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.
• Handled various Virginia Medicaid and Medicare audits and appeals.
• Advised client on terms of vendor software agreements where arrangements are software as a service (SaaS) and records are maintained through cloud storage.
• 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 on a data breach of 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

• Key Provisions of the CARES Act Impact Health Care Providers, 2020
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act and What Employers Need to Know, 2020
• "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

Select Presentations

• “DMAS Electronic Visit Verification Framework,” Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers Annual Education Conference, 2019
• “Health Record Laws in Virginia: A Compliance Primer,” Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Annual Conference, 2019
• “Medical Marijuana in Virginia—New Territory for Providers and Employers,” Virginia Association for Home Care and Hospice Annual Conference, 2019
• “Medicaid Audits and Appeals: New Challenges, New Approaches,” Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers Spring Conferences, 2018
• “Medicaid Audit Issues and Effectively Handling Appeals,” LeadingAge Virginia’s Adult Day Health Care Council, 2018
• “Applying Health Care Privacy Laws to Child Welfare,” DSS Counsel and the Courts Conference, 2018
• “Medicaid Fraud Investigations of Personal Care Providers—What You Need to Know,” Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers Annual Education Conference, 2018
• “Legal Issues Involved in Buying and Selling A Personal Care Provider Business,” Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers Annual Education Conference, 2017
• “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