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Matthew Yanovitch

Matt Yanovitch joined Spotts Fain in 2008 following his judicial clerkship with the Honorable William D. Hamblen of the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Matt’s primary areas of practice are health care law and estate and probate law. Matt also represents businesses in various commercial disputes in courts throughout Virginia.

Matt’s health care practice includes representation of skilled nursing and other long term care facilities, physician practice groups, home health agencies, and other health care businesses. He advises clients on compliance with state licensure rules, Certificate of Public Need (COPN) regulations, Medicare regulations and conditions of participation, HIPAA, the Stark and Anti-Kickback laws, and tax exemption issues. He has drafted and reviewed numerous health care employment and independent contractor agreements as well as “under arrangements” contracts for Medicare providers. He has structured space and personnel leases, service contracts, and other business transactions between health care entities to comply with state and federal laws.

Representative Health Care matters:

  • Negotiated Stark and Anti-Kickback compliant non-compete agreement for client-physician practice group as part of a physician recruitment and employment arrangement between client, hospital, and recruited physician, saving the client more than $130,000 in salary payments to recruited physician.
  • Provided federal, state and local regulatory compliance advice to the purchaser in the $6 Million acquisition of an ambulance company.
  • Guided client though HIPAA's breach notification process after theft of protected health information.
  • Successfully represented physician practice in dispute over and termination of billing services contract.

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Education

  • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia (J.D., 2007) Law Review: Catholic University Law Review, Staff Member
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (B.S. in Chemistry, 1999)

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Published Works
  • Comment: Dissecting the Constitutional Admissibility of Autopsy Reports after Crawford, 57 Cath. U.L. Rev. 269, 2008
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Past Employment Positions
  • Hon. William D. Hamblen, 31st Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Judicial Clerk, 2007 - 2008
  • City of Charlottesville, VA, Professional Firefighter, 2000 - 2004
  • Hill Neuroscience Laboratory, Laboratory Specialist, 1999