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Profile:
Ms. Zambri focuses her practice on enterprise development and regulatory guidance for the health care industry. She provides counsel to individual practitioners, owners, administrators, executives and employees of health care and health care-related facilities, including physicians, licensed medical personnel, hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, senior residences and assisted living facilities, laboratories, health care trade associations, durable medical equipment providers, alcohol and substance abuse treatment facilities, physician practice management companies, mental health programs and medical transportation companies.

Practice Areas:

Health Care Services & Technology

Representative Clients/Cases:

Assists health care clients with certificate of need applications, compliance
programs, HIPAA compliance and licensure issues
Helps health care clients obtain approval to operate various types of health facilities
and to complete significant transactions
Drafts agreements regarding employment, leasing, independent contracting and
affiliations
Performs analysis for clients of pronouncements from the US Department of Health
and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the NYS Department of
Health, regarding state and federal anti-kickback and self-referral requirements,
federal and state funded health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid,
and other items of regulatory interest to providers.

Professional Affiliations:

American Health Lawyers Association
American Bar Association, Health Law Section
New York State Bar Association, Health Law Section

Admitted to Practice:

State of New York
US District Court, Northern District of NY

Education:

Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1998, cum laude, Executive Editor Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, merit scholarship, teaching assistant
Union College, MBA in Health Systems Administration, 1998, merit scholarship, Benjamin Whitaker Award for outstanding service by a graduate student
Siena College, B.S., 1994, summa cum laude, Wall Street Journal Award for outstanding achievement by a finance major

Civic Activities:

Miss Shen Softball, former member of Board of Directors, volunteer coach

Publications/Speaking:

"Responding to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules," Lecture in Conjunction with
the Capital Area Speech-Language-Hearing Association for its Members, April 7, 2003.
"Audits and Investigations of Health Care Providers," Lecture at Russell Sage College
for Masters Students in Legal Aspects of Health Care Policy, March 26, 2003,
March 25, 2002 and October 29, 2001.
"An Update on the HIPAA Privacy Rules," Eagle Newspapers, February 26, 2003: 20.
"Fundamentals of Health Law," Lecture for the NYS Bar Association Bridging the
Gap Program, January 24, 2003.
"Responding to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules," Lecture in Conjunction with
Capital District Physicians Health Plan for its Participating Providers, December 3, 2002,
September 23, 2002 and February 28, 2002.
"The 2002 OIG Work Plan - Investigations and Documentation," Lecture for New
York Presbyterian Healthcare System Clinical Documentation Improvement Meeting,
September 6, 2002.
"Medicaid, Medicare and Medical Assistance in New York: Fundamentals of Fraud
and Abuse Laws and Compliance Programs," Lecture for Lorman Education Services,
July 25, 2002.
"Confidentiality of Medical Records in New York: HIPAA," Lecture for Lorman
Education Services, June 12, 2002.
"New Stark Regulations on Physician Self-Referral Have Added to Confusion," Capital
District Business Review, March 22-28, 2002:11B.
Quoted in Dennis Law, "Health Care Providers Unprepared for HIPAA Regs," Capital
District Business Review, March 8-14, 2002:5.
"New HIPAA Privacy Rules - the Impact on Patients and Providers," Eagle
Newspapers, February 27, 2002: 2:1.
"Your Own Petard: The Danger of Inadequate Implementation of Compliance
Programs," NYS Bar Association Health Law Journal, Winter 2002:59.
"Feds Warn Health Care Providers Who Want to Give Out Freebies," Capital District
Business Review, December 10-16, 2001:7B.
"Health Care Providers Should Choose Business Consultants with Care," Capital
District Business Review, September 24-30, 2001:14B.
"The Practice of Health Law," NYS Bar Association Perspective, Spring 2001:8.
"Medical Providers Must Guard Against 'Self-referral,'" Capital District Business
Review, September 25 - October 1, 2000:13B.
Health Care Providers Should Be Wary of Referrals to Family Members," NYS Bar
Association Health Law Journal, Summer/Fall 2000:30.
"At the Millennium in Healthcare…Combine, Yes; But Beware," The Business Record,
July 1, 2000:6.
"New Protocol Lets Providers Do Voluntary Disclosure," Capital District Business
Review, September 6-12, 1999:8B.

Honors:

Who's Who in American Law Students, 1996, 1997, 1998