Mr. Bateman is a partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, where he is co-chair of the firm's Health Law Regulatory and Transactional Group. He is also co-chair of the White Collar Crime and Investigations Group and a member of the Corporate Governance Practice Group.

Mr. Bateman's work primarily involves representing health care professionals and companies in the areas of federal and state criminal and regulatory matters such as Medicare/Medicaid fraud and professional disciplinary proceedings. He is active in developing and implementing corporate compliance programs for hospitals and other health care providers and in white collar criminal defense including government funded and private insurance fraud and abuse cases.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Bateman was a trial attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office where he investigated and prosecuted cases in the areas of felony street crimes, organized crime, narcotics, sex crimes and political corruption.

Mr. Bateman was named chair of the New York State Bar Association Health Section Committee, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association.

 

Publications

• "Ones to Watch in Law" (Long Island Business News, November 14, 2008)
• "Employers Beware:  Medicare May Come Calling" (Suffolk Attorney, June, 2008)
• "The Coming Wave of Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prosecutions" (New York Law Journal, July 23, 2007)
• "How Far Will ‘Mallela III’ Be Extended?" (New York Law Journal, July 10, 2006)
• "Discipline Process Is Under Review" (New York Law Journal, May 9, 2005)
• "Criminalizing Consulting, Does the USA PATRIOT Act Go Too Far?" (Nassau Lawyer, February, 2004)
• "New Laws Double Cost of IDA Bond Issuance Charges; Hospitals Costs Nearly Triple" (Newscast, January 22, 2002)

Presentations

• "The New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (O.M.I.G.)"
  (March 2010)
• "Is Your Business Safe? Fraud on Long Island" (February 2010)
• "Stories from the Trenches:  How Not to Become the Target of a Governmental Investigation"
• "Everything Dental Professionals Should Know About Fraud & Abuse, Enforcement and Professional Discipline Investigations"
• "Computer Crime Goes Corporate:  A Primer on Electronic Crimes in the Workplace"