AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the sixth episode, Carol Carden, Managing Principal, PYA, speaks with Joanne (Jody) Joiner, Senior Counsel, Tenet Healthcare, and Gina L. Bertolini, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, about the constantly changing reproducti...

Alissa Fleming, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, speaks with Sarah Bowman, Principal, PYA, about provider repayment considerations for governmental payers in today’s health care environment. They discuss how these issues are often identified within provider organizations, the timeline for determining the extent of the issue and quantifying the repayment, the importa...

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the fifth episode, Deborah Biggs, Principal, PYA, speaks with Tiffany Buckley-Norwood, Associate Counsel, Trinity Health Corporation, about the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v....

Medical holds are commonly associated only with patients suffering from mental illness, but what happens when a patient needs to be held for treatment or observation due to a non-psychiatric problem? Wendi Campbell Rogaliner, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, and Elicia Grilley Green, Associate, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss the legal and ethical considerations of holding patients who are...

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the fourth episode, Lori Foley, Office Managing Principal, PYA, speaks with Jonathan A. Porter, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, about the major fraud and abuse issues in the health care space. They discuss the importanc...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments.  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podca...

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the third episode, Michael Ramey, Managing Principal, PYA, speaks with Rosa M. Morales, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP, about the major antitrust trends affecting the health care industry. They discuss the DOJ and...

Annapoorani Bhat, Consulting Principal and Office Managing Principal, PYA, and Jeanna Gunville, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, discuss some of the legal and value considerations around service line carveouts and how they are working with their clients on these transactions. Annapoorani and Jeanna are speaking at AHLA’s upcoming conference, Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, an...

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the second episode, Kathy Reep, Senior Manager, PYA, speaks with Kevin Malone, Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about trends and developments related to mental health parity and the Mental Health Par...

In the sixth installment of their popular annual series, John D. Carroll, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Alexis J. Gilman, Partner, Crowell and Moring LLP, are joined by Carol Liu, Counsel, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, to discuss 2023's biggest antitrust developments and what attorneys should expect in 2024. Sponsored by Axinn . Essential Legal Updates, Now in A...

Based on AHLA’s annual Health Law Connections article , this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2024. In the first episode, Barry Mathis, Principal, PYA, speaks with Katherine Snow, Privacy Counsel, Hinge Health Inc., and Alya Sulaiman, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, about how artificial intelligence (AI) conti...

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 2023 and what to expect in 2024. Laura is the author of the 2023 Cumulative Supplement to the Fifth Edition of AHLA’s Legal Issues in Health Care Fraud and Abuse . From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group . Wat...

Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program (HACRP) is a value-based-purchasing program for Medicare that aims to link Medicare payments to a hospital’s level of inpatient health care quality. Jacob Madden, Research Specialist, Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Christina Yen, MD, MBE, Medical Director of Antimic...

Judith Waltz, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, and Faraz Siddiqui, Associate, Hyman Phelps & McNamara PC, discuss some of the key health law developments in 2023 and what to expect in 2024. They focus on issues related to Medicare and Medicaid and drug development and reimbursement. Waltz and Siddiqui are editors of AHLA’s bestselling title, Federal Health Care Laws and Regulations . They pay...

Health care antitrust is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue at the state level. Effective January 1, 2024, Illinois’ new premerger notification law requires parties to certain health care transactions to provide 30 days prior notice to the state before consummating certain M&A transactions. Herb Allen, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, speaks with Elizabeth Maxeiner, Antitrust Bureau Chief, Il...

It is critical that health care boards remain aware of trends and developments in corporate governance. This helps board members execute their oversight and decision-making functions and better evaluate the effectiveness of their own board’s operations. Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about t...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcas...

2023 has been a busy year for information blocking regulations: HHS ONC’s HTI-1 proposed rule in April (which was finalized on December 13, after this podcast was recorded), OIG’s final rule in June, and November’s proposed enforcement rule for health care providers. Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Director of Consulting Services and Chief Privacy Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Beth Pitman, Partner, Ho...

In this series from AHLA’s Early Career Professionals Council, health law professionals share their career paths, what they wish they had known as students, and what a typical day in their job looks like. In this episode, Rob Yates, Managing Consultant, Berkeley Research Group, speaks with Annie Shieh, Senior Director of Compliance, Bright Health Group. Annie talks about her role overseeing the da...

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health, speaks with health care corporate leaders about strategies they are using to help their hospitals and health systems navigate the current challenges facing the industry. They discuss how they are tackling financial headwinds, dealing with inflationary pressures when working with payer partners, keeping the Board educated on ind...

Private equity is increasingly prevalent in the physician practice space, leading to complex arrangements. Richard Chasinoff, Director, Veralon, speaks with Michele Masucci, Partner, Nixon Peabody, about current issues in the private equity backed professional corporation and management services organization (PC-MSO) model of health care delivery. They discuss the structure of the model; the finan...

A well-organized, thoughtfully composed, and industry-attentive committee structure can provide substantial support to the governing board of a health care organization, especially when multiple items compete for attention on the board’s agenda. Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the role...

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improving health care delivery and management, but to realize its potential and avoid missteps, health care leaders need to establish a strong governance model for the acquisition and use of AI in their organizations. Mikaela Lewis, Principal Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Andrew Droke, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Berman Caldwell & Berk...

Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Stacy Bratcher, Vice President and General Counsel, Cottage Health, and Kelsey Jernigan, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, about compliant ways that health care organizations can analyze financial data related to referrals and other types of financial information. They discuss how health care organizations should approach financi...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcas...