Vincent N. Buttaci

Member of the Firm

Vincent Buttaci founded Buttaci & Associates, LLC in October 2004 as a health law boutique catering specifically to licensed healthcare providers and healthcare businesses.

Vincent represents licensed healthcare providers, group practices, and facilities in a diverse range of matters related to healthcare delivery, access, and reimbursement.

His transactional practice centers on the representation of clients in corporate and regulatory matters, including:

• the formation and purchase/sale of healthcare practices and other provider-related entities
• the organization, licensure, acquisition, and/or sale of licensed and/or accredited healthcare facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, and infusion therapy centers
• the preparation and negotiation of employment and professional services agreements
• the defense of state healthcare licensing board actions

Vincent is highly regarded for his focus on representing behavioral health facilities, including:

• outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities
• outpatient mental health facilities
• integrated healthcare facilities
• residential substance use disorder treatment facilities

He provides counsel to these facilities in all matters of licensure, contracting, and accreditation. Over the last several years, he has advised both startup facility operators and established behavioral health systems on issues related to program development, facility operations, staffing, client rights/grievances, regulatory compliance, reportable events, the prevention of fraud and abuse, and mergers and acquisitions.

His litigation practice is devoted primarily to the representation of licensed healthcare providers, group practices, and facilities in post-payment actions and fraud investigations instituted by both governmental agencies and private insurance carriers. He has defended clients in overpayment/recoupment actions and fraud prosecutions involving allegations of improper coding and claim submissions, kickbacks, physician self-referrals, improper practice structures, and medically unnecessary services.

Vincent draws on his experience in these matters in supporting the firm’s role as co-lead counsel in a series of class action litigations challenging the post-payment audit and recoupment practices of certain state and national private health insurance carriers.

Additionally, Vincent represents professional associations and nonprofit healthcare advocacy groups. He currently serves as General Counsel to the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey APTANJ) and as Special Counsel to the Garden State Pharmacy Owners (GSPO).

Vincent is a frequent speaker and author, with presentations to the American Academy of Podiatric Practice Management, New Jersey State Bar Association, Ohio Foot and Ankle Medical Association, and the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey, and articles published in outlets including New Jersey Chiropractor and Cosmetic Dermatology.

When he isn’t practicing law, Vincent enjoys nothing more than family vacations with his wife and daughter most frequently to Disney World, playing with his beagle, Bond, and his French bulldogs, Vader and Belle. Vincent lives and dies with The Ohio State University Buckeyes and the Philadelphia Eagles. He is an avid guitarist, scotch enthusiast, and Star Wars original art collector.