Home People Gabriel S. Oberfield Esq., M.S.J. - Higher Education
Profile
Gabriel provides strategic legal support to higher education institutions by navigating the complexities of government regulations and compliance, including as related to the integration of student health services across disciplines including wellness and behavioral health.
He has a deep understanding of the unique challenges that colleges and universities face in these areas – and appreciates that one size does not fit all. His experience at the intersection of health and education – including working with the Federal and State laws and regulations that govern each – make him a trusted advisor to his clients. Gabriel also provides comparable support to K-12 institutions.
Representative Presentations
"New York State Labor Law Review," Iroquois Healthcare Association HR Summit, October 10, 2024
An Interview with Gabriel Oberfield, Health Care , Legally Bond Podcast, November 15, 2021Public testimony, Policy Roundtable, before N.Y. State Sen. Liz Krueger
Public testimony, The Long Term Care Sector’s Emergency Preparedness and COVID-19, New York City Council
Founder of nationally recognized annual conferences and stakeholder exercises on emergency preparedness
The Future of Long Term Care from the Not-for-Profit Perspective, New York City Bar Association
“It’s Your Call” Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Replication, LeadingAge Annual Conference
Other Activities
New York Healthcare Cyber Alliance, Co-Chairman, 2020-present
Appointed by Governor’s office to design cross-sectional cybersecurity strategies for potentially vulnerable healthcare and human services providers, including those in post-acute and in community based settings
The Fortune Society, 2011-present
Served for eight years on executive committee of $30+ million organization; created and chaired policy and advocacy committee; prompted justice policy reform through oversight of strategies that changed correctional and employment practice.
Articles
New York State OMIG Launches Provider Portal
The Dominoes Begin to Fall – New York State Pulls Back on Key Line of Health Insurance Following Passage of the Federal Reconciliation Bill
President Trump Aims to Backstop Domestic Healthcare Pharmaceutical Supply Chain through New EO
OMIG Posts Refreshed Audit Protocols for Key Service Lines
Keeping Data Secure When Government Funding Is Shrinking – the Lean But Mean Imperative for Smaller Health Care Delivery Organizations
What Lies Ahead for Healthcare and Human Services Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Law
CMS Delays Deadline for Nursing Home Federal Disclosures – August 1, 2025, Has Become January 1, 2026: Consider Support from Bond to Navigate the Complex Process
OMIG Expands Compliance Review Lookback Window to One Year
A Contingency Budget Like None Other: Destabilizing Federal Medicaid Proposals Dangle Like Damocles’s Sword Over New York’s Health Care System
Nursing Homes Must Beef Up Their Federal Disclosures by May 1, 2025: Consider Support from Bond to Navigate the Complex Process
New “Network Adequacy” Rules May Present Opportunities to Behavioral Health Agencies
Office of Medicaid Inspector General Releases Annual Workplan
Healthcare in Flux: Changes Are Likely on the Horizon for the Federal Healthcare Portfolio, in Areas Including Cybersecurity and in Regulatory Enforcement
New Updates to Section 504 Clarify Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Mandates
CISA’s CIRCIA NPRM Advances the March Toward Heightened Reporting – Yet the Jury Still Is Out on How CIRCIA Will Affect Healthcare
The Impact of Merck’s NotPetya Policy Claims and a Reported Settlement: The Cyber Insurance Pendulum Swings, Again
Gov. Hochul's Executive Budget Proposal Offers Promise and Poses Questions for Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Delivery Under Attack: Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity at the Close of 2023
Updates to the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program
Healthcare and Cybersecurity: CIRCIA’s Potential Effect on Healthcare Entities
Health Care Worker Bonus Program: New York State Education Department Announces Opening of Healthcare Worker Bonus Portal to Educational Institutions
Proposed Rulemaking on Medicaid Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention
NYS Department of Health Opens Application Process for Financially Distressed Nursing Homes
Eye on Telehealth: Opening Doors and Surfacing New Data Privacy Questions as the Pandemic Ebbs
CMS Tool for HIPAA Compliance
Mitigating Risk and Impact of Ransomware Attacks in the Healthcare Sector
Events and Webinars
The State of Federal Research Grant Terminations and Other Federal Funding Cuts Impacting Research and Health Care Institutions
Welcome to New York: Meet Performant, the New Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor for New York State’s Office of the Inspector General
Deep Dive: Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General to Review Audit Protocols
Bond and OMIG Provide Resources and Education Concerning Medicaid Oversight in New York State
Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General to Review Work Plan
Billions of Dollars for Health-Related Social Needs – How Can Community-Based Organizations Get Involved in New York State’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver Amendment?
Bond and OMIG to Discuss Best Practices for Audit Preparation and Response
Forum on 1115 Waiver - Lessons Learned from California and What's Ahead in New York
Bond to Discuss with OMIG and MFCU Representatives Medicaid Program Integrity, Their Respective Legal Authority and Ways the Provider Community Can Assist in Deterring Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Bond & OMIG to Discuss OMIG’s Common Findings in Recent Compliance Program Reviews
Bond & OMIG’s Director of the Bureau of Compliance to Discuss Compliance Program Training Standards and Effective Lines of Communication - Complimentary Webinar
Bond & OMIG’s Director of the Bureau of Compliance to Assess Early Implementation Compliance Program Standards - Complimentary Webinar
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity for Higher Education Institutions - Complimentary Webinar Series
Legislative Update for the Healthcare and Long Term Care Industries - Complimentary Webinar
Profile
Gabriel provides strategic legal support to higher education institutions by navigating the complexities of government regulations and compliance, including as related to the integration of student health services across disciplines including wellness and behavioral health.
