Jonathan M. Joseph

Jonathan M. Joseph is a partner in Christian & Barton’s Health Care and Business Law practice groups. As a health lawyer, Mr. Joseph focuses his practice on health care transactions, managed care, and HIPAA compliance and investigations.  He also advises clients on medical staff issues; telemedicine and electronic health record and data breach issues; Virginia Board of Medicine matters; Medicare and Virginia Medicaid (DMAS) reimbursement and audit issues; and Virginia Department of Health Certificate of Public Need matters.

Mr. Joseph leads the firm's Health Care practice group and is a member, and former chair, of the Virginia Bar Association Health Law Section Council.  In addition, he is a former adjunct professor of health law for the Master of Health Administration program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Representative Health Law Matters

• Assisted managed care plan on developing innovative provider contracts.
• Represented various providers in Virginia Medicaid and Medicare audits and appeals.
• Advised investor on purchase of an interest in a medical practice.
• Advised telemedicine providers on DEA, Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy matters.
• Assisted in the purchase of a home health agency.
• Advised a health care provider on a data breach of its health records system and subsequent governmental investigation.
• Assisted remote monitoring company in contract development.
• Assisted an ambulatory surgery center with a Certificate of Need application.
• Represented telehealth companies, including companies involved with mHealth.
• Advised a physician group concerning a merger with another group.
• Advised physician on medical peer review matters.
• Advised on a management agreement for an assisted living facility.
• Assisted a nursing facility in Medicare Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) appeal.
• Advised provider on Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audit.
• Assisted medical school with establishing a clinic.
• Advised a physician whose license was suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine. 
• Serves as counsel to several public health care authorities.

Select Publications

• "RAC, ZPIC, WHATSIT? What You Need to Know About Medicare Audits and Appeals," Virginia Health Care Association-Virginia Center for Assisted Living Legal Quarterly, Winter 2016
• “Data Breach Notification Laws: A Fifty State Survey, Second Edition,” American Health Lawyers Association, 2015
• “Be Prepared: HIPAA Audits 2015,” Virginia Health Care Association Legal Quarterly, Spring 2015
• “A Nursing Facility’s Primer on HIPAA Privacy Rules,” Virginia Health Care Association Legal Quarterly

Select Presentations

• “Online Counseling Hits Prime Time, But Legal Pitfalls Await: The New World of Telemental Health,” American Bar Association’s 18th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, 2017
• “Making Sense of Medicare Audits,” LeadingAge Virginia Annual Conference, 2016
• “HIPAA, Subpoenas and Audits, Oh My! An Overview,” Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers Spring Conferences, 2016