Mary Aperance 5YEARSAWARDED

Mary Aperance

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Awarded Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation Corporate Law Health Care Law Labor and Employment Law - Management
Mary Aperance
Mary Aperance
Latham, NY
Works at
O'Connell & Aronowitz PC

16 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Mary is Of Counsel in the firm’s Health Law department, concentrating her practice on regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters affecting healthcare providers, trade associations, and not-for-profit organizations. She represents a diverse array of healthcare providers and entities, including adult care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home care agencies, physician practices, clinical laboratories, durable medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and other industry stakeholders.

Mary routinely represents healthcare providers in state and federal audits and disputes involving alleged overpayments, including challenges to the statistical methodologies and extrapolation techniques used by government and commercial payers.

She also advises healthcare providers and entities on various operational and compliance matters including with respect to federal and state fraud and abuse laws such as the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and related statutes. Her experience also extends to Medicare and Medicaid billing compliance and reimbursement issues.

On the transactional and corporate side, Mary represents healthcare facilities in the purchase and sale of real property and healthcare operations, assists healthcare entities in obtaining appropriate licensure, and advises on the formation, restructuring, and dissolution of professional entities.

She also advises and defends healthcare providers and organizations in connection with subpoenas and other governmental inquiries conducted by federal and state authorities, including the United States Department of Justice and the New York State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Mary’s experience and dedication to the healthcare industry have earned consistent recognition from her peers. She has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Health Care each year since 2019 and has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2022. In 2023, she was selected for Albany 40 Under 40 by City & State New York, which recognizes the region’s rising leaders and innovators.

Works at
O'Connell & Aronowitz PC

16 Best Lawyers awards

O'Connell & Aronowitz PC logo

Locations

Education

  • New England Law | Boston, J.D., graduated 2015

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Labor and Employment Law - Management
Awards:
  • Named to City & State New York’s Albany 40 Under 40 in 2023, Mary has also been recognized in Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Rising Stars list is comprised of the top 2.5 percent of lawyers under the age of 40.

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