Florida Health Lawyer
Sandra Greenblatt
My Firm is a boutique law firm focused on providing creative, practical legal advice to the health care industry. As a respected Florida Bar Board Certified Health Lawyer, I have more than 20 years experience in assisting physicians, facilities, payors and other providers with their business and regulatory needs. I am Florida Bar Board Certified in Health Law. My practice is entirely Health Law, which includes:
- Health Care Compliance
- Health Care Contracts
- Health Care Corporate Law
- Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
- Health Care Regulation
- Health Information Technology
I want to thank my long-time clients for the trust they always have placed in me, and welcome new clients to my Firm. Many of the health care facilities, physicians, pharmacies, managed care organizations, mental health centers and other businesses that are among my clients came to me through recommendations made by former clients or through an attorney or accountant referral.
My Firm is proud of our ability to provide responsive, quality and ethical legal services to help you meet the challenges of the highly regulated health care industry. As a skilled Florida Bar Board Certified Health Lawyer, I pledge to offer clients my 20 plus years of experience in dealing with your business, regulatory and compliance matters, along with my personalized attention.
The following are awards I have received in recognition of the high-quality legal services provided to clients:
- AV Rated Martindale Hubbell
- 2006-2008 Florida Super Lawyer, Law & Politics
- 2005-2008 Legal Elite, Florida Trend
- 2001-2008 Top Lawyers in South Florida, South Florida Legal Guide
- 2005 Heavy Hitter in Health Care, South Florida Business Journal
- 2003-2005 Best of the Bar, South Florida Business Journal
- 1996 Best Health Care Attorney, Florida Medical Business
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Practice Areas
Below is a partial list of the areas on which we routinely advise our clients. If you don't see your particular area of concern on the list, please call us and we may be able to assist you:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business Law and Regulation
- Clinic Licensure
- Contracts
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Corporate Compliance Programs and Review
- Corporate Law
- Corporations, LLC's, Partnerships and other Business Entities
- Due Diligence Investigations
- Durable Medical Equipment and Home Medical Equipment
- Electronic Medical Records (EMR/EHR)
- Employment Contracts
- Expert on Health Care Law
- Facility Licensure
- Fraud and Abuse Prevention
- Government Relations and Lobbying
- Group Practices
- Health Care Law
- Health Information Technology
- Home Health Agency Licensure
- Hospital Law
- Informal Dispute Resolution
- Independent Counsel for Board of Directors and Trustees
- Independent Second Legal Opinions
- IPAs
- Joint Ventures
- Long Term Care Facilities
- Managed Care and Managed Care Contracts
- Mediation & Arbitration
- Medicaid Audit Defense
- Medicaid Investigations
- Medical Director Agreements
- Medical Staff Bylaws
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- MRI Facilities
- MSOs
- Networks
- New Business/Practice Start-Up
- Not-For-Profit Organizations
- Partnership Breakups
- Payor Disputes
- Pharmacist and Pharmacy Licensure
- Physician Contracts
- Physician Dispensing
- Regulatory Hearings
- Sales or Purchases of Medical Practices
- Stark Law
- Technology Contracts
- TPAs
Professional Profile
If you or someone you know in the Miami area or throughout the state needs the assistance of an experienced Florida Health Lawyer, call Attorney Sandra Greenblatt today at 866-343-4881, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your initial consultation.
ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
Sandra Greenblatt, P.A.
2 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 3500
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: 866-343-4881
Fax: 305-577-9951
MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:
Sandra P. Greenblatt
Sandra P. Greenblatt is one of the first Florida lawyers to be Board Certified as an expert in Health Law (1995-present) and holds both a J.D. and a Masters’ Degree in Business/Health Administration. Ms. Greenblatt is President of the boutique health law firm of Sandra Greenblatt, P. A. in Miami, Florida. She enjoys the “AV” highest rating in competence and ethics from Martindale-Hubbell and was named one of the “Top Lawyers in South Florida” for each year from 2000-2008 by the South Florida Legal Guide; as a member of Legal Elite in 2005-2007 by Florida Trend magazine; as a “Florida Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics in 2006-2008; as a “Heavy Hitter in Health Care” in 2005; “Best of the Bar” for 2003-2005 by the South Florida Business Journal; and as the “Best Healthcare Attorney" of 1996 by Florida Medical Business. In July 2006, she was appointed to the Legal Working Group of the Florida Governor’s Privacy and Security Project and from 2006-07 served as a member of the Board and Chair of the Privacy and Security Committee of the South Florida Health Information Initiative (“SFHII”), organizations that are propelling Florida’s participation as a leader in the creation of a nationwide Health Information Network. Her firm recently was named General Counsel for SFHII, the South Florida RHIO. She is the author of the Chapter on “Health Care Technology Contracting” in the 2007 Florida Practitioner’s Health Law Handbook.
Ms. Greenblatt was previously associated with prominent Florida and national law firms. She has served as a registered lobbyist, successful in getting a client included in Florida Statutes. Her practice is concentrated on representing hospitals, physician groups and physicians, practice management companies, pharmacies, long term care facilities, mental health centers and other health care providers and businesses in connection with their specialized contractual, regulatory, technology and business matters and government relations. She served as lead counsel in 2006 for the $60+ Million Dollar sale of affiliated clinics and diagnostic centers to a publicly traded company. Ms. Greenblatt has more than 24 years’ experience in assisting clients with contracts, joint ventures, the formation and representation of HMOs, MSOs, IPAs, TPAs, IDTFs, asset and stock sales, mergers and acquisitions and Corporate Compliance Programs, as well as advice regarding the Stark Law, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, Medicaid waivers, legislative, licensure and fraud and abuse matters.
Prior to practicing law, Ms. Greenblatt was a Hospital Administrator for the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. She has published numerous articles on health law topics and speaks frequently on technology contracting, corporate compliance and other health law issues to national and regional professional and industry associations, including the American Health Lawyers’ Association, The Florida Bar and the Medical Group Management Association. She serves as Chairperson of the Annual Florida Bar Advanced Health Law Issues and Certification Review Course and is a member of the Executive Board of The Florida Bar Health Law Section. Sandra also is a founder and Past-President of Women in Healthcare of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Sandra is a member of the American Health Lawyers’ Association, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, American College of Legal Medicine, the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association and the Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys. She has served as an Appointee to the Statewide HMO Advisory Committee to the Florida Department of Insurance, which assisted in creating the first HMO regulations in Florida. Still finding time to serve her community, she serves as a member of the Board of Governors of both the Dade Community Foundation and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, sits on the Advisory Council to the University of Miami Health Administration Program and is a member of the Dean’s Circle of the University of Miami School of Law.
EDUCATION:
- Law School: University of Miami, J.D., cum laude, 1984
- University of Miami, M.B.A., with honors, 1977
- College: Temple University, B.A., cum laude, 1969
- Florida
- Member: The Florida Bar Association since 1984
- The Florida Bar Member, Executive Council, Health Law Section
- American Health Lawyers Association
- American College of Legal Medicine
- National Association of Professional Women
- Florida Bar Board Certified: Health Law
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Sandra Greenblatt
Sandra Greenblatt, P.A.
2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3500
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: 866-343-4881
Fax: 305-577-9951
