Steven J. Chananie
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone 516-393-2224
Fax 516-466-5964
schananie@gwtlaw.com
  Practice Groups
Appellate Litigation
Compliance and White Collar Defense(Chair)
Health Care
HIPAA Compliance

Year Joined
1996

Education
Pace Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, valedictorian, 1983), member of Law Review;
Princeton University (B.A., 1979)

Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1984

Court Admission(s)
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

Bar Affiliation(s)
New York State Bar Association (Co-Chair of the Committee of Fraud, Abuse and Compliance, Health Law Section, 2005-2006)
American Bar Association

Other Affiliation(s)
American Health Lawyers Association
Health Care Compliance Association

Biography
Steven J. Chananie, a partner at Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, 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 & Travis, 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 now 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

Stark Changes on the Horizon, ABA Health ESource, August 2007 (Vol 3, No. 12)

Compliance Programs - Serious Business for Healthcare Providers, Journal of the American College of Radiology, Volume 4, Number 4, April 2007

The Stark Reality About Shared Nuclear Medical Imaging Equipment Leasing Arrangements After January 1, 2007, Journal of the American College of Radiology, Volume 3, Number 12, December 2006


Presentations

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 19, 2007
 
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