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Linda A. Malek, a partner at Moses & Singer, chair of the Healthcare practice and co-chair of the Privacy practice, focuses her practice on healthcare transactions, healthcare technology, and regulatory matters concerning the healthcare industry. Her work at the firm has included advising a variety of healthcare entities on healthcare transactions, including the emerging laws and regulations affecting the health insurance industry, the impact of the Medicare Modernization Act, counseling healthcare organizations on compliance issues related to federal, state and international privacy laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), drafting risk agreements for ventures involving large health maintenance organizations, structuring arrangements involving human subjects research, representing both for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare entities, and counseling payors, providers and pharmaceutical companies on a variety of regulatory compliance issues, including privacy, clinical research compliance, and fraud and abuse under federal and state laws.

Prior to joining Moses & Singer, Ms. Malek spent nearly six years practicing as a healthcare attorney for the Office of the Corporation Counsel, Division of Legal Counsel, where she was named Outstanding Assistant Corporation Counsel by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Her expertise in a wide range of health care issues has included advising many types of clients on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues which impact hospitals, managed care providers, mental health care providers and New York City agencies.

Ms. Malek also has extensive experience in advising clients on issues of corporate governance and ethics in the healthcare environment, in counseling clients in the context of qui tam actions and the False Claims Act, and in assisting clients in establishing internal compliance programs.