Michael Dowell Bio

With more than 30 years of experience, Michael Dowell provides regulatory and transactional counsel to a variety of healthcare industry sectors, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), pharmacies—including retail, multi-state, wholesale distributors, specialty, mail order, veterinary, compounding, long-term care, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, telemedicine and digital health providers, managed care plans including Medicaid Managed Care Plans and Medicare Advantage Plans, physician organizations, MSOs, and ancillary service providers. Michael frequently represents clients before state agencies and state professional boards such as the California Department of Health Care Services, the California Department of Public Health, the Office of Administrative Hearings, as well as before the FDA, DEA, OIG, CMS, and HRSA. Michael has been a member of Hinshaw's Executive Committee since 2020 and was re-elected in 2024 to serve through May 2027.