Grace D. Mack

Grace D. Mack is co-chair of the Health Law group and a member of the Corporate group at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. On the healthcare side, Ms. Mack serves as a trusted legal advisor to hospitals, physicians, professional practices, ambulatory surgery centers, laboratories, as well as other health care providers and businesses. She focuses on the business aspects of health care law in connection with a wide range of transactional, corporate, regulatory and governance matters. She also assists clients with the development and structure of hospital affiliations, joint ventures, and with issues related to Medicare and commercial reimbursement and audits.

In the business law area, Ms. Mack focuses on general corporate law and corporate counseling. She has significant experience in stock and asset acquisitions and sales. In addition, she has experience in drafting, negotiating and providing legal consultation and document review to business entities of all sizes.

As editor of the Health Law Check Up newsletter, Ms. Mack leads a team of healthcare and corporate lawyers who provide guidance to physicians and healthcare businesses on recent legal developments in federal and state laws and regulations affecting the medical community in New Jersey. The newsletter also highlights industry trends and developments and provides helpful tools and resources for medical professionals. Articles authored by Ms. Mack include:

• Proposed BME Telemedicine and Telehealth Regulations
• One Year Deadline for One Room Surgical Practices in New Jersey
• New Jersey Health Care Providers Beware: How the NJ Attorney General’s New Rules May Affect You
• NJ Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act
• Understanding the New Jersey Telemedicine Law
• WARNING: New York Percentage Billing Arrangements Under Attack
• New Jersey Out-Of-Network Update
• Spotlight on New Jersey Telemedicine Law Update
• CMS Finally Publishes the Final Rule on Returning Medicare Overpayments
• NJ Project Medicine Drop
• SURPRISE!!! The NJ Out-Of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act Goes Forward and Stalls
• Introducing Stark Phase V
• OIG Issues Alert on Physician Compensation and Medical Director Arrangements

Deeply involved in the legal education of healthcare practitioners, Ms. Mack has lectured extensively on the legal challenges impacting physicians, ambulatory surgery centers and accountable care organizations at the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education and other industry organizations, including the New Jersey Medical Group Association, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, and the New Jersey Association of Mental Health & Addiction Agencies. Ms. Mack also contributes to prominent publications of the American Health Lawyers Association, including the 2019 Health Law Watch, Representing Physicians Handbook, and The ACO Handbook.

Widely recognized among the top healthcare attorneys in New Jersey, Ms. Mack has been ranked by Chambers USA since 2017 and has been distinguished with a Band 1 ranking since 2021. Chambers sources describe her as "very professional and knowledgeable about healthcare” and "one of the best healthcare attorneys in New Jersey." In addition, she has been consistently recognized in New Jersey Super Lawyers for Health Law since 2011, including among the "Top 100" lawyers in 2019-2020 and the "Top 50 Women" between 2018- 2021. Ms. Mack was selected for inclusion in the 2022 list of Best Lawyers in America in the area of Health Care Law, and selected as "Lawyer of the Year" in Health Care Law for 2023.

Speaking Engagements

• "Telehealth", Society of Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses' 2022 Conference, June 4, 2022
• "Telehealth", NJSBA Health Law Section, September 30, 2021
• "Challenges and Opportunities: So You May Want to Sell or Merge Your Practice- What You Need to Know!", Withum, June 30, 2021
• "The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Private Equity Transactions", Sax LLP’s Healthcare Practice, October 7, 2020
• "Relief Opportunities Available for Healthcare Providers Impacted by COVID-19", Sax LLP, April 24, 2020
• "Telehealth Services by Healthcare Providers During the COVID-19 Crisis", New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc., April 9, 2020
• "Telemedicine: Practical Pros and Cons", NJICLE, November 21, 2019
• "A Day of Compliance for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)", Surgery Center Coalition, September 24, 2019
• "New Jersey Telemedicine Update: NJ BME Proposed Regulations", New Jersey Association of Mental Health & Addiction Agencies, June 14, 2019
• "Is your ASC IN or OUT of Compliance?", Surgery Center Coalition Quarterly Meeting, June 11, 2019
• "Effectively Representing Physicians: Everything you need to know to confidently & successfully represent New Jersey physicians in 2019", NJICLE, April 17, 2019
• "Fun with Telemedicine", Healthcare Financial Management Association, New Jersey Chapter, March 26, 2019
• "Update of New Jersey Telehealth Legislation", Society of Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses’ Annual Conference, November 3, 2018
• "Telemedicine Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement", American Health Law Association 2018 Telemedicine Webinar Series, October 24, 2018
• "A Day of Compliance for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)", Surgery Center Coalition 6th Annual Conference, October 4, 2018
• "NJ Out of Network Law", Healthcare Financial Management Association, New Jersey Chapter, September 13, 2018
• "Practicing Telemedicine in NJ: Trends and Challenges", Healthcare Financial Management Association Physicians Practice Forum, July 12, 2018
• "Transform Through Technology", New Jersey Medical Group Management Association 2018 Practice Management Conference, June 7, 2018
• "Telemedicine: The Legal Implications of Seeing a Doctor Without Leaving Home", NJICLE, April 24, 2018
• "Telemedicine in NJ-Opportunity or Danger Zone?", Health Finance Management Association, July 13, 2017
• "Is Telemedicine Right for your Practice? Opportunity or Danger Zone?", New Jersey Medical Group Management Association Conference, June 15, 2017
• "10 Hot Topics in Health Law in 2017", NJICLE Representing Physicians and Their Practices Seminar, April 19, 2017
• "Telemedicine: How Bill (S291) Affects NJ Medical Practices", February 14, 2017
• "Telemedicine", NJSBA Health and Hospital Law Section, January 11, 2017
• "Ethics and Professionalism in Corporate Transactions", Middlesex County Courthouse - Annual Professionalism Day, October 20, 2016
• "Answering Questions About Telemedicine", Physician's Computer Company's Pediatric Super-Group Conference, May 27, 2016
• "ACOs and Interaction with State Laws, Waivers, and Regulations", American Health Lawyers Association, April 6, 2016
• "Health Law Fundamentals for Every Lawyer: Legal Ethics and Health Law", NJICLE, April 6, 2016
• "Telemedicine in New Jersey", New Jersey Medical Group Management Association, October 6, 2015