SoundPractice, hosted by the American Association for Physician Leadership®, delivers practical information and fresh perspectives for physician leaders and those running healthcare systems. Physician advocate Michael Sacopulos, JD (healthcare attorney, author, speaker) brings you the best thought leaders, crisp humor, and pithy tips to help your healthcare organization thrive.
Michael J. Sacopulos, JD
Mike is the CEO of Medical Risk Institute (MRI), a firm that provides proactive counsel to the healthcare community in order to identify where liability risks originate, and reduce or remove these risks. Mike’s unlawyerlike pragmatism and clever wit make him a sought after speaker by national specialty societies MGMA national and state chapters, and trade associations.
Mike is General Counsel for Medical Justice Services where he is tasked with keeping the organization’s members out of meritless lawsuits. In a fit of madness, Mike agreed to work with a Lloyd’s of London firm, to write the first cyber insurance product designed exclusively for healthcare industry. He has written for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg and many publications for the medical profession. In 2016 he was selected as the 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law for Indiana by “Best Lawyers.” Michael also won the 2012 Edward B. Stevens Article of the Year Award for MGMA.
Mike attended Harvard College, London School of Economics, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Law. A maniacal birder, Mike has travelled to a number of God forbidden places in search of species to add to his “Life List.” Reach him at msacopulos@physicianleaders.org or www.medriskinstitute.com.