Peter Millock is a senior member of the firm’s Healthcare practice.
My practice encompasses hospital-to-hospital alignments; affiliations among physicians, hospitals, long-term care providers and mental health and disability services providers; purchases and sales of nursing homes, clinics and medical practices; enforcement matters before New York State agencies; certificate of need and other applications requiring New York State agency approval; and Medicaid and other payor audits.
I have crafted innovative healthcare arrangements in New York, including the first alignment between a New York and an out-of-state hospital, the first alignment between a Catholic and a secular hospital, one of the first affiliations of long-term care providers and one of the first applications for an assisted living residence in New York State.
Prior to working at the firm, I served for 15 years as general counsel to the New York State Department of Health and am very familiar with its regulations, procedures and protocols. I routinely appear before state regulators.
I also participate in the development of state health regulatory policies and health-related state legislation. For example, I am contributing to deliberations on barriers to private investment in New York health services providers, the future of New York’s certificate of need process, parent/subsidiary relationships in hospital systems and corporate practice of medicine prohibitions. I am a past Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Health Law Section.
I expect a dramatic increase in alignments, mergers, consolidations and affiliations among healthcare providers of all types to meet the challenges of managed care, cost containment, healthcare reform and market forces.
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Peter was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 in the field of Healthcare Law. Peter has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2005, and was named as the Best Lawyers® 2014 and 2018 Healthcare Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Albany, NY.
Peter Millock is recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2022 for Healthcare (New York). He has been recognized in Chambers USA in previous years.
Peter has also received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating™ from Martindale Hubbell®, the highest possible rating for ethics and legal ability.
Peter has been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2016 editorial for Healthcare—Service Providers, as well as in previous editions.