Areas of Practice

Gideon Zvi Palte is an associate in the firm’s corporate department and works primarily in the health care group. Gideon advises health care providers, health care technology companies, health insurance companies, other health care organizations, and investors regarding a broad range of transactional and regulatory issues.

During law school, Gideon interned at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the office responsible for coordinating the electronic exchange of health information and nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology. Prior to law school, Gideon worked as a project manager for a leading supplier of electronic health records.

Experience

  • Advised health care providers, health care technology companies, and health insurance companies regarding interoperability and information blocking requirements. 
  • Advised health care technology companies regarding federal ONC Health IT Certification Program requirements. 
  • Advised nationwide provider of primary health care and health care technology services regarding health care regulatory matters in connection with corporate transaction.
  • Assisted private equity firms, health care providers, and technology companies with health care transactions, including analysis and advice related to fraud and abuse, data privacy and security, interoperability, information blocking, health IT certification, licensure, and corporate practice of medicine issues.
  • Advised clients regarding acquisitions of certified electronic health records software companies.
  • Advised health care organizations regarding compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws and billing and documentation requirements for health care services.
  • Advised clients regarding the implications of changes to the health care regulatory landscape due to COVID-19.
  • Assisted health care organizations with drafting corporate governance documents, designing training programs for personnel, and structuring arrangements for the delivery of health care services.
  • Assisted health care providers in preparing and submitting self-disclosures of Medicare overpayments.
  • Assisted health care provider with drafting value-based payment arrangements with payors that incorporate shared savings and shared risk for the provision of health care services to an identified patient population.
  • Assisted medical device company with updates to corporate policy on interacting with health care professionals consistent with the updated AdvaMed Code of Ethics On Interactions with U.S. Health Care Professionals.
  • Assisted medical device company in drafting product purchase agreements with hospitals.

Areas of Practice