pdfMichael provides legal counsel and strategic advice to healthcare and mental healthcare providers, human service organizations, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare institutions. He has extensive experience with regulatory and accreditation issues, ethical, and patient-care concerns, including confidentiality and HIPAA compliance, fraud and abuse compliance issues, reimbursement issues, multi-provider organizations matters, and medical staff and professional licensing matters. Michael provides advice on corporate governance, non-profit, and general business law matters, and assists clients in conducting internal investigations and responding to inquiries from governmental authorities. In addition, he has substantial experience drafting legislation and regulations.
Credentials
Work Experience
- Hinckley Allen
- Partner (2005-Present)
- Associate (1998-2004)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, The Honorable Ruth I. Abrams, Associate Justice
- Law Clerk (1997-1998)
- Advocates, Inc.
- Director of Operations and Quality Management (1992-1994)
- Director of Program Services (1990-1992)
- Director of Mental Health Services (1990-1991)
Honors & Awards
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Best Lawyers in America® (2008-2020)
- Lawyer of the Year (2015)
- Recognized for Healthcare Law
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Leading Age (formerly American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
Bar Memberships
- Massachusetts, 1997
- New York, 2001
- Rhode Island, 1998
News & Insight
Warrantless Access to Drug Database Weighed
May 26, 2016Don't Be Misled By What You Think Your Admission Agreement Says
February 28, 2013The most important aspect of an admission agreement from the perspective of a nursing facility is to make the payment obligation and terms clear and binding. And those terms have to be clear and binding not only to the person signing but also, eventually, …
56 Hinckley Allen Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2020
August 15, 2019Only one lawyer in each specialty in each region is honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®. Since its first publication in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers compi…
51 Hinckley Allen Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2019
August 15, 2018Hinckley Allen is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers® has recognized 51 attorneys in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, including seven “Lawyers of the Year.” Only one lawyer in each specialty in each region is honored as a “La…
52 Hinckley Allen Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers of America
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Hinckley Allen Partner Michael G. Tauber Named "Lawyer of the Year" in Health Care Law by Best Lawyers
August 18, 2014Michael Tauber has been named Lawyer of the Year in Health Care Law (Providence, RI), by Best Lawyers® 2015.Michael provides legal counsel and strategic advice to healthcare and mental health care providers, human service organizations, hospitals, long-te…
Best Lawyers® Recognizes 44 Hinckley, Allen & Snyder Partners
September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 - Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP is proud to announce that 44 of its attorneys have been recognized by their peers as being among the nation’s best lawyers in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.Best Lawyers® is based …
Best Lawyers Recognizes 41 Hinckley, Allen & Snyder Attorneys
September 22, 2011Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP is proud to announce that 41 of its attorneys have been recognized by their peers as being among the nation’s best lawyers in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ® 2012. Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review…
Merger of two state affiliates of a national health organization
Hinckley Allen assisted two state affiliates of a national health organization in structuring their merger and obtaining the necessary regulatory and judicial approvals. Obtained approval in a contentious public hearing process before a state department of…