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Jonian Rafti is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Health Care Group. Since law school, his practice has exclusively focused on representing a variety of clients in the health care sector, including hospitals and health systems, physician organizations, telehealth platforms, and digital health companies.

Jonian provides legal advice on a range of regulatory, corporate, and transactional matters governing the practice of medicine and the health care industry, including: federal and state fraud and abuse compliance; HIPAA; scope of practice limitations; telehealth encounter requirements; practice expansions; and general corporate and business planning.

Jonian is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). As a law student, he worked at the Charities Bureau of the New York State Office of the Attorney General on matters affecting state not-for-profit corporations.

On June 27, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing penalties for information blocking.

The Final Rule codifies the prohibition on “information blocking” introduced by the 21st Century Cures Act (“Act”), which was