R. M. Barry, MBA, JD

R. Michael Barry is a partner in the Corporate Practice and the Healthcare Practice. Mr. Barry focuses his practice on health care transactional and regulatory law. Mr. Barry's health care practice deals with Medicare fraud and abuse analysis and advice, including physician self-referral and anti-kickback issues. He represents both hospital and health care systems, as well as a variety of physician practices, associations and medical device manufacturers. His practice also focuses on joint ventures between hospitals and physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, medical practice sales and acquisitions, medical office leases and buy-side and sell-side health care regulatory due diligence (state and federal). He also advises clients in the negotiation and preparation of acquisition, divestiture and joint venture agreements, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, employment agreements and separation arrangements, corporate practice of medicine issues, and other general business and operational matters. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Barry was a health care tax consultant with a large, international accounting firm.