written articles and lectured on these and other areas involving contract review.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Mr. Wool received his B.S. in healthcare administration and management, with honors, from Alfred University in 1982 and his J.D., with honors, from Albany Law School of Union University in 1985.

Publications

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

Proposed Policy Changes in the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, New Jersey Law Journal, September 15, 2008

New Stark Phase III Regulations: the Impact and Changes, Journal of the American College of Radiology, February 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)

Presentations

Ancillary Services: A Practical Approach to Navigating Through Stark Law Requirements and the Medicare Billing Rules, Physician Practice Compliance Conference, October 12, 2009 (Philadelphia, PA)

Stark Aspects of the 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, Beard Audio Conference, December 10, 2008

Panel on Stark Regulations, CT Hospital Association and CT Association of Healthcare Executives, December 9, 2008 (Wallingford, CT)

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

Understanding the New Stark II Phase III Regulations Teleconference, Lorman Seminar, March 11, 2008

Living with Stark: Compensation v. Kickback, APDIM 2007 Fall Conference, October 4-7, 2007 (Minneapolis, MN)

Closing Stark Loopholes, Beard Audio Conference, July 31, 2007
 
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