Joseph Harrington Bio

Joseph Harrington is a partner in the Private Equity group at Goodwin. He joined the firm in 2023. Joe’s practice is focused on healthcare law. He advises clients on corporate and regulatory issues impacting healthcare mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, restructurings, and reorganizations. Joe’s clients cover the spectrum of the healthcare industry. He represents private equity and strategic investors as both buyers and sellers in transactions. He also counsels portfolio companies and independent healthcare and support services providers on an ongoing basis with respect to corporate and healthcare regulatory matters. Joe’s clients include retail, specialty, compounding, long-term care, and institutional pharmacies, hospitals and health systems, physician groups, community health centers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and third-party logistics providers, home health agencies, group purchasing organizations, telehealth companies, veterinary practices, and pharmacy services administrative organizations. Clients rely on Joe’s expertise on a broad range of regulatory, risk management, and transactional matters. He frequently assists clients in matters involving Medicare and Medicaid issues, federal and state fraud and abuse laws (including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act), payor contracting, credentialing, and audits, corporate practice of medicine restrictions, licensure issues, commercial contracting, and developing compliance programs. He has particular expertise in issues facing all participants in the pharmaceutical industry, advising manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, third-party logistics providers, health systems, 340B covered entities and contract pharmacies, hub services providers, and retail, specialty, compounding, long-term care, and institutional pharmacies on regulatory and commercial issues, including licensure, governmental and commercial reimbursement, and 340B eligibility, contracting, and compliance. Joe's diverse experiences set him apart from his peers. In addition to his experience in private practice, he worked for nearly four years at MassHealth, the state Medicaid program for Massachusetts and one of the most ambitious and expansive Medicaid programs in the country. While there, he supported the pharmacy, community health center, and durable medical equipment programs, among others, and supported many novel and innovative projects including the implementation of the state's first-of-its-kind accountable care program and the development of a value-based framework for pharmaceutical pricing. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Criminal Prosecutions Division of the Texas Office of the Attorney General, where he worked on white collar and public corruption prosecutions.