
Joe is a seasoned antitrust attorney and Co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice. He has 30 years of experience that spans roles in private practice, as a general counsel, and with federal antitrust enforcement agencies. He focuses his practice on providing strategic transactional advice and representing clients in government investigations and merger reviews. Joe primarily works with clients in the health care industry.
His work includes representing health care companies before the FTC and DOJ in merger reviews, counseling them on the antitrust aspects of transactions, and advising on risks associated with payer-provider contracting. He also advises pharmaceutical distributors, hospitals, health plans, and physician groups on a broad range of compliance issues, including information sharing, contractual arrangements, and interactions with competitors.
Prior to joining Mintz, Joe was a partner at a Washington, DC-based international law firm, where he was on the steering committee of the firm’s Antitrust Group as well as a member of the firm’s Health Care Group.
Before returning to private practice, Joe was the general counsel of a national trade association for the health insurance industry. Along with supervising a team of attorneys, he served as the association’s policy lead on health care competition issues, regularly testifying before Congress, advocating for positions at FTC policy roundtables, and participating in health care symposia.
Earlier in his career, Joe served as Assistant Chief of the Health Care and Consumer Products Section of the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, a lead attorney on DOJ antitrust investigations in multiple industries, and a trial attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition.
Joe is a sought-after speaker at trade association events, including the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), as well as at the American Conference Institute, American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, government agencies, and private organizations. He is also frequently quoted in national legal and business publications, including Bloomberg periodicals, Corporate Counsel, Global Competition Review, and Law360.
Representative Matters
- Represented a Georgia-based health care system in securing FTC clearance of its merger with a major competitor, including advising on compliance with the FTC’s second request.
- Represented a major health insurance company in proceedings before the DOJ Antitrust Division and in federal district court related to its attempted merger with another insurer.
- Advised the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans on the merger proposal of two Massachusetts-based hospital systems.
- Represented a media corporation before the DOJ Antitrust Division in connection with the bankruptcy sale of one of its California-based newspapers.
- Represented several health plans as third parties in FTC pharmacy merger investigations.
viewpoints
DOJ Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Markets
February 22, 2023 | Blog | By Joseph Miller, Tinny Song
Federal Judge Allows Antitrust Claims to Proceed Against Hospital System and Vertically-Integrated Physician Group
February 21, 2023 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Payton Thornton
Out with the Old: The Antitrust Division Withdraws Healthcare Enforcement Policy Statements
February 7, 2023 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Payton Thornton
FTC Invokes New and Expanded Powers to Propose Bar on Employee Non-Competes
January 9, 2023 | Alert | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Charles Samuels, Evelyn French
New Law Hikes HSR Merger Filing Fees for Large Deals and Imposes Foreign Subsidy Disclosure Requirement
January 3, 2023 | Alert | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Robert Kidwell, Farrah Short
A Dose of Steroids: Chair Khan's FTC Releases Expansive Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition
November 14, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Payton Thornton
FTC Policy Paper Supports Agency’s Long-Held Position in Opposition to COPAs
August 18, 2022 | Alert | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Farrah Short
"Fowl" Play: DOJ Files Lawsuit and Proposed Consent Decrees with Poultry Processors over Wage Suppression Conspiracy
August 2, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Tinny Song
FTC, DOJ Launch Proceeding to Revise Antitrust Merger Guidelines
January 19, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Robert Kidwell, Farrah Short
Health Law Diagnosed — Mintz’s 2022 Health Law New Year’s Resolutions
January 12, 2022 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller
News & Press
Poultry Sector Wage-Fixing Case Shows Info Exchange Risks
August 31, 2022
Two-Sided Platforms
January 7, 2022
Mintz Welcomes 21 Lateral Members in 2020
December 29, 2020
Five Mintz Attorneys Named 2020 BTI Client Service All-Stars
December 11, 2020
DOJ Support Of SEP Injunctions Should Stabilize Licensing
September 24, 2020
Leading Antitrust Attorney Joseph Miller Joins Mintz
February 03, 2020
Mintz Gains New Antitrust Co-Chair From Crowell & Moring
February 3, 2020
The Efficiencies Defense: What Would High Court Do?
May 22, 2017
Events & Speaking


Antitrust & the Big Tech Cases: What They Mean for Your Compliance Program
ACC National
Virtual Event


Impact of Presidential Executive Order on Competition Preservation in the Health Care Industry
American Health Law Association
Online Event



Going Vertical: FTC/DOJ Final Vertical Merger Guidelines
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
Online Event

Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute - Price Transparency Rule Compliance, Informing the Patient, and Protecting the Hospital’s Commercial Interests: Mutually Exclusive Concepts?
American Health Lawyers Association
Sheraton Grand, Phoenix, AZ
AHLA Annual Meeting: Will Your Deal Be Caught in the Maw of Antitrust Review?
American Health Lawyers Association
Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA
Monopsony and the Labor Exemption
Antitrust LLM Program, Antonin Scalia Law School
George Mason University
FTC Hearing #2: Monopsony and the State of U.S. Antitrust Law
Monopsony Power and Bargaining Leverage
Constitution Center, Washington, D.C.
AHLA Annual Meeting: Narrow and Tiered Provider Networks from a Legal and Data Analytics Perspective
American Health Lawyers Association
Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL
2018 Hal White Antitrust Conference: The Use of Bargaining Models in Merger Analysis
Bates White Economics Consulting
St. Regis Washington, Washington, D.C.
Managed Care Disputes and Litigation Conference - Antitrust in the Healthcare Industry: Analyzing the Latest Trends and What the Future Holds
American Conference Institute
The Bellevue Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Blue Cross Blue Shield 2018 National Summit
Antitrust and the Payer-Provider Relationship: Recent Cases and Implications for Health Plans
Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, FL
64th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting - Health Care Expansion: Good for Consumers?
American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
Washington, D.C.
Part I: Antitrust Analysis, American Health Lawyers Association Webinar
Managed Care Mega Mergers
AHLA Annual Meeting, In-House Counsel Program - Dominant Providers and Dominant Plans: The Antitrust Issues
American Health Lawyers Association
Washington, D.C.
6th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes & Litigation: Mitigating the Risk of Anti-Trust Violations with Business Strategies: New Concerns and Recent Cases
American Conference Institute
Chicago, IL
Joe is a seasoned antitrust attorney and Co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice. He has 30 years of experience that spans roles in private practice, as a general counsel, and with federal antitrust enforcement agencies. He focuses his practice on providing strategic transactional advice and representing clients in government investigations and merger reviews. Joe primarily works with clients in the health care industry.
Recognition & Awards
- Lawdragon: "500 Leading Litigators in America" (2022)
- JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards: Antitrust & Trade Regulation (2021)
- BTI Consulting Group: Client Service All-Star (2020)
Joe is a seasoned antitrust attorney and Co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice. He has 30 years of experience that spans roles in private practice, as a general counsel, and with federal antitrust enforcement agencies. He focuses his practice on providing strategic transactional advice and representing clients in government investigations and merger reviews. Joe primarily works with clients in the health care industry.
Involvement
- Member of Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute Program Planning Committee, American Health Law Association (AHLA)
