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 2025. In the second episode, Jennifer Kreick, Partner, Haynes Boone, speaks with Jeremy Sherer, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, about the various telehealth legal issues coming down the pike in 2025. They...

Elle Karimkhani, Chief Legal Officer, Marshall Medical, Faith Driscoll, Chief Legal Officer, United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, and Caitlin Forsyth, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, discuss how they are using artificial intelligence and social media in their practices and the ethical considerations surrounding the use of these technologies. They share strategies and practical tips...

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 2025. In the first episode, Hilary Isacson, Assistant General Counsel, Sutter Health, speaks with Daniel J. Hettich, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, about the impact that the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision is ha...

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made risk analysis a top priority in its enforcement of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Director of Consulting Services and Chief Privacy Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Betsy Hodge, Partner, Akerman LLP, about OCR’s risk analysis enforcement initiative. T...

In the seventh installment of their popular annual series, John D. Carroll, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Alexis J. Gilman, Partner, Crowell and Moring LLP, discuss 2024's biggest antitrust developments and what attorneys should expect in 2025. Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusiv...

Andrew Mahler, Vice President of Privacy and Compliance Services, Clearwater, speaks with Jordan Cohen, Partner, Akerman LLP, about managing cybersecurity and data privacy risk during the due diligence process for health care transactions. They discuss the five key indicators of a mature cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance program, whether due diligence differs based on health care sector, how enti...

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 2024 and what to expect in 2025. Laura is the author of the 2024 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...

Glenn Prives, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, Jessica Belle, and Kristen McDermott Woodrum, Partner, McGuireWoods, discuss the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine and why it is so important to the health care industry. They cover the history and basis of the CPOM doctrine, how CPOM is applied in the health care industry, common exceptions to CPOM, consequences of not adhering to th...

Judith Waltz, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dionne Lomax, Managing Director of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Affiliated Monitors, Inc., and Dee Anna Hays, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins, discuss some of the key health law developments in 2024 and what to expect in 2025. They cover a wide range of legislative, regulatory, and judicial issues but mainly focus on Medicare and Medicaid, antitrust...

Marty Makary, MD, was recently announced as President-Elect Trump’s pick to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. In this episode from August 19, 2020, Dr. Makary, in conversation with Charles Overstreet, FTI Consulting, talks about the future of American medicine, including public health, price transparency, and issues related to access to care and appropriateness of care....

Texas’ attorney general recently filed a civil lawsuit against a New York physician for prescribing medication abortion pills via telehealth to a woman in Texas. Natalie Birnbaum, State Legal and Policy Director, RHITES, and Krusheeta Patel, Associate, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, discuss this first open challenge to abortion shield laws and the intersection of telehealth, abortion access, an...

Glenn Prives, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC, and Elizabeth Kastner, Senior Transactional and Corporate Counsel, TriHealth, Inc., discuss the current climate around hospital/physician affiliation models in the age of private equity, and they cover six different models they are currently seeing in the health care industry. Glenn and Elizabeth spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Health Car...

Lisl Dunlop, Partner, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, speaks with Mark Seidman, Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, about some of the potential health care antitrust priorities of a second Trump Administration. They discuss how antitrust enforcement has changed over recent administrations; and the incoming administration’s potential approaches to the new Merger Guidelines, hospital merger e...

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the governance trends that health care boards should anticipate in 2025. These trends fall into three categories: those that arise from the change of administrations in Washington, DC, those that are relatively new and emerging on the governance canva...

David Cade, Executive Vice President and CEO, American Health Law Association, speaks with Eric Zimmerman, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the potential health care priorities of a second Trump Administration. They discuss possible health care considerations in any upcoming tax bill, drug pricing and Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform, the Affordable Care Act, reproductive health, the futu...

Gerald Griffith, Partner, Jones Day, and Stephanie N. Switzer, Senior Counsel, Cleveland Clinic, discuss, in top ten style, common audit risks for nonprofit health care organizations and strategies for minimizing potential tax exposure. Gerald and Stephanie spoke about this topic at AHLA's 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Learn more about the 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA here ....

On September 20, a jury ruled in favor of St. Charles Surgical Hospital and the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery in their case against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana for failure to fully pay for services rendered, awarding the plaintiffs over $421 million. Joe Aguilar, Managing Partner, HMS Valuation Partners, speaks with Matthew Sherman, Partner, Chehardy Sherman and Williams, about the...

Dan Levin, Director, Stout, speaks with Danielle Tangorre, Partner, Robinson & Cole, and Parker Eastin, Partner, Nicholson & Eastin, about the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding marketing arrangements in health care and how they are working with their clients to structure these arrangements. They discuss the types of arrangements they are seeing and the kinds of marketing services...

Michelle Johnson Tidjani, CommonSpirit Health, and Florence L. Di Benedetto, Di Benedetto Solutions, Inc., discuss the mental health challenges that health lawyers face and how to tackle the stigma that the legal profession attaches to mental health. They share their personal experiences with mental health and strategies to build resilience and cope with difficult and stressful situations. Michell...

Danielle Bangs, Director, Veralon, and Kelley Taylor Hearne, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, discuss the growing trend of health systems entering into joint ventures and other forms of partnership with specialty operators. They cover the trends they are seeing in this area, legal and financial issues that need to be worked through as these partnerships are developed, considerations...

Kevin Malone, Epstein Becker Green, speaks with Dr. Henry Harbin, a leader in the behavioral health space, about the September 2024 final rule implementing amendments to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. They discuss what the new regulations do to advance mental health parity, what this means in the context of managed care and mental health and addiction treatment coverage and pay...

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the proper role of health care organization boards in relationship to technology, including artificial intelligence. They discuss the National Association of Corporate Directors’ (NACD’s) 2024 Blue Ribbon Commission Report , the report's focus on...

Valerie Cohen, Partner, Venable LLP, speaks with Randy Sergent, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and Shane Hunt, a government health care attorney, about the wide-ranging impacts of Loper Bright , Corner Post , and Jarkesy on the health care industry. They discuss the effect of Loper Bright on day-to-day company operations, judicial outcomes, and mana...

Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Robert S. Salcido, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, about the current landscape of the False Claims Act (FCA) in the health care industry. They discuss the recent district court opinion declaring the FCA’s qui tam provisions unconstitutional ( Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC ), enforcement trends a...

Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Ari Markenson, Partner, Venable LLP, about how early career professionals can use the complexities of the health care industry to their advantage. They discuss why the average health care lawyer is like a “Swiss Army Knife,” how to navigate the sea of acronyms that exist in the health care industry, what the heavily regulated natur...