Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2027 
Michael Igel is a Board-Certified Health Law attorney and Chair of the Health Care Team at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP in St. Petersburg, Florida. He represents health care providers, physician groups, health systems, private equity investors, and other health care businesses in transactional, regulatory, operational, and litigation matters. His practice areas include Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation - Health Care, health care mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, licensing, outside general counsel services, and Medicare and Medicaid audit defense.
Michael advises clients throughout all stages of health care transactions, including entity formation and structuring, due diligence, negotiation, drafting, and closing. He has experience representing buyers and sellers in transactions involving physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, management companies, and other health care organizations. He also counsels clients on fraud and abuse laws, payor contracting, licensure, compliance programs, governance matters, and the legal and business issues affecting daily health care operations.
In his role as Chair of the firm’s Health Care Audit Defense Team, Michael represents providers in Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payor audits, reimbursement disputes, and government investigations. He works with physicians, business owners, and health care organizations on risk management, asset protection strategies, and estate planning matters that support long-term operational and business planning goals.
Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Michael works with clients across the health care industry on matters involving compliance, transactions, business formation, operational planning, and health care litigation.
