Attorneys

Catherine A. Diviney

Ms. Diviney has concentrated her legal practice in Health Law since 1993. She regularly advises health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) and Office of Mental Health (OMH) licensed providers, physicians, nurses and other licensed professionals on diverse legal issues such as federal and state regulatory compliance; anti-kickback and Stark; EMTALA; hospital/physician contracting; patients' rights; confidentiality of medical records and peer review matters; HIPAA; policy and procedure development and drafting; compliance plan development and implementation; self-disclosures; professional licensing; physician credentialing; physician practice acquisitions and sales; sophisticated joint ventures; regulatory investigation civil defense; Medicare, Medicaid and third-party payor audits and general not-for-profit and business corporation matters. Prior to joining the Firm, she was at Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle in New York City, following which she practiced law in the public sector specializing in elder and public benefits law.

Education

• St. John's University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude) 1988
  • Law Review
• Cornell University (B.S.) 1984

Admitted to Practice

• New York
• United States District Court (NDNY, SDNY, EDNY)

Professional Activities

• Onondaga County Bar Association (Medical/Legal Committee)
• Central New York Women's Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association (Health Law Section)
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, past Board of Directors
• Rosewood Heights Healthcare Center Foundation, Board of Directors
• Hospice of the Finger Lakes, Board of Directors

Born

• Smithtown, New York