Vincenzo Carannante is a partner in the firm’s Health Law Practice Group, where he represents a variety of healthcare facilities and providers including hospitals, pharmacies, telemedicine providers, ASCs, FQHCs, behavioral health providers, clinical laboratories, residential care homes, home health agencies, physician practices and individual practitioners.
Vincenzo provides representation to clients in connection with compliance and regulatory matters including, all Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, Stark, and Anti-kickback issues and the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine. He assists clients in establishing or structuring facilities, transactions, operations, and contracts in order to comply with the numerous regulatory hurdles faced by health care providers. He also represents clients in compliance and reimbursement audits and investigations conducted by state and federal agencies including, the OIG, DOJ, HRSA, DSS, CT Attorney General’s Office, fiscal intermediaries, and government contracted auditors.
Vincenzo also represents clients before the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) and other federal and state agencies. He regularly counsels clients on all OHS-related matters and proceedings including, applying for Certificates of Need (CONs) for the establishment of a new or the sale/transfer of ownership of an existing health care facility or challenging CON applications filed by other parties. Vincenzo has assisted clients navigate over 100 CON matters. He also advises clients on the licensure of new facilities, and handling of CMS/DPH investigations and hearings, preparation of Corrective Action Plans and negotiation of Consent Orders on behalf of healthcare facilities and providers.
In the private equity and investment space, Vincenzo routinely advises clients with respect to various transactional matters including assisting with the formation and establishment of new providers and entities, structuring acquisitions and conducting regulatory due diligence.
As outside legal counsel to numerous FQHCs, Vincenzo regularly counsels and assists FQHCs with a wide range of business and regulatory matters including: preparation and review of contracts and affiliation agreements; and the coordination of FQHC governance and operations in accordance with Federal (e.g. HRSA) and state requirements.
Prior to joining the firm, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Bishop of the Connecticut Appellate Court.