Joshua Chiu

Whether as an advisor or as an advocate, Joshua Chiu consistently delivers sound guidance and favorable outcomes to clients in diverse health care matters. Joshua has represented a range of industry stakeholders, including hospitals and health systems, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care providers, hospices, ambulatory surgical centers, laboratories, and behavioral health providers. In every engagement, Joshua takes a studied and strategic approach based on each client’s unique needs and objectives. A careful listener, he poses the right questions and identifies the heart of a matter to efficiently provide clients with the information and options they need.

Joshua brings deep insight and expertise to medical staff matters that involve bylaw revisions, credentialing, investigations, corrective actions, professional reporting, information sharing, and accreditation requirements. He has defended clients in peer review hearings and residency program appeals, and served as a zealous advocate in contentious litigation arising from medical staff disputes, including civil suits, writ petitions, and appellate cases.

Joshua also helps clients navigate complex compliance matters related to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, facility licensure, practitioner scope of practice, non-profit and tax-exempt status, the corporate practice of medicine, and anti-kickback concerns. His compliance counseling draws on his broad experience representing providers in stressful administrative appeals of government actions, including Medicare enrollment revocations, facility licensure revocations, Medi-Cal cost report audits, and immediate jeopardy citations.

Prior to joining HLB, Joshua was an associate in the Health Care group of a national law firm, where he represented clients in complex regulatory and litigation matters. His work, which involved amicus curiae advocacy on behalf of a hospital trade association client, cultivated a passion and intellectual curiosity for health care law and policy.