Linda A. Malek is a partner at Moses & Singer and chair of the firm’s Healthcare and Privacy practices. Ms. Malek’s practice focuses on transactions, technology, and regulatory matters in the healthcare industry. She advises a variety of healthcare entities on emerging laws and regulations such as those affecting the health insurance industry; issues relevant to privacy in the context of electronic and personal health records; pharmaceutical marketing activities; clinical research involving human subjects; transparency in clinical research; access to healthcare for the uninsured; and changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs affecting both providers and managed care plans.

Ms. Malek counsels healthcare organizations on transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, risk arrangements involving large health maintenance organizations, and contractual issues relevant to academic medical centers concerning human subject research. She also assists clients on compliance issues related to federal, state and international privacy laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") and the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (“CAN-SPAM”), and counsels payors, providers and pharmaceutical companies on a variety of regulatory compliance issues that include clinical research compliance and fraud and abuse under federal and state laws.

In addition to assisting clients in establishing internal compliance programs, Ms. Malek has extensive experience advising clients on issues of corporate governance and ethics in the healthcare environment, as well as counseling clients in the context of qui tam actions and the False Claims Act. Her proficiency in a wide range of healthcare issues includes advising many types of clients on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement matters that impact hospitals, managed care providers, mental healthcare providers and New York City agencies.

Prior to joining Moses & Singer, Ms. Malek spent nearly six years practicing as a healthcare attorney for the Office of the Corporation Counsel, Division of Legal Counsel, where she was named Outstanding Assistant Corporation Counsel by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.