AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

In the fifth podcast in this series with counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Rene Quashie, Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Digital Health, Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Ross Friedberg, Chief Legal and Business Affairs Officer, Doctor on Demand, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted teleheal...

In this podcast, Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Duane Morris, talks to Chris McFadden, Managing Director, KKR, about investment in the health care industry and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast discusses what sorts of transactions are most and least likely to have been impacted by the pandemic, how telehealth will impact the future of health care, where firms are currently investing ca...

On this podcast Carin Marney, Shareholder, Lane Powell, Cory Kallheim, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Social Accountability, LeadingAge, and David Thurber, Director of Litigation & Claims Management, Alliance Insurance Group, discuss liability for the long term care industry resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, including state immunity laws, PREP Act, how immunity could affect insuran...

Mary O’Kelley, Shareholder, Baker Donelson, speaks with Neil Gamss, Senior Vice President, HHC Finance, Luann Gutierrez, Managing Director, Greystone & Co., Amy Heller, President, Healthcare Lending, Congressional Bank, and Hedy Rubinger, Partner, Arnall Golden & Gregory, about the current state of health care financing and how terms have changed since pre-COVID deals. The podcast also dis...

In this podcast, Susannah Gopalan, Partner, Feldesman Tucker, Harvey Tettlebaum, Partner, Husch Blackwell, and Camille Lockhart, Partner, BKD talk about how long term care facilities can ensure compliance in their use of emergency pandemic funding, including the specific requirements of the Provider Relief Fund and audit and documentation tracking. The podcast also discusses financial impacts on 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. 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, Andrea Ferrari, Partner, HealthCare Appraisers, speaks with Ross Norstrom, Property Analytics, USI Insurance Services, and Todd C. Baumgartner, Member, McDonald Hopkins, about insurance options for providers, hospital financing, the CARES Act and its application to health care providers, as well as additional funding and financial resources. The podcast also discusses the Presiden...

In this episode of our monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks with Giovanni Giarratana and Soma Nwokolo, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, about recent government efforts to chase down fraud in the laboratory testing space, including DOJ’s recent Operation Double Helix takedown. The podcast also discusses evolving standard...

In the fourth podcast in this series with general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Mark Bonanno, General Counsel, Oregon Medical Association, and Eric Fish, Chief Legal Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards. The podcast discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their associations and advocacy activities, inclu...

In this new podcast, Carol Carden, Managing Principal of Valuation Services, PYA, talks with Margaret Davino, Partner, Fox Rothschild, and Latoya Dawkins, Counsel, Amgen, about their session "Evolving Landscapes: Vertical and Horizontal Integration in Post-Acute Care and Hospital Transactions" at AHLA’s virtual Transactions Program, which took place April 20-22, 2020. The podcast discuss...

In this podcast, Dionne Lomax, Managing Director of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Affiliated Monitors, Inc., and Bevin Newman, partner, Sheppard Mullin, discuss Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) issues in health care transactions. Specifically, the podcast dives into which transactions are reportable, how the filing process works, and how the procedures have changed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. From...

In this episode of our monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks with Janice Jacobs, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group (BRG) and Amar Rewari, M.D., M.B.A., Associates in Radiation Medicine, about the emerging use of telehealth during the pandemic. The podcast discusses how physicians are using telemedicine during...

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 third podcast in this series with hospital general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Elizabeth Trende, Senior Associate General Counsel, Ohio State University Medical Center, Aletheia Lawry, Associate General Counsel, HonorHealth, and Brian White, General Counsel and Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, University of K...

In this podcast, attorney Ellie Bane speaks with Vonne Jacobs, Principal and Founder, Pharos Healthcare Consulting, Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Duane Morris, Andrea Ferrari, Partner, HealthCare Appraisers, Michael Watters, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Essentia Health, and Steve Clapp, President and CEO, Strategic Healthcare Advisers, about how rural health care providers are dealing wi...

In this podcast, Daniel Sternthal, Shareholder, Baker Donelson, April Diaz, Vice President of Clinical Services, Marquis Companies, and Darrell Zurovec, General Counsel, Touchstone Communities, discuss how long term care facilities are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast discusses how facilities are dealing with pressing issues such as how to manage memory care units in light of the pa...

In this podcast, Monica Noether, Vice President, Charles River Associates, talks to Robert Canterman, senior attorney, Health Care Division, FTC Bureau of Competition, and Peggy Ward, Partner, Jones Day, about the types of health care provider collaborations likely to happen in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast discusses limits to the appropriate scope of coordination, available agenc...

This podcast dives into the $30 billion in COVID-19 relief funding to providers under the CARES Act. Delphine O’Rourke, Partner, Duane Morris, and Aaron Cohen, Co-Practice Leader health care industry group, Citrin Cooperman, discuss compliance with the terms and conditions of receiving the funds, reporting requirements, and how to prepare for audits. From the Public Health System Affinity Group of...

In Part 2 of this podcast series on what counsel need to know to prepare for patient surges due to COVID-19, Andrea Ferrari, Partner, HealthCare Appraisers, speaks with Tom Donohoe, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, SCL Health, and Melissa Markey, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC. The podcast covers issues related to resource allocation, including incremental supply contracts, r...

In the second podcast in this series with hospital general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with Timothy Adelman, General Counsel, Luminis Health, Robert Gerberry, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Summa Health System, and Elizabeth Wohl, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Brattleboro Retreat, about the...

In Part 1 of this podcast series on what counsel need to know to prepare for patient surges due to COVID-19, Andrea Ferrari, Partner, HealthCare Appraisers, speaks with Tom Donohoe, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, SCL Health, and Joe Wolfe, Shareholder, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC. The podcast covers issues related to provider staffing needs and staff shortages, including...

Craig Hunter, Senior Vice President, Coker Group, talks to Julie Kass, Shareholder, Baker Donelson, and Justin Chamblee, Senior Vice President, Coker Group, about their presentations at AHLA’s Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute held February 10-12, 2020 in Phoenix, AZ. The podcast also discusses the proposed changes to the Stark Law, including its effect on determination of fair market value,...

Chip Hutzler, Director, Horne LLP, talks to Julie Kass, Shareholder, Baker Donelson, about the waivers of the Stark Law issued by CMS on March 30. The podcast details what’s in the waivers, what providers should consider when using the waivers, and what arrangements might not be covered by the waivers. From the Public Health System Affinity Group of AHLA's Hospitals and Health Systems Practic...

In this podcast, Sarah Swank, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, speaks with three hospital general counsel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic—Marc Goldstone, Senior Vice President, Prime Healthcare; David Rowan, Chief Legal Officer, Cleveland Clinic; and Richard Korman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Avera. Participants discuss the multitude of issues they’re facing and how th...

Greg Anderson, partner, Horne LLP, speaks with Jeanna Gunville, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, and Arielle Schmeck, Senior Manager, JTaylor, about their presentation at AHLA’s Long Term Care and the Law conference held March 2-4, 2020 in San Antonio, TX. The podcast covers care coordination between acute and post-acute care providers, discharge planning, and what post-acute care providers can do to p...