Atty. Rebecca Simone
Rebecca Simone represents for-profit and nonprofit health care services providers and entities. What do you focus on ?
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About Rebecca Simone at a glance
Rebecca Simone is a health care attorney based in Melville, New York, practicing at Nixon Peabody LLP. Admitted to practice in New York, New York State Bar Association. Educated at Hofstra University (J.D., 2007). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Health Care Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Special Focus: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — COVID-19 (2026). Serands clients in Melville, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Rebecca Simone represents for-profit and nonprofit health care services providers and entities
- What do you focus on?
- My practice covers various areas of regulatory compliance and transactional work
- Leveraging my industry knowledge and prior experience as in-house counsel for a publicly traded pharmacy benefits manager, today I mainly focus in three areas
- Fraud and Abuse I regularly counsel our health care clients on navigating their practices/businesses within the confines of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal Stark law and state law equivalents
- I have successfully obtained Advisory Opinions from the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General regarding compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute
- I also work with clients that are responding to inquiries, such as subpoenas and civil investigative demands, from regulatory agencies
- I have significant experience with pharmacy/pharmaceutical manufacturer issues and patient assistance programs
- Health Care Transactions I’ve acted as health care regulatory counsel on mergers and acquisitions of both public and private health care entities and regularly work on joint ventures and other contractual arrangements such as employment agreements, professional services agreements and license/lease arrangements
- I work closely with both health care providers and health care management companies on such transactions and advise clients on underlying licensure, fraud and abuse and other regulatory issues
- Health Information Privacy/HIPAA I work with clients that have experienced data breaches or are undergoing HIPAA investigations
- Additionally, I help clients bring their policies and practices into compliance with HIPAA
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Health care attorneys for HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, and medical licensing matters.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Melville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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