McDermott Will & Schulte Health Law Podcast

An increasingly critical duty for boards of directors relates to the supervision, compensation and retention of the senior executive leadership team. On this episode, the first in a two-part series, Michael Peregrine welcomes Tim Cotter, managing director of SullivanCotter, and Ralph DeJong, partner at McDermott Will and Emery, for a discussion on the latest trends and developments impacting the e...

Healthcare is facing an age of disruption from new players and new market entrants from outside the traditional healthcare paradigm. These disruptors have varying degrees of experience in the highly regulated and closely scrutinized healthcare landscape. How can these parties work together across different cultures and regulatory environments to fashion better, faster, more accessible healthcare?...

Corporate governance is influenced by a wide range of government regulations, legislative initiatives, stakeholder and public demands, responsibilities to investors and case law. On this episode, Michael Peregrine welcomes Professor Charles Elson, Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, for a discussion on the complexities of corporate law and governance today. Mr. Elson'...

Healthcare is facing a time of transformation as regulators, providers and other stakeholders take action to improve care coordination and increase the use of technology to deliver care. Hospital and health system innovation centers are increasingly acting as the catalyst to fuel growth and expansion through technology and data. In this episode of the Collaborative Transformation podcast series, M...

The demand for healthcare innovation is driving collaboration between formerly disparate healthcare companies and bringing in new players, such as technology companies and start-ups, into an already complex space. As companies build partnerships and pool resources – particularly healthcare data – data ownership presents numerous challenges that need to be addressed throughout the lifecycle of the...

In the rapidly transforming healthcare environment, "consumerism" presents an increasingly critical board oversight challenge. This extends well past the adoption of new technology to improve the patient experience—it's really about healthcare providers understanding the patient's perspective and rethinking their approach to doing business accordingly. To help healthcare leaders understand the bus...

While most healthcare companies actively work to promote their ethical standards and values, in a time of rapid industry transformation these codes of ethics can quickly grow stale. In the latest episode of the Governing Health podcast, Michael Peregrine welcomes Chris White, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of AdvaMed, to discuss AdvaMed's bold action to revise its longstanding code of...

The successful operation of the board's Audit Committee and its ability to keep up to date with the latest developments is critical to corporate oversight. Given the significant responsibilities imposed on it, however, the Committee can easily become overburdened. Michael Peregrine welcomes Scