Michael R. Moore

Michael Moore specializes in representing physicians, medical groups, medical imaging centers, and other healthcare providers throughout California in mergers and acquisitions, organization and implementation of multi-specialty medical groups and physician networks, negotiation and development of integrated delivery systems, affiliations with hospitals and healthcare systems, negotiation and creation of medical practice foundations or MSO relationships, development of ambulatory surgery centers AND medical imaging joint ventures, and re-structuring existing relationships. He serves as general counsel to several large, multi-specialty medical groups in both Northern and Southern California, and also serves as general counsel to some large radiology groups, several medical imaging centers, and hospital based physician groups. He routinely advises clients on a wide range of healthcare issues, including the Stark Law, fraud and abuse, Medicare compliance, negotiating and structuring joint ventures, and contracting issues. A frequent lecturer on healthcare topics, Mr. Moore is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.

Michael Moore is a partner based in the San Diego office, and works for clients throughout California, and in several other states.

Areas of Practice

After his admission to the California Bar in 1974, he served for three years as a tax attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. From 1977 to 1980 he was a Trial Attorney with the Office of District Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1980 he returned to San Diego and joined the law firm of Harrigan, Ruff, Sbardellati & Moore. In April 1999, he moved his practice to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. His practice is concentrated in the areas of health care law, and business transactions.

In his health care practice, during 2005 he worked with several different cardiology groups in Northern California to develop a cardiac imaging center joint venture; in 2004 and 2005 he developed two medical imaging center joint ventures between hospitals and radiology groups in San Diego; in 2003 he worked with a large medical group in Northern California to negotiate a medical practice foundation affiliation with Sutter Health. In early 2002, he completed the negotiation, purchase, and re-licensing of a Surgery Center in Northern California for a medical group client. During 1999 to 2001, he worked on restructuring two different integrated delivery system relationships in Northern California, and worked on unwinding two other failed integrated delivery system relationships in Southern California. From 1997 through 1998 he worked on the development of a large medical group (over 900 physicians) in San Diego, in conjunction with the development of a new model for an integrated delivery system. In 1996 he worked with a large multi-specialty group in Portland, Oregon, on a an integrated delivery system transaction. During 1995, he completed the affiliation of a large medical group and a health system, through an equity-model MSO. In 1994, he completed an affiliation and merger of seven primary care groups and their formation of an Integrated Delivery System with a major hospital in Orange County. In the early 1990's he served as legal counsel in representing, negotiating, and completing three different affiliations between medical groups and publicly held physician practice management companies (Pacific Physician Services; PhyCor); he is general counsel for several hospital based medical groups, including emergency physicians and radiologists; and since 1986 he has served as general counsel for a magnetic resonance imaging center joint venture involving two hospitals and a radiology group.

In 1985 he and two other attorneys in his firm worked as a team representing a large medical group in negotiating, structuring, pioneering and developing the acquisition and affiliation of the medical group with a large hospital in San Diego County; from 1990-1992 he represented three other large medical groups in developing. structuring, and documenting three similar medical group/ medical foundation/ hospital affiliations in Los Angeles and Sacramento; during 1993 through 1998 he worked with medical groups in San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange County, Northern California, Savannah, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and Wisconsin, in negotiating and structuring various medical group/hospital affiliations, and MSO's; and he has substantial experience in the legal issues, business issues, and professional relationships that arise in medium and large sized medical groups, as well in physician-hospital relationships.

Education

• LL.M., Georgetown University, 1979
• J.D., University of San Diego, 1974, magna cum laude
• B.A., California State University, Northridge, 1971

Admissions

• California, 1974

Honors

• Best Lawyers of America (Healthcare), 2007, 2008
• One of Ten "Outstanding Physician Practice Lawyers" in the U.S., Nightingale's Healthcare News, 2005
• San Diego Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008

Memberships

• Member, American Health Lawyers Association
• Member, California Society of Health Care Attorneys

Speeches

• Mr. Moore has given programs on integrated delivery systems, mergers of medical groups, fee splitting, MediCare fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, and the MediCare Anti-Fraud and Abuse "Safe-Harbor" Regulations.
• Integrated Medical Groups, Medical Practice Foundations, Medical Group/Hospital Affiliations - Alvarado Hospital - San Diego, CA, September 1991.
• Integrated Medical Groups, Medical Group/Hospital Affiliations - California Medical Group Managers Association, Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, March 1992.
• Negotiating Provider Contracts - Western Region, Radiology Business Management Association, Annual Meeting - Coronado, CA, September 1992.
• Integrated Provider Networks - California Medical Group Managers Association, Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, March 1994.
• Medical Group/Hospital Affiliations, Stark II - National CPA Healthcare Advisors Association, Annual Meeting - Coronado, CA, July 1994.
• Issues and Concerns for Physicians Evaluating Potential Affiliations - American Academy of HealthCare Attorneys - Boston, MA, July 1995.
• Practice Sale Valuation and Tax Implications - American Academy of HealthCare Attorneys - Coronado, CA, June 1996.
• Issues and Concerns for Physicians Evaluating Potential Affiliations – McGladrey & Pullen, National Education Conference for Tax Specialists - Chicago, IL, October 1997.
• Market Forces and Changing Integration of the Business of Emergency Medicine - American College of Emergency Physicians - San Diego, CA, October 1998.