AHLA's Health Care Law and Policy Acronyms and Terms

Ari J. Markenson, J.D., M.P.H. is currently a partner in the health care and corporate groups at Venable LLP in its New York office. His legal and academic career sits at the intersection of health care, law, and business.

Ari advises health care industry clients, including investors, lenders, providers, and suppliers, on a broad range of regulatory and corporate matters, and has significant experience conducting due diligence in complex health care industry acquisitions and financial transactions. He regularly represents private equity firms and lenders in such transactions and evaluates and advises on compliance and regulatory issues with regard to sellers and potential borrowers from banks and financing sources. He also advises various health care entities on regulatory matters, including conditions for participation; fraud and abuse; and survey, certification, licensure, and enforcement issues.

Ari is a current member of the Board of the American Health Law Association (AHLA), has written articles and publications for AHLA, spoken at many AHLA programs, and held various leadership roles in his 20-plus year membership with AHLA. He is a former Chair of the New York State Bar Association–Health Law Section.

Ari frequently writes for industry publications and speaks at industry and professional events. He also teaches health care law, public health law, health care lawyering skills and other health care management and policy topics at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Pace University College of Health Professions Department of Health Sciences, and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. He has also taught at The School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College, the Graduate School at the University of Maryland Global Campus, and Brooklyn Law School.

He is a member of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Alumni Board and Alumni Advisory Board to the Department of Health Policy and Management. He is also a faculty advisor to Columbia Healthcare Ventures, a student organization dedicated to entrepreneurship in health care.

Ari received his B.A. from Syracuse University, his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, and his M.P.H. from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.