First Admitted: 1993, New Jersey

Bar/Professional Activity:

Honors/Awards:

Abrams Fensterman is recognized as a Tier 1 law firm for Health Care in Long Island, Best Lawyers®, 2025
Best Lawyers of America, Health Care Law, Best Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers, 2020
Best Lawyers of America, Health Care Law, Best Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers, 2021
Leaders In The Law - Health Law, New York Magazine, 2018
Who's Who in Healthcare Professionals and Healthcare Law, Long Island Business News, 2020
Cum Laude, Albany Law School Union University
Leadership in Law Award, Long Island Business News, 2013

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Author, On the Role of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, NYSBA Health Law Journal, 2003
Editor-in-Chief, Legal Manual for New York Physicians, Fourth Edition, NYSBA, 2014
Co-Author, Abrams Fensterman Cautions Health Care Clients: Office of Inspector General Is Aggressively Asserting Its Authority to Exclude Owners, Officers and Managing Employees of Sanctioned Entities From Participation in Federal Health Care Programs, 2011
Co-Author, Selling Your Medical Practice: Why Is The Hospital's Offer Lower Than You Expected?, Abrams Fensterman, 2012
Author of Chapter 12, The Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make: And How to Avoid Them, SEAK, Inc., 2005
Author, Navigating a Fraud and Abuse Concern: Skilled Nursing Facility Arrangements with Ancillary Providers, NYSBA Health Law Journal, 2000
Co-Author, Continuum of Care in New York State, NYSBA, 2001
Co-Author, The “Step-Up” in Enforcement of Nursing Homes: Recent Survey Trends, NYSBA Health Law Journal, 2002

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Patrick Formato