Michael Davidson devotes his practice to health care law. He represents health care providers such as health systems, hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and practitioners in their business and regulatory matters, with a focus on corporate and regulatory compliance, fraud and abuse, reimbursement, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, employment and medical staff issues, tax exemption and tax-exempt bond financing. In addition to his health care practice, Mr. Davidson also counsels businesses regarding corporate organization and governance.

Mr. Davidson has a substantial background in health care law research. He has contributed to scholarship on the historical development of statutory, regulatory and tort controls on human-subject medical research, as well as prosecutions of kickbacks, reciprocal arrangements and illegal gratuities as they relate to health care business transactions. Mr. Davidson joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in August 2006.

During law school, Mr. Davidson served as a Faculty Fellow for Professor Jesse A. Goldner, for whom he researched and drafted articles and book chapters on diverse health law topics. He was also an intern for the Honorable James K. Donovan, of the Fifth Judicial District of the Appellate Court of Illinois.

In addition to his other law school accomplishments, Mr. Davidson was a recipient of the Irvin and Maggie Dagen Public Interest Fellowship, the Illinois Bar Foundation Scholarship and an Academic Excellence Award. He was the Treasurer of the Public Interest Law Group. During his undergraduate studies he was a member of the Dean’s List, a recipient of the Balfour Memorial Scholarship and a finalist in the Rhodes Scholarship Competition.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Davidson administered national and international epidemiological health-outcomes research projects for a research organization in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mr. Davidson’s professional memberships include the American Health Lawyers Association, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys and the Winnebago County Bar Association.

Mr. Davidson speaks German fluently. Mr. Davidson is a co-author of “Medical Identity Theft: Responding to Red Flags and Address Discrepancies,” a chapter in Health Law and Compliance Update, 2010 Edition, published by Aspen Publishers, January 2010.

Mr. Davidson’s publications include:

• "Health Care Reform Law Amends Many Existing Anti-Fraud Statutes, Increasing Need for Effective Compliance Programs," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, April 14, 2010.
• "New Rules Increase Reporting Obligations and Access to the National Practitioner Data Bank," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, February 4, 2010.
• "FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, November 10, 2009.
• "HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates Must Give Notification of Disclosure of Unsecured Protected Health Information Due to Security Breaches," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, September 8, 2009.
• "Illinois Hospitals Must Satisfy New Requirements on Peer Review and Summary Suspension of Clinical Privileges," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, August 25, 2009.
• "Hospital May Compensate On-Call Physicians Who Provide Services to Uninsured Patients," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, May 28, 2009.
• "Economic Stimulus Package Includes Incentives for Use of Health Information Technology," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, February 26, 2009.
• "Economic Stimulus Package Includes Incentives for Use of Health Information Technology," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, February 26, 2009.
• "CMS Advisory Opinion Approves Free Physician Use of Interface to Hospital Electronic Health Information System," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, June 9, 2008.
• "Factors for Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status for Engaging in Excess Benefit Transactions," Martindale-Hubbell "Counsel to Counsel" Health Care Alert, April 15, 2008.
• “CMS Revises Treatment of Compensation Arrangements Under Stark Law,” Martindale-Hubbell “Counsel to Counsel” Health Care Alert, November 19, 2007.
• “New Rules Regarding Donations of Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Record Technology,” Martindale-Hubbell “Counsel to Counsel” Health Care Alert, September 29, 2006.

His presentations include:

• "Legal Considerations in Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives," OSF Care Decisions Conference, Rockford, Illinois, November 2011.
• “Electronic Health Record Implementation: Meeting the Meaningful Use Requirements and Risk Management Issues in EHR Implementation,” Hinshaw’s Annual Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2011.
• “Legal Considerations in Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives,” OSF Care Decisions Conference, Rockford, Illinois, May 2011.
• "Contractual and Business Issues in Health Services Administration," Upper Iowa University, Rockford, Illinois, September 2010.
• "Fraud and Abuse Issues in Health Care Reform" and "Achieving Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records," Hinshaw’s Health Care Law Update: What You Need to Know Now, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 2010.
• "Legal Considerations in Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives," OSF Care Decisions Conference, Rockford, Illinois, August 2010.
• “Release of Medical Records with and without Patient Consent,” Medical Records Law in Illinois seminar, Rockford, Illinois, May 2009.
• “Anatomy of a Practice Acquisition,” Hinshaw’s 2008 Health Care Conference, Lisle, Illinois, November 2008.
• “Health Care Provider Liability for Breach of Confidentiality” and “Medical Records in Business Transactions,” Medical Records Law in Illinois seminar, Rockford, Illinois, May 2008.

Mr. Davidson serves on the Institutional Review Board of OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center to help ensure the safety and privacy of those who participate as subjects in medical research. He is a member of the Board of Directors of River District Association, a charitable organization dedicated to the revitalization of Rockford's historic downtown.

During his tenure as a Faculty Fellow at Saint Louis University School of Law, Mr. Davidson assisted in founding the Children’s Health Advocacy Project, an initiative to improve low-income children’s health by including lawyers and law students in multi-disciplinary heath care teams in St. Louis children’s hospitals.