John D. Barry

“Health care providers are trying to grow and stay compliant at the same time, and those goals can pull in opposite directions. My job is to structure the deal so clients can do both—and to spot the regulatory issue before it becomes a problem.” —John Barry

Hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, telemedicine companies, and other health care providers regularly face corporate, transactional, and regulatory compliance decisions where a single misstep can carry lasting consequences.

John Barry counsels these providers—and the investors who partner with them—through acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, commercial and payor contracting, and the fraud and abuse rules that govern them. What distinguishes his counsel is a background that spans both sides of the table. He has substantial experience structuring health care deals and earlier served in a state attorney general's health care fraud unit and a county prosecutor's office. That background gives clients a sense of how regulators are likely to read an arrangement before it is signed.

On the transactional side, John advises both for-profit and nonprofit organizations on acquisitions, joint ventures, and affiliations. He helps providers and investors structure private equity–funded joint ventures. Health care entities, including the telemedicine companies he represents, turn to him for general contracting and corporate governance needs. He also has experience reviewing payor contracts, which helps day-to-day operations and long-term transactions rest on consistent footing.

On the regulatory side, John counsels clients nationwide on federal health care fraud and abuse laws, including the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and their state counterparts. Much of his work addresses telehealth and the corporate practice of medicine, including entity structure and fee agreements. He also helps providers develop compliance plans and craft the internal policies and procedures that support them, with particular attention to marketing strategies, fee arrangements, and HIPAA compliance. That regulatory fluency is grounded in earlier experience. As a law student, he externed in the Division of Law's Government and Health Care Fraud Unit at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and interned in the Special Prosecution Unit at the Union County Prosecutor's Office. He also completed the Seton Hall University School of Law concentration in Health Law while serving as Associate Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and earning the ABA Health Law Award for Excellence.

John was a health care attorney at Epstein Becker & Green from 2015 to 2021 before joining the Health Law and Corporate practice groups of a New Jersey law firm. He returned to the firm in July 2025.

What John Delivers for Clients

• Transactional structuring: He structures acquisitions, joint ventures, and affiliations for both for-profit and nonprofit health care organizations, including private equity–funded joint ventures, and reviews payor contracts, so clients can pursue growth with terms designed to hold up under regulatory review.
• Fraud and abuse counsel: He guides providers, telemedicine companies, and investors through the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and their state counterparts, helping them advance business goals while managing compliance risk.
• Enforcement-informed perspective: Drawing on earlier service in a state attorney general's health care fraud unit and a county prosecutor's special prosecution unit, he helps clients anticipate how regulators may view an arrangement before it is finalized.
• Corporate practice of medicine guidance: He advises on entity structure and fee agreements under corporate practice of medicine rules, giving clients clarity on how to organize physician-facing ventures.
• Practical compliance programs: He develops compliance plans and drafts the internal policies and procedures behind them, with particular attention to marketing strategies and fee arrangements.

• Advised investors in structuring and rollout of various national telehealth platforms
• Served as transactional and regulatory counsel to various health systems relating to acquisitions of hospitals and other licensed facilities
• Served as transactional and regulatory counsel to private equity firms engaged in transactions relating to physician practices, dental practices, and skilled nursing facilities (among others)
• Counseled providers and investors on fraud and abuse risks related to proposed acquisitions, joint ventures, and similar growth opportunities

• The Best Lawyers in America^©: "Ones to Watch,” Health Care Law (2022 to 2027).

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Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2013)
  • Concentration in Health Law
  • Associate Editor, Seton Hall Law Review
• University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2005)

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Health Lawyers Association, Fraud and Abuse Practice Group
• New Jersey State Bar Association