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. AHLA's Speaking of Health Law podcasts offer thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary on the legal and policy issues affecting the American health care system.
Episodes
705 episodes
When Compliance Isn’t Enough: Investigations, Threats, and Real-World Risk in Health Care
Lawyers are often involved in risk mitigation discussions or are the first line of communication when hospitals and health systems face adverse events. John Saran, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, speaks with Toby Braun, Founder and Managing ...
Why Tax Advisors Care About What’s in the Health Care Deal Documents and Why You Should Too
Linda Moroney, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, and Don Stuart, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, discuss the various tax considerations that go into a health care transaction. They cover the role of the tax advisor, the importance o...
State and Federal Roles in Medicare Marketing and the Inevitable Power Struggle in Governing AI
Kathy Roe, Managing Attorney, Health Law Consultancy, speaks with Helaine Fingold, Partner, Epstein Becker Green PC, and Laurie Poulos, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, TRANZACT, about the tension between the Centers for Medicare &...
Deciphering the Dollars: Advanced Medicare Cost Reporting and Appeals Strategies for 2026
Greg Etzel, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and Eric Lucas, Managing Director, Baker Tilly, discuss the latest trends and developments related to Medicare cost reporting and appeals. They cover why the Medicare cost report still matter...
Hospital Mergers Under Pressure: The Remedies That Move Deals Forward
Ken Field, Health Care Antitrust Practice Leader, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, speaks with Amanda Wait, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, about hospital merger review and the role remedies play in getting deals through a very challenging ...
Health Care Corporate Governance: Emerging Importance of the Human Capital Committee
Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about emerging health care workforce issues that require the Board’s attention and how a Board’s human capital/human resources committee can best exercise ov...
Exploring the Rise of Medicaid Payment Suspensions Targeting Behavioral Health Providers
Medicaid payment suspensions are one of the most powerful tools the government has in the health care enforcement space, and the current administration has taken a robust approach to their use. Sarah Hall, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC...
Transformative Tech Transactions: Contracting Strategies for Digital Health and Patient Engagement
Sean Sullivan, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Alisa Chestler, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, and Betsy Hodge, Partner, Akerman LLP, discuss what health care providers should consider when contracting for AI-en...
False Claims Act: Latest Trends and Developments
Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Robert S. Salcido, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, about the current landscape of the False Claims Act (FCA) in the health care industry. They discuss t...
Best Practices for Legal Oversight of 340B Programs in Turbulent Times
Emily J. Cook, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, and Kelsey Bagheri, Principal Counsel, UCSF Health, discuss how covered entities and their legal counsel can navigate the current legal and compliance risks associated with the 340B program....
Who Owns the Pulse? What Health Lawyers Need to Know About Licensing Patient Data in the Age of AI
When patient data becomes the raw material for AI, who actually governs it and for whose benefit? Mir Masud-Elias, Counsel, Arnold & Porter, and Mala Sahai, Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs, Gladstone Institutes, dis...
Duets Done Right: Health Care Joint Ventures in 2026 and Beyond
Jennifer Hutchens, Partner, Dechert LLP, and Thomas Spellman, Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care, discuss the role that joint ventures are currently playing in the health care industry and what to expect when...
What Health Care Providers Should Know When Responding to Subpoenas or Other Legal Demands
Claire O’Brien, Partner, Brooks Pierce, and Terri Harris, Partner, Fox Rothschild, discuss key considerations and practical insights for health care providers responding to subpoenas and other legal demands. They cover why it may be risky for a...
Health Care Corporate Governance: Effective Board Committee Practice
Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about one of the “nuts and bolts” elements of corporate governance—the structure, organization, and operation of board committees. They discuss why this is t...
Information Blocking Enforcement on the Horizon: Compliance Under the 21st Century Cures Act
HHS has been implementing rulemaking related to information blocking since the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act a decade ago, and providers have taken note. Dennis Sapien-Pangindian, Founding Attorney, DSP Advocates PC, and Ammon Fillmore,...
Financing Medicaid Payments: Past, Present, and Future After the OBBBA
Catherine Kirkland, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, and Baxter Morgan, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss the landscape of Medicaid financing a year after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now known as the Working Famil...
Navigating the CCM and RPM Landscape
Two common types of chronic care management and monitoring are chronic condition management (CCM) and remote patient monitoring (RPM). Rachel V. Rose, Rachel V. Rose—Attorney at Law PLLC, and Pam D’Apuzzo, Managing Director, VMG Health, discuss...
States' Renewed Focus on Corporate Practice of Medicine and Its Impact on Health Care Transactions
Jon Joseph, Partner, Christian & Barton, and Taryn Stone, Partner, Ice Miller, discuss recent developments in the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and the effect on health care transactions. They cover different state approaches to CPO...
One Year In: Implementing the Medicaid Provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut Act
One year after the passage of the Working Families Tax Cut Act (formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), states and providers are continuing to grapple with the biggest changes to Medicaid in a generation. Harsh P. Parikh, Partner, Ni...
Distressed Health Care Providers—Key Restructuring Issues for 2026
Bankruptcy can change the balance of power in a dispute with Medicare and Medicaid in a significant way. Augie Curtis, Counsel, Offit Kurman, and Samuel Maizel, Partner, Dentons, discuss key restructuring issues related to distressed Medicare a...
Audit Defense: What Health Care Providers and Attorneys Need to Know
Harriet Wall, President and CEO, LW Consulting, Inc., speaks with Rachel Hold-Weiss, Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, about the ins and outs of Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) audits and corporate integrity agr...
Health Care Corporate Governance: Seeking Clarity on the Role Description of the Board Chair
Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about challenges related to defining the role of the Board Chair. They use the controversy around the recently fired chairman of BP as a case study, discussi...
340B: Latest Trends and Developments
Greg Doggett, Counsel, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, and Felicity Homsted, CEO, FQHC 340B Compliance, discuss the current legal and regulatory landscape of the 340B program. They cover the intersection of 340B with the Inflation Reduct...
CMMI and the Next Generation of Alternative Payment Models
Neal Shah, Shareholder, Polsinelli, speaks with Scott Strickland, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about what the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been doing in the health care space. They discuss exampl...