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 2021. In the sixth episode, Michael Ramey, PYA, speaks to Torrey McClary and Ranee Adipat, Ropes & Gray LLP, about how the pandemic has affected health care transactions, specifically among hospitals and health systems, an...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks to Kristin Carter, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, and Laura Morgan, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, about the CMS and OIG Advisory Opinion process, including the history of the process, how to request guidance from CMS and OIG, and wha...

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 2021. In the fifth episode, Barry Mathis, PYA, speaks to Alaap Shah and Elizabeth Scarola, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about the challenges associated with the collection, storage, and use of big data in health care. They d...

In this special episode of AHLA’s GC Roundtable series, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, reunites one year later with the three hospital general counsel from the first episode of the series—Marc Goldstone, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Wellpath; Richard Korman, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Avera Health; and David Rowan, Chief Legal Officer, Cleveland Clinic....

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 2021. In the fourth episode, Martie Ross, PYA, speaks to Sunny J. Levine, Foley & Lardner LLP, about the ways in which the health care industry has been transformed by the expansion of telehealth over the past year. They d...

Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Ann Parker, Emily Brigham, and Alba Azola, Assistant Professors at Johns Hopkins University and co-founders and co-directors of the Johns Hopkins Post-Acute COVID-19 Team Clinic, about the work they are doing related to the long-term effects of COVID-19. They discuss how the pandemic has changed the practice of medicine, particularly the rise of...

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 2021. In the third episode, Annapoorani Bhat, PYA, speaks to Dawn Hunter, Network for Public Health Law, about current racial disparities in health care and how to promote racial equity in health outcomes. They discuss how hea...

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 2021. In the second episode, Carol Carden, PYA, speaks to Joe Wolfe, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, and Tony Maida, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, about the top fraud and abuse trends to watch in 2021. They discuss...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks to John Kelliher, Managing Director, BRG, and Mike Gordon, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, about Congressional oversight and investigations, including predictions for 2021 and beyond. The speakers note that the COVID-19 pandemic may lead t...

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 2021. In the first episode, Martie Ross, PYA, speaks to Eric Zimmerman, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, about the impact that the new Biden Administration will have on health policy. They discuss what to expect from the Admini...

Jon Moore, Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Kezia Cook Robinson, Compliance and Privacy Officer, Uber Health, about building a strong HIPAA compliance and data privacy program for health care entities and business associates. The speakers discuss how Uber technology addresses social determinants of health, such as transportation issues. T...

In the eleventh podcast in this series with general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Steve Bender, Chief Legal Officer, Geisinger, and Mark Gloade, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Northwell Health, about how the pandemic has affected their jobs and lives. The speakers examine how their work forces have ad...

In this follow-up to their podcast from October 2020, Dionne Lomax, Managing Director of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Affiliated Monitors, Inc., speaks to Lisl Dunlop, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, and Steve Vieux, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, about the U.S. v. Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital case. The speakers recap DOJ’s March 3 settlement and how it addresses the iss...

Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, speaks to Roberta Liebenberg, Partner, Fine Kaplan and Black, and Stephanie Scharf, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, about the concept of self-care and preventing burnout among teams, in light of the current career stresses accompanying the pandemic. They discuss some of the specific factors involved in stress and burnout among women lawyers and st...

Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, speaks to Roberta Liebenberg, Partner, Fine Kaplan and Black, and Stephanie Scharf, Partner, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, about their pioneering development of surveys dedicated to evaluating the experiences of women lawyers. They analyze the factors that have impacted the careers of women lawyers, such as how the current pandemic has disrupted their ca...

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...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, and Frank Stevens, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group (BRG), talk about what lessons can be learned by looking at dysfunctional health care corporate governance. The podcast discusses how governance ideology can affect compliance, the four factors d...

Anna Whites, Owner, Anna Whites Law Office, speaks to Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, State of Delaware, and David Lloyd, Senior Policy Advisor, The Kennedy Forum, about payment parity for behavioral health services. The podcast looks at Delaware’s recent audits of insurance companies for mental health payment parity, work done by the Kennedy Forum on parity oversight, and enforcement ac...

In celebration of Black History Month, AHLA is proud to offer this two-part podcast series on health law after the killing of George Floyd. In Part 2, Thomas J. Wronski, Director of Legal Talent Solutions, EBG Advisors, speaks to Ricardo Johnson, Vice President at Healthworx at CareFirst BCBS, and Clifford Barnes, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about how law firm practice has changed after...

In celebration of Black History Month, AHLA is proud to offer this two-part podcast series on health law after the killing of George Floyd. In Part 1, Thomas J. Wronski, Director of Legal Talent Solutions, EBG Advisors, speaks to Ricardo Johnson, Vice President at Healthworx at CareFirst BCBS, and Clifford Barnes, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about their own career experiences and how th...

Building on their enormously popular January 2021 webinar on the Stark and AKS final rules, Robert Homchick, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and Julie Kass, Principal, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, talk with Dave Hesselink, Principal, SullivanCotter, to answer important questions about the rules and dig deeper into issues such as the non-value based changes to Stark, trea...

In the third installment of their popular annual series, John D. Carroll of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Alexis J. Gilman of Crowell and Moring LLP detail 2020's biggest antitrust developments and highlight what attorneys should expect in 2021. From AHLA's Antitrust Practice Group . Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newslett...

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...

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL; Joe Wolfe, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC; Kristin Carter, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC; Jackie Baratian, Ascension; Tony Maida, McDermott Will & Emery; Laura Morgan, Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Shuchi Parikh, Polsinelli PC...