AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

Carol Carden, Managing Principal, PYA, speaks to Tim Adelman, Luminis Health, Chair, 2030 Task Force, about AHLA’s 2030 Task Force, which was created to research anticipated changes in the health care and health law industries over the next ten years. The podcast discusses the White Paper that is based on and expands the Task Force’s analyses and findings and what are the most important trends for...

Shannon Sumner, Chief Compliance Officer, PYA, and Ritu Cooper, Shareholder, Hall Render  Killian Heath & Lyman PC, discuss best practices for the seven elements of an effective compliance program. They cover how best practices have evolved in the new post-COVID virtual environment. Sponsored by PYA .  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter...

Allison Luke, Chief Compliance Officer, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting, speaks with Brian Dean Abramson, Treatise Author, Bloomberg Law, and Jerry Williamson M.D., Healthcare Consultant, EBG Advisors, Inc., about how providers can prepare for a forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine. The podcast discusses the possible timing of  a vaccine, the PREP Act, impact of a vaccine on the pediatric population, wheth...

David Cade, AHLA CEO, speaks to Brenna Jenny, Deputy General Counsel and CMS Chief Legal Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about Executive Order No. 13891. They discuss what the order requires, what’s in HHS’ proposed rule implementing the order, and how the rule would affect HHS operations. The podcast also covers what sort of input the agency is seeking from stakeholders in...

Barry Plunkett, Healthcare Operations Consultant, Horne, LLP, speaks with Roy Decker, Founding Partner, Duvall Decker Architects, about the impacts of COVID-19 on long term care (LTC) facilities. The podcast discusses how COVID-19 is spreading in LTC facilities and what can be done to stem the spread, including designing new and separate visitor and resident spaces and revisiting interior finishes...

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 recent DOJ action in the U.S. v. Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital case. The speakers discuss the DOJ’s complaint and the antitrust concerns the agency action is looking to a...

Jeff Wurzburg, Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright, speaks to Lori Mihalich-Levin, Partner, Dentons and Founder of Mindful Return, Yusuf Zakir, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Holland & Knight LLP, and Steve Seckler, President, Seckler Legal Recruiting and Coaching, about how the COVID-19 public health crisis abruptly changed the outlook for 2020 and created new challenges for business...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Sponsored by Coker Group . 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 m...

In the ninth podcast in this series with general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Dan Peters, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The University of Kansas Health System, and Stacy Rummel Bratcher, Vice President and Managing General Counsel, University of Southern California, about how the pandemic has affected thei...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Sponsored by Coker Group . 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 m...

In this episode of our monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, Joe Wolfe, Partner, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, and Kristin Carter, Partner, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, discuss the eagerly anticipated final rules reforming the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. The podcast dives into when...

Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, David Cade, CEO, American Health Law Association, Montrece Ransom, Team Lead, Training and Workforce Development, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Southeastern Region Office, The Network for Public Health Law, discuss the impact of racial disparities in health care, both pre- and post-C...

Charles Overstreet, Global Segment Leader, Health Solutions, FTI Consulting, follows up with Marty Makary, MD, surgeon, New York Times bestselling author, and Johns Hopkins health policy expert, after his keynote address at AHLA’s 2020 virtual Annual Meeting . In the podcast, Dr. Makary talks about the importance of public health to medicine, including incentivizing lifestyle changes and addressin...

Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, speaks to Jennifer Nelson Carney, Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP, and Karen Kahn, founder, Threshold Advisors, about client development during this unprecedented time. The speakers talk about their own practices and give practical advice on how they counsel others on inclusiveness and practice development during the pandemic. From AHLA's Wom...

In this podcast, Marshall Jackson, Jr., Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, and Nate Lacktman, Partner, Foley & Lardner, discuss the effect of public health emergency waivers on telehealth companies and key issues legal counsel should think about when advising virtual care companies, including the intersection of health care and e-commerce. The speakers also discuss fraud and abuse risk asse...

In this follow-up to an earlier podcast discussing COVID-19’s impact on rural health care, attorney Ellie Bane speaks with Vonne Jacobs, Principal and Founder, Pharos Healthcare Consulting, Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, Andrea Ferrari, Partner, HealthCare Appraisers, Michael Watters, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Essentia Health, and Steve Clapp, President and CEO, St...

In the eighth podcast in this series with general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Hal McCard, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Quorum Health, and Peter Leibold, Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension, about how their jobs have changed during the pandemic. The podcast discusses...

Katie Culver, PYA, P.C., talks with Jeanna Gunville, Polsinelli PC, William Teague, VMG Health, and Anna Whites, Anna Whites Law Office, about their session “Behavioral Health Strategies for Rural Hospitals: Engaging Investor and Community Partners to Increase Access to Care and Meet the COVID-19 Challenges” from AHLA’s 2020 virtual Annual Meeting . The podcast discusses specific issues in deliver...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Sponsored by Coker Group . 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 m...

In this podcast, Amanda Coulter, Coppersmith Brockelman, Clint Hermes, Bass Berry & Sims, and Joanna Bergmann, Northwell Health, discuss the impacts of the pandemic on clinical research, both in the short and long term. The podcast also looks at the expanded access pathway for unapproved drugs, biologics, and medical devices, and COVID-19 vaccine development. Essential Legal Updates, Now in Au...

In the seventh podcast in this series with general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Michael Regier, General Counsel and Secretary, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and David DeSimone, Senior Vice President of Organizational Transformation and Chief Legal Officer, CentraState Healthcare System, about how their jobs hav...

In this episode of our monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks with Jessica Colarusso, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group (BRG), and Adam Schwartz, Shareholder, Carlton Fields, about the latest in electronic health record (EHR) compliance and enforcement. The podcast discusses the recent uptick in the number of...

In this podcast, Ceren Canal Aruoba, Principal, Cornerstone Research, speaks to Darius Lakdawalla, Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, University of Southern California, about the economics of pharmaceutical markets. The podcast discusses the impacts of COVID-19 from the manufacturer perspective including innovation and vaccine liability issues and explores how...

In the sixth podcast in this series with counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Robyn Diaz, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Lisa Vandecaveye, General Counsel, The Joint Commission, about managing a legal department during a pandemic. The podcast discusses issues that aris...

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. Sponsored by Coker Group . 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 m...