Professional Experience

Mr. Kalkines serves as general or special counsel to voluntary, public and proprietary healthcare providers, including academic medical centers, acute and specialty care hospitals, nursing homes, faculty practice plans and ambulatory care organizations.

Mr. Kalkines' expertise focuses on all aspects of healthcare law, including corporate organization, regulatory compliance, finance and reimbursement matters, physician and faculty-practice arrangements, capital financing, labor relations, collective bargaining, and medical/legal issues. He has substantial experience in representing financially distressed institutions and assisting in the planning, financing and construction of healthcare facilities. He also has done extensive work with strategic planning and network development, as well as financial turnarounds, planning and implementation, including pre- and post-bankruptcy restructurings.

Mr. Kalkines was a member of the Special Mayoral Task relating to the restructuring of New York’s public hospital system leading to the creation and implementation of the New York City Health and Hospital Corp., where he subsequently served as Secretary and General Counsel.  Mr. Kalkines has organized and led a number of legislative initiatives to enhance provider reimbursement and establish special capital financing programs for financially distressed institutions.

Education

St. John’s University, LL.B., 1965.

Long Island University, B.S., 1961.

Memberships & Activities

Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Member, American Bar Association.

Member, American Hospital Association.

Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Honors & Awards

Named as one of the Top-Ranked Attorneys, Chambers USA, 2006-2008.

Included in The Best Lawyers in America for more than ten years.