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
503 episodes
C-Suite Roundtable: Latest Trends and Developments in Health IT
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with two health IT leaders, Daniel Clark and Supantha Banerjee, about the current landscape of health IT and some of the biggest challenges they are seeing. They ...
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Cutting Edge Developments in Health Insurance
David E. Kopans, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US), and Larry Pliskin, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Home Care Delivered, Inc., discuss current trends and developments surrounding the delivery of health insura...
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Navigating Private Equity in Health Care Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Leslie C. Overton, Partner, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, speaks with Rebekah Goshorn Jurata, General Counsel, American Investment Council, and Dr. Isabel Tecu, Principal, Charles River Associates, about antitrust agencies' increased scrut...
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43:22
AI in Health Care: Managing Algorithmic Bias and Fairness
Brad M. Thompson, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Chris Provan, Managing Director & Senior Principal Data Scientist, Mosaic Data Science, and Sam Tyner-Monroe, Ph.D., Managing Director of Responsible AI, DLA Piper LLP (US), discuss ...
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Recent Trends Related to Behavioral Health Transactions
Jordan Zoeller, Senior Vice President, Stout, speaks with Julie Sullivan, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, about recent trends in the regulation of transactions related to behavioral health providers. They discuss current federal and state o...
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Federal Preemption of State Health Care Laws
Andrew London, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP, and Peter Fjelstad, Assistant Vice President, State Regulatory and Legal Affairs, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, discuss the evolution of federal preemption of state health care laws, mainly ...
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Health Care Corporate Governance: Implications of Corporate Officerships
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the nature, role, and purpose of corporate officerships. They discuss general principles relate...
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Site-Neutral Payment Policy Considerations in Health Care Transactions
Caroline Reignley, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and Travis Lloyd, Member, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, discuss site-neutral payment policy, an issue that is top of mind for many hospitals and health systems given the shifting legal la...
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Trends and Developments Related to Health Care Fraud Settlements
Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Marissel Descalzo, Partner, Tache Bronis and Descalzo PA, about the current landscape of health care fraud settlements and enforcement activity. They discuss what trigge...
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Form 990: What Health Care Organizations Need to Know
Nicholas Kump, Senior Associate, King & Spalding LLP, speaks with Kim Baltz, Director of Tax, Bon Secours Mercy Health, and Zack Fortsch, RSM US LLP (retired), about how health care organizations can navigate the Form 990. They discuss why ...
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Digital Health Care for the Cognitively Impaired
Tara Sklar, Faculty Director, Health Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and Kathryn Huber, MD, Kaiser Permanente, discuss the prevalence of cognitive impairments as the U.S. population ages and the i...
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Fraud and Abuse Investigations: Tips from the Trenches
Ritu Cooper, Shareholder, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, Greg Demske, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, and Melissa Wong, Partner, Holland & Knight, discuss strategies that health care organizations can employ when dealing with fraud...
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Bridging the Gap: Early Career Professionals in the Health Law Industry
Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Mara Smith-Kouba, Counsel, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Avery Schumacher, Associate, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about the experiences and challenges of Millennial and Gen Z hea...
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Health AI Governance: Navigating the Complexities and Risks
Jon Moore, Head of Consulting Services and Client Success and Chief Risk Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Leah Voigt, Chief Compliance Officer, Corewell Health, and Dr. Mark Sendak, Population Health and Data Science Lead, Duke Institute for He...
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37:48
Hospitals and House Slippers: Shifting Care to the Patient’s Home
Hope Levy-Biehl, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and Ryan Thurber, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, discuss the growing trend of shifting patient care for acute illnesses into the home. They cover the federal hospital at-home waiver, state-level...
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Medical Marijuana: Legal and Practical Considerations for Long Term Care Providers
Ashlee Gray, General Counsel, Transforming Age, and Aleah Schutze, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, discuss how long term care providers can navigate the legal and practical considerations of medical marijuana. They cover the current leg...
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40:38
Value-Based Care Arrangements and How to Operate Within the Stark and AKS Safe Harbors
James L. Burke, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, and Carmen Johnson discuss how to use value-based enterprise (VBE) within the Stark and Anti-Kickback safe harbors to advance health systems’ needs. They cover the four components of VBE...
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Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Compliance and Ethics Program, Using CMS's Requirements of Participation
Joseph Zielinski, Compliance and Privacy Officer, CarDon & Associates, and Michelle R. Adams, Associate General Counsel, Ensign Services, discuss how to measure a long-term care facility’s compliance and ethics program. They cover why compl...
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47:41
Social Determinants of Health: Integrating Data, Law, and Whole Person Care
Eric Setterlund, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Melissa Soliz, Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, Annie Harrington, Chief Legal Officer, Pyx Health, and Sarah Raybin, Counsel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, abou...
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43:43
Health Care Corporate Governance: Implications of Current Antitrust and Competition Enforcement
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about how the Biden Administration’s antitrust and competition enforcement initiatives are impacting ...
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13:46
Loper Bright and Jarkesy: What Do They Mean for the Health Care Industry?
The health care industry is still parsing the effects of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which ends Chevron deference, and SEC v. Jarkesy, which entitles defendants to a jury trial...
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38:13
American Hospital Assn. v. Becerra: What’s Next for Tracking Technologies?
On June 20, a federal judge in Texas sided with the American Hospital Association in its lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) updated
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The Lighter Side of Health Law – Norm’s Farewell
For more than six years and nearly 80 episodes, Norm Tabler has entertained AHLA with his unique take on recent health law and other legal developments. Now, Norm bids farewell to the Lighter Side of Health Law.
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Women’s Health Watch: SCOTUS Recap
Delphine O’Rourke, CEO, 8Fold Inc., speaks with Ramona Thomas, General Counsel & Vice President of Risk and Compliance, Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties, about the recent Supreme Court decisions that impact women’s h...
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Palliative Care: Regulation, Oversight, and Reimbursement
Edo Banach, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, and Keith Lagnese, Chief Medical Officer, Sutter Care at Home, discuss the structure and delivery of palliative care. They cover issues related to regulation, oversight, and reimbursement. ...
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