He has a deep understanding of the unique challenges that colleges and universities face in these areas – and appreciates that one size does not fit all. His experience at the intersection of health and education – including working with the Federal and State laws and regulations that govern each – make him a trusted advisor to his clients. Gabriel also provides comparable support to K-12 institutions.
Representative Presentations
"New York State Labor Law Review," Iroquois Healthcare Association HR Summit, October 10, 2024
An Interview with Gabriel Oberfield, Health Care , Legally Bond Podcast, November 15, 2021Public testimony, Policy Roundtable, before N.Y. State Sen. Liz Krueger
Public testimony, The Long Term Care Sector’s Emergency Preparedness and COVID-19, New York City Council
Founder of nationally recognized annual conferences and stakeholder exercises on emergency preparedness
The Future of Long Term Care from the Not-for-Profit Perspective, New York City Bar Association
“It’s Your Call” Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Replication, LeadingAge Annual Conference
Other Activities
New York Healthcare Cyber Alliance, Co-Chairman, 2020-present
Appointed by Governor’s office to design cross-sectional cybersecurity strategies for potentially vulnerable healthcare and human services providers, including those in post-acute and in community based settings
The Fortune Society, 2011-present
Served for eight years on executive committee of $30+ million organization; created and chaired policy and advocacy committee; prompted justice policy reform through oversight of strategies that changed correctional and employment practice.
Articles
New York State OMIG Launches Provider Portal
The Dominoes Begin to Fall – New York State Pulls Back on Key Line of Health Insurance Following Passage of the Federal Reconciliation Bill
President Trump Aims to Backstop Domestic Healthcare Pharmaceutical Supply Chain through New EO
OMIG Posts Refreshed Audit Protocols for Key Service Lines
Keeping Data Secure When Government Funding Is Shrinking – the Lean But Mean Imperative for Smaller Health Care Delivery Organizations
What Lies Ahead for Healthcare and Human Services Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Law
CMS Delays Deadline for Nursing Home Federal Disclosures – August 1, 2025, Has Become January 1, 2026: Consider Support from Bond to Navigate the Complex Process
OMIG Expands Compliance Review Lookback Window to One Year
A Contingency Budget Like None Other: Destabilizing Federal Medicaid Proposals Dangle Like Damocles’s Sword Over New York’s Health Care System
Nursing Homes Must Beef Up Their Federal Disclosures by May 1, 2025: Consider Support from Bond to Navigate the Complex Process
New “Network Adequacy” Rules May Present Opportunities to Behavioral Health Agencies
Office of Medicaid Inspector General Releases Annual Workplan
Healthcare in Flux: Changes Are Likely on the Horizon for the Federal Healthcare Portfolio, in Areas Including Cybersecurity and in Regulatory Enforcement
New Updates to Section 504 Clarify Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Mandates
CISA’s CIRCIA NPRM Advances the March Toward Heightened Reporting – Yet the Jury Still Is Out on How CIRCIA Will Affect Healthcare
The Impact of Merck’s NotPetya Policy Claims and a Reported Settlement: The Cyber Insurance Pendulum Swings, Again
Gov. Hochul's Executive Budget Proposal Offers Promise and Poses Questions for Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Delivery Under Attack: Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity at the Close of 2023
Updates to the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program
Healthcare and Cybersecurity: CIRCIA’s Potential Effect on Healthcare Entities
Health Care Worker Bonus Program: New York State Education Department Announces Opening of Healthcare Worker Bonus Portal to Educational Institutions
Proposed Rulemaking on Medicaid Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention
NYS Department of Health Opens Application Process for Financially Distressed Nursing Homes
Eye on Telehealth: Opening Doors and Surfacing New Data Privacy Questions as the Pandemic Ebbs
CMS Tool for HIPAA Compliance
Mitigating Risk and Impact of Ransomware Attacks in the Healthcare Sector
Events and Webinars
The State of Federal Research Grant Terminations and Other Federal Funding Cuts Impacting Research and Health Care Institutions
Welcome to New York: Meet Performant, the New Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor for New York State’s Office of the Inspector General
Deep Dive: Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General to Review Audit Protocols
Bond and OMIG Provide Resources and Education Concerning Medicaid Oversight in New York State
Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General to Review Work Plan
Billions of Dollars for Health-Related Social Needs – How Can Community-Based Organizations Get Involved in New York State’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver Amendment?
Bond and OMIG to Discuss Best Practices for Audit Preparation and Response
Forum on 1115 Waiver - Lessons Learned from California and What's Ahead in New York
Bond to Discuss with OMIG and MFCU Representatives Medicaid Program Integrity, Their Respective Legal Authority and Ways the Provider Community Can Assist in Deterring Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Bond & OMIG to Discuss OMIG’s Common Findings in Recent Compliance Program Reviews
Bond & OMIG’s Director of the Bureau of Compliance to Discuss Compliance Program Training Standards and Effective Lines of Communication - Complimentary Webinar
Bond & OMIG’s Director of the Bureau of Compliance to Assess Early Implementation Compliance Program Standards - Complimentary Webinar
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity for Higher Education Institutions - Complimentary Webinar Series
Legislative Update for the Healthcare and Long Term Care Industries - Complimentary Webinar
