Julia P. Belton advises health care clients on a wide variety of corporate and regulatory matters. Julia works on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions for hospitals and provider groups. Clients seek guidance from Julia on regulatory matters, including Medicare and Medicaid enrollment issues, corporate practice of medicine, state licensure, change of ownership, and compliance with other laws and regulations. Julia routinely advises on employment and equity ownership agreements for practices and health care facilities.
Julia assists in the representation of a diverse array of health care clients, including hospital and health systems, physicians, physician practice groups, dentists, dental practice groups, management service organizations, home health agencies, and behavioral health providers.
Prior to attending law school, Julia worked in the health care industry as a strategy consultant, with a focus on management, corporate and strategy consulting for top pharmaceutical companies and executive leadership.
Thirty-Eight Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Garfunkel Wild continues to increase its Health Care practice and lawyer recognition in Chambers USA 2023 annual rankings of the foremost law firms and lawyers in the country.
Thirty Five Garfunkel Wild attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 The Best Lawyers in America® guide and the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list. In addition, Partner Jason Y. Hsi was honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation – Health Care Law.
Garfunkel Wild continues to increase its Healthcare practice and lawyer recognition in Chambers USA 2022 annual rankings of the foremost law firms and lawyers in the country. Chambers & Partners conducts research that includes thousands of interviews with clients and peers, and determines rankings based on select criteria, including legal knowledge, experience, client service and effectiveness.
We are proud to announce that Jeffrey Brown has been recognized on the 2022 list of New Jersey Super Lawyers and Julia Belton has been recognized as a 2022 New Jersey Rising Star.
On January 8, 2024, New Jersey passed a law that permits Clinical Social Workers, Professional Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists to bill NJ Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare directly for services rendered to Medicaid beneficiaries.
The Board proposed new regulations regarding the practice of ABA therapy in New Jersey, including, for example, licensing standards for applied behavior analysts and assistant applied behavior analysts, reciprocity requirements, scope of services, business practices, and telehealth requirements.
Section 1115 of the Social Security Act provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the unique ability to approve demonstration projects (and establish pools for this purpose) that help further the goals of Medicaid programs.
Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order lifting COVID-19 testing requirements for health care and congregate care settings. This Executive Order took effect April 3, 2023.
Beginning January 18, 2023, New Jersey hospitals and clinical laboratories must demonstrate compliance with cultural competency requirements recently issued by the New Jersey Department of Health (“DOH”).
Additional speaking & writing
Speeches and Events
“Restrictions on Relationships with Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: What All Health Care Providers Should Know!” HFMA, New Jersey Chapter Webinar (March 13, 2018)