AHLA's Speaking of Health Law
The American Health Law Association (AHLA) is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field with nearly 14,000 members. As part of its educational mission, AHLA's Speaking of Health Law podcasts offer thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary on the legal and policy issues affecting the health care system. AHLA is committed to ensuring equitable access to our educational content. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards. If you experience accessibility issues, please contact accessibility@americanhealthlaw.org.
Episodes
550 episodes
How Have Cybersecurity Expectations for Health Tech Vendors Changed Over the Past 12 Months?
Security expectations for health tech vendors are rising significantly in the wake of last year’s Change Healthcare cyberattack. Hal Porter, Director of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker, Partner, Cooley L...
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33:43
Top Ten 2025: Gender Affirming Care—Outlook
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29:03
Best Practices for Working with Consultants
Jenelle Beavers, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal, and Emily Little, Senior Counsel, University of Missouri System, discuss best practices for working with consultants. They cover issues related to identifying consultants, contracting, c...
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28:03
Top Ten 2025: Medical Malpractice in the Age of AI
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32:58
HIPAA Security Rule Proposed Updates: Addressing Increasing Cyberthreats in Health Care
On January 6, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights published a Notice of Propos...
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58:15
Top Ten 2025: The Impact of the MHPAEA Final Rule—Focused on Access
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21:15
Health Care Corporate Governance: Conflicts of Interest in an Environment of Scrutiny
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about what the change of administrations in Washington, DC can teach health care boards about managin...
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Top Ten 2025: Cybersecurity Developments to Watch
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21:22
Trends in Digital Therapeutics
Kevin Malone, Member, Epstein Becker Green, speaks with Jenna Carl, Chief Medical Officer, Big Health, about developments in the use of digital therapeutics for mental health services. They discuss what digital therapeutics are, how they are us...
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36:46
Top Ten 2025: Medication Abortion Cases to Watch
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18:11
Preparing for ICE Enforcement: What Health Care Providers and Legal Counsel Need to Know
With recent changes to immigration enforcement policies in hospitals and clinics, it’s crucial for health care providers and legal counsel to understand how to respond while protecting patient privacy and meeting their legal and mission-oriente...
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Top Ten 2025: Antitrust Trends and Forecast for the Health Care Industry Under a New Administration
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Key Considerations Related to Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotech Arrangements
With the increased scrutiny on kickbacks regarding medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotech arrangements, there has been an uptick in enforcement activity specific to the use of physicians, advanced practice providers, and other health care ...
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Top Ten 2025: Fraud and Abuse Issues to Watch
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21:25
Value-Based Care: Latest Trends and Developments
CMS has a goal that by 2030 all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries will be in value-based care arrangements. This means that providers will be accountable for the quality and total cost of care. Rob Moss, Principal, SullivanCotter, and Magg...
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28:55
Top Ten 2025: Telehealth—Uncertainty Ahead
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Professionalism in Modern Times: The Ethical Considerations of Lawyering with Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
Elle Karimkhani, Chief Legal Officer, Marshall Medical, Faith Driscoll, Chief Legal Officer, United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, and Caitlin Forsyth, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, discuss how they are using artificial intelli...
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42:27
Top Ten 2025: Loper Bright—How the Demise of Chevron Deference Will Affect Medicare Reimbursement Litigation
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26:39
Interpreting OCR’s Risk Analysis Enforcement Initiative and How the Regulatory Environment Is Evolving
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made risk analysis a top priority in its enforcement of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Director of C...
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46:42
2024's Biggest Health Care Antitrust Developments and What to Expect in 2025
In the seventh installment of their popular annual series, John D. Carroll, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Alexis J. Gilman, Partner, Crowell and Moring LLP, discuss 2024's biggest antitrust developments and what attorn...
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Assessing Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Risk in Health Care Transactions
Andrew Mahler, Vice President of Privacy and Compliance Services, Clearwater, speaks with Jordan Cohen, Partner, Akerman LLP, about managing cybersecurity and data privacy risk during the due diligence process for health care transactions. They...
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43:55
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Trends From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025
Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld, Partner, Jones Day, about some of the key health care fraud and abuse trends from 2024 and what to expect in 2025. Laura is the author of the <...
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Corporate Practice of Medicine: Latest Trends and Developments
Glenn Prives, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, Jessica Belle, and Kristen McDermott Woodrum, Partner, McGuireWoods, discuss the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine and why it is so important to the health care industry. They cove...
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Key Health Law Developments From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025
Judith Waltz, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dionne Lomax, Managing Director of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Affiliated Monitors, Inc., and Dee Anna Hays, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins, discuss some of the key health law developments in 2...
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39:55
Re-Release: The Future of American Medicine with Marty Makary, MD
Marty Makary, MD, was recently announced as President-Elect Trump’s pick to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. In this episode from August 19, 2020, Dr. Makary, in conversation with Charles Overstreet, FTI Consulting,...
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