Juan C. Santos is a Shareholder and Chairperson of the Healthcare Compliance practice group based in Chapman Law Group’s Miami office. He has been practicing law since 2011, with a sole focus on healthcare, business, administrative and regulatory law since 2016.
Juan advises healthcare providers nationwide on healthcare compliance matters. This includes handling specific regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters for physicians, DME companies, pharmacies, and facility clients, and advising on putting a healthcare compliance program together.
Specifically, Juan has healthcare compliance experience with such legal issues as Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law analysis, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, HIPAA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, physician employment agreements, physician practice formation, hospital/physician integration and bylaw revisions, physician reimbursement issues, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) compliance, telemedicine and urgent care services compliance, and physician ancillary services.
Juan has been a guest speaker at the Healthcare Compliance Association’s Regional Conference for healthcare providers and insurance companies, where he has provided attendees with updates on current compliance laws. He has also been a featured speaker at the Florida Healthcare Association Conference and the Florida Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting & Convention.
In addition, Juan has a wealth of experience in representing licensed healthcare professionals across the U.S. who are under investigation by the Department of Justice, FBI, Office of the Inspector General, DEA, and the Florida Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Juan represents doctors, nurses, and other licensed health care professionals nationally who are facing allegations of fraud and abuse. He practices defense of civil, administrative, regulatory, and criminal health care fraud, including:
Prior to joining Chapman Law Group, Juan earned a Master’s in Healthcare Law from Loyola University of Chicago which concentrates on the legal, regulatory, political, ethical and economic aspects of health care delivery in the U.S.
While studying Healthcare Law at Loyola, Juan joined the Office of the General Counsel at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In his role, he drafted and reviewed business arrangements such as physician contracts, data warehouse agreements, record custodian agreements, organ and tissue procurement agreements, and patient consent forms.
Juan was selected to participate as an intern in its prestigious law school clinic while an undergraduate at Villanova University. There, he served as an interpreter, interviewing many clients such as Latin immigrants working under inhumane and illegal conditions.
After earning his bachelor’s degree, Juan returned to his hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to continue his legal education and become a full-time lawyer. He practiced law for diversified sectors of the health care industry, including medical groups, physician-owned companies, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations. He provided counseling and representation to clients in structuring complex transactions and making sure each complied with local and federal statutes and regulations.
Juan’s vast knowledge in health care law and his role as a medical compliance lawyer allows him to handle virtually all issues facing the modern health care professional, which makes him a formidable advocate for his clients. He is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
