Michael R. Burke
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Practice Areas:
- Employment Contracts
- Shareholder Agreements and Operating Agreements
- Practice Sales and Mergers
- Practice Formation
- Agreements with Hospitals
- Anti-Kickback and Stark Compliance
- Billing, Reimbursement and Audits
- HIPAA Issues
Biography
Mike Burke is a shareholder of Sansweet, Dearden and Burke, Ltd., joining the Firm in 1994. He focuses his practice on representing physicians and physician groups, dentists and other health care providers in various transactional matters, including but not limited to analyzing, negotiating and drafting employment agreements and co-ownership documents such as shareholders agreements and operating agreements, representing groups of health care professionals, handling the sale and purchase of the practices of medical, dental and other health care professionals, examining Medicare fraud and abuse issues (Stark, Anti-Kickback), representing physicians in negotiating arrangements with hospitals and health systems, analyzing reimbursement issues, and analyzing and structuring joint venture arrangements. Mike is a summa cum laude graduate of both the University of Miami School of Law and Temple University. He graduated 2nd in his class at the University of Miami, was a member of the University of Miami Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Mike has been practicing law in the health care field since his graduation in l991, and is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has authored numerous articles for both local and national publications and speaks on various topics related to health care law on a local and national basis. He has been named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List for Health Care since 2025.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
- J.D. - 1991
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- B.B.A. in Finance and Business Law - 1988
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: President's Scholar
Bar Admission
- Pennsylvania, 1991
- New Jersey, 1991
Published Works
- “Evaluating Employment Agreements” – Family Practice Management
- “Understanding the Medicare Appeals Process” – Physiciansnews.com (2010)
- “Physician Employment Agreements” – Physiciansnews.com
- “What Does Contractual Boilerplate Mean to You?” – Physiciansnews.com
- “Limiting Restrictive Covenants” – Family Practice Management
Honors
- Super Lawyers Honoree starting in 2025
Classes & Seminars
- Lecturer on Employment Contracts (including to the American Academy of Family Practice) and Regulatory Issues
Professional Associations
- American Health Law Association
- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Health and Hospital Law Section
Current Employment Position
- Shareholder
- Vice-President
