Joy Harris Hennessy

Practice Areas

Joy Hennessy advises health systems, health plans, physician groups, group purchasing organizations, and other health care entities on an array of legal matters and transactions.

Clients rely on Joy’s strategic planning experience and broad understanding of the multifaceted health care business arena. They turn to her to help them resolve challenges, stay compliant, and grow or reorganize their companies through mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. In addition to transactions, her work includes issues related to physician arrangements with hospitals, managed care arrangements, and value-based care agreements, as well as advising on compliance with federal anti-kickback and data privacy laws and state insurance regulations. In all aspects of her work, Joy helps health care clients forge relationships with their vendors and strategic partners in the industry.

With more than 20 years of experience exclusively in the health care industry, Joy serves as a strategic negotiator and collaborator. She has worked both inside the health care system and as outside counsel, helping her understand the nuances and the big picture of her clients’ business to guide them toward success. Her skill as a problem-solver who can succinctly address issues is key to her ability to get results. As one of her clients recently noted, “Joy is a strategic partner who brings insight and attention to detail to all of our deals. She is our go-to deal attorney for health care transactions.”