M.H. Joshua Chiu

Joshua helps health care clients efficiently resolve their regulatory, business, and litigation needs. He has advised and defended a range of industry stakeholders, including medical staffs, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, laboratories, management service organizations, and health plans. His experience allows him to bring sharp insight into thorny legal issues, from whistleblower retaliation claims to fraud and abuse compliance.

Joshua regularly works on medical staff matters, with a focus on credentialing, investigations, corrective actions, government-mandated reports, bylaws revisions, Joint Commission accreditation, and state licensure. He has defended clients at several administrative hearings, including medical staff peer review hearings and residency program appeals. At the court level, he has served as defense counsel in civil suits, respondent counsel in writ petitions, and amicus curiae counsel in appellate cases.

Joshua is experienced in addressing health care clients’ business and compliance questions. He has reviewed and drafted contracts for health care transactions, worked on extensive federal agency audits, responded to state agency subpoenas, and conducted internal investigations. His matters involve crucial California health care laws, including the Knox Keene Act, Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and Corporate Practice of Medicine. He also advises on federal law questions related to HIPAA, Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, EMTALA, the 340B drug pricing program, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs.