Mark L. Furman

Mark L. Furman has specialized in both the defense and the prosecution of Healthcare Fraud and Abuse for the past thirteen years. Until 1993, he served as a Special Assistant Attorney General with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York State Attorney General, where he led numerous white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions regarding every type of healthcare provider. Since leaving the government, Mr. Furman has successfully won the dismissal of several criminal actions commenced against Medicaid provider physicians and has defended various medical professionals charged with criminal violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as conspiracy, money-laundering and mail fraud counts. Mr. Furman is thoroughly familiar with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and, when necessary, will structure plea agreements so as to minimize professional disciplinary and other collateral consequences for medical professionals.

In the administrative area, Mr. Furman has successfully conducted numerous administrative hearings on behalf of the provider, resulting in reversal of the audit findings and proposed exclusion or, in the professional misconduct arena (OPMC), dismissal of charges against physicians. When appropriate, he will initiate proceedings under CPLR Article 78 seeking immediate injunctive relief from and judicial review of any adverse administrative conduct such as withholding of payments, exclusion from Government programs and license revocation. He has successfully opposed summary suspension orders from the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct. Mr. Furman has been in practice since 1980 and graduated cum laude from the State University of Buffalo Law School. He also achieved his undergraduate degree at SUNY magna cum laude and is a former Assistant District Attorney. He is currently a member of the Section of the New York State Bar Association Health Law Committee and is a member of both the American Health Lawyers Association and the New York Criminal Bar Association.