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
Practice Areas
Health Care
Business Organizations and Corporations
Education
Boston University School of Law, J.D.,1987
Case and Note Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine
Middlebury College, A.B, Political Science, 1984
Cum Laude
Admissions
• Virginia
• Pennsylvania
• District of Columbia
Recognitions
Martindale-Hubbell
• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
The Best Lawyers in America©
• Health Care, 2012-2020
Virginia Super Lawyers
• Health Care, 2010-2019
Legal Elite (Virginia Business)
• Health Law, 2005-2011, 2013, 2015-2019