Kristina Giyaur

Passionate about protecting and empowering healthcare professionals, Kristina is a trusted advocate and advisor for providers navigating the complexities of the healthcare industry today. With a deep understanding of both business and regulatory challenges, Kristina offers strategic guidance on corporate operations, compliance, and risk management while also providing dedicated defense to clients facing audits and investigations by governmental or private payors, as well as disciplinary and administrative proceedings. With extensive experience in healthcare transactions, Kristina advises clients on start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and various other business arrangements involving pharmacies, medical, dental as well as integrative medicine, and aesthetic practices, management service organizations, ambulatory surgical centers, licensed home care agencies, and adult social day care centers as well as long-term care institutions. She successfully represented numerous healthcare professionals and organizations in reimbursement audits and investigations, credentialing and enrollment disputes, and regulatory proceedings initiated by both managed care entities and government payors, as well as state and federal enforcement agencies. A recognized authority in healthcare law, Kristina has negotiated and drafted hundreds of industry-specific agreements, including employment contracts, provider service agreements, management service agreements, and vendor agreements. Her regulatory expertise spans compliance with state and federal laws, including fee-splitting, anti-kickback statutes, self-referral prohibitions, and HIPAA regulations. She frequently advises clients on compliance with the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General and Department of Health regulations. Kristina defends clients facing investigations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice and has extensive experience defending healthcare professionals in investigations conducted by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of Medicaid Inspector General. Kristina’s advocacy further extends to professional disciplinary proceedings, where she regularly represents physicians and nurse practitioners before the New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct and pharmacists, dentists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals before the New York State Office of Professional Discipline. She is also frequently called upon to provide strategic counsel in medical and dental malpractice cases, insurance reimbursement disputes, and partnership dissolutions. Recognized for her excellence in legal practice, Kristina has been named to the New York Metro Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers and was honored in America’s Most Trusted Lawyers and recognized as an Avvo Top-Rated Lawyer since 2019. Lawyers of Distinction Members have been selected based upon a review and vetting process by our Selection Committee utilizing U.S. Provisional Patent # 62/743,254. The platform generates a numerical score of 1 to 5 for each of the 12 enumerated factors which are meant to recognize the applicant’s achievements and peer recognition. All applicants must be licensed to practice law. Members are then subject to a final review for ethical violations within the past ten years before confirmation of Membership. A Lawyers of Distinction Nomination does not guarantee membership and attorneys may not pay a fee to be nominated. Attorneys may nominate to Lawyers of Distinction their peers whom they feel warrant consideration. The determination of whether an attorney qualifies for Membership is based upon the aforementioned proprietary analysis discussed above. Membership is not meant to infer any endorsement of Lawyers of Distinction by any of the 50 United States Bar Associations or The District of Columbia Bar Association. Any references to “excellent,” “excellence,” or “distinguished” are meant to refer to the Lawyers of Distinction organization only and not to any named member individually.