AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Andrea Lee Linna, Partner, McGuireWoods, about the key steps that can make the difference between an organization’s effective response to a HIPAA data breach and one that sets it down a troublesome path. With cyberattacks accelerating and the rich data pool flowing across the health care industry squarely in hackers’ sights, having...

General counsel have played a much greater leadership role than ever before in response to the pandemic. Nancy Reiner, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa, speaks with Blaire Bernard, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Iora Health, about her experiences as a health-tech general counsel during the pandemic. They discuss how risk was managed, how governance structures were organized to navi...

Real estate is an essential element of health care. Goran Musinovic, Vice President, Realty Trust Group, hosts a conversation with three real estate directors who offer insights into their health systems’ real estate operations. They discuss: The role of real estate and its impact on organizational decision making. How the real estate function is staffed and which functions are outsourced. Strateg...

In statements throughout his tenure as Director of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights from 2017-2021, Roger Severino was repeatedly critical of organizations for not performing a risk analysis or taking action to mitigate identified risks, as required by the HIPAA Security Rule. Clearwater Executive Chairman Bob Chaput talks to him about why he’s so passionate about this area of HIPAA compliance and pre...

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...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Partner, Goodwin Procter, speaks to Rob Cepielik, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group, and David Resnicoff, Partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, about third-party monitorships, including recommendations for how companies can plan for a government-imposed monitor or an independent review organi...

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health, and Emily Grey, Partner, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, explore the role Chief Information Officers currently play in helping health systems and plans execute their strategic plans, along with digital health and IT trends that have accelerated during the pandemic. Some of the trends discussed include the rise of telehealth and...

Stephanie Hudson, Managing Member, Hudson Healthcare Lawyers LLC, speaks with Theresa Langley, Associate, Husch Blackwell LLP, Lori Mihalich-Levin, CEO and Founder, Mindful Return, and Lauren Suttell, Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, about how the pandemic has changed the lives of working moms. They discuss what life was like before the pandemic and how everything changed in March 2020...

Laura F. Fryan, Partner, Brouse McDowell, speaks to Nicole Cifra and Taylor Starr, physicians at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, about the intersection of the law and the practice of medicine when it comes to treating patients with eating disorders. They discuss legal issues related to determining inpatient versus outpatient treatment, guardianships...

Steve Vieux, Counsel, Shook Hardy & Bacon, speaks with Doug Litvack, Partner, Jenner & Block, and Barbara Sicalides, Partner, Troutman Pepper, about the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in St. Luke’s v. ProMedica , which vacated a preliminary injunction enjoining a health system from removing a competing health system from its integrated insurance company’s network. Litvack and Sicalides sh...

The current hiring market in the health care and life sciences industry is booming. Elizabeth Long, Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa, and Lisa Vandecaveye, General Counsel, The Joint Commission, discuss how to hire and retain legal talent in this new environment. They address the reasons candidates leave for other opportunities, how to adjust to new remote/hybrid work models, changes...

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...

Real estate is an essential element of health care. Goran Musinovic, Vice President, Realty Trust Group, hosts a conversation with four in-house counsel who offer insights into their health systems’ real estate operations. They discuss: The role of real estate and its impact on organizational decision making. How the real estate function is staffed and engaging with outside counsel for assistance....

AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.  In Part 5, Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law, moderates this discussion about how community...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Partner, Goodwin Procter, speaks to Kim Brandt, Partner, Tarplin Downs & Young LLC, about her path to public service, some of the lessons she’s learned from her different positions within the government, the importance of good mentors and large networks, and her thoughts on some of the current hot topics i...

AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.  In Part 4, Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law, and Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor, St. Louis Uni...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced health care employers across the country to contemplate vaccine mandates for their employees. Brian Dean Abramson, author of Vaccine, Vaccination, and Immunization Law , speaks to Denise M. Hill, Associate Professor of Practice in Public Administration at Drake University and author of AHLA's recent publication, Vaccine Mandates in the Health Care Workplace: A...

AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.  In Part 3, Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, and Dru Battacharya, Vice President of Div...

Jon Moore, Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Nathan Salminen, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, about steps that organizations can take to protect themselves from cyber risks in the health care transactions arena. They discuss the different kinds of risks and due diligence issues that organizations face, including those related to represent...

AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.  In Part 2, Myra Selby, Partner, Ice Miller, moderates this discussion about how institutional decision-making perpetua...

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...

AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.  In Part 1, Vonne Jacobs, Principal & Founder, PHAROS Healthcare Consulting and Creating Equity, LLC, moderates thi...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Partner, Goodwin Procter, speaks to Jessica Pill, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Boston Scientific Corporation, about her unique path to compliance, what a typical day looks like, the toughest part of the job, and the role of mentorship in her career. They also discuss how compliance spans differ...

Joe Miller and Bruce Sokler, Co-Chairs of Mintz Levin’s Antitrust Practice, discuss President Biden’s July 9 executive order, which called for a government-wide focus on antitrust competition issues and identified 72 initiatives across several industries. They provide an overview of the aspects of the executive order that are of particular importance to the health care industry, including wage and...

David S. Cade, Executive Vice President and CEO of AHLA, sat down with three prominent health law leaders on May 25, 2021 to discuss how we, as a community, can improve equity in health care and health law practice. In this episode, Vanessa A. Scott, J.D., Partner and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Eversheds Sutherland, speaks to the business case for diversity in health law practice....