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Profil
Mark Furnish focuses on health care law, government relations, and public policy matters. With more than 25 years of experience, Mark helps clients understand and navigate the complex regulatory processes.
Mark represents clients in the health care industry and in particular long-term care, hospitals, nursing homes and private physician practices. His practice encompasses a broad range of legal issues related to health facility planning, development, and licensure. He also provides counsel on policy positions and public affairs strategies and develops and implements legal, legislative, intergovernmental, regulatory and media strategies.
Mark’s government service has greatly informed his legal practice. He served as Director of the Center for Long Term Care Licensure, Planning and Finance at the New York State Department of Health. Previously, he held the position of Director of Health Facility Planning and Development, Legal Affairs in the same department. These roles provided Mark with deep insights into health care regulation and policy implementation – with a special emphasis on Certificate of Need (CONs), licensure and antitrust concerns for health care systems.
Earlier in his career, Mark served as chief counsel to multiple New York state senators, including those in leadership positions on key committees such as the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Consumer Protection, Investigations and Government Operations.
Mark has been involved in the development and passage of significant legislation in New York, particularly in areas of civil rights and health care decision-making. He continues to apply this background in his current legal practice, assisting clients with legislative strategies and public policy initiatives.
Concentrations
- Health care law
- Insurance law
- Government Relations
Expertise
Erfahrung
- New York State Department of Health, 2014-2024
- Director, Center for Long Term Care Licensure, Planning and Finance Office of Aging and Long-Term Care (OALTC), 2022-2024
- Director, Center for Health Care Policy and Resource Development Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management (OPCHSM), 2018-2022
- Director, Bureau of Health Facility Planning and Development Division of Legal Affairs, 2014-2018
- New York State Senate, 1996-2013
- Counsel, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, 2013
- Counsel, New York State Senator Thomas K. Duane, 1999-2012
- Counsel, New York State Senator Franz S. Leichter, 1996-1998
Ausbildung
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J.D., cum laude, Albany Law School
- Article Editor, Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology
- Member, Moot Court Board
- B.A., University at Albany
- New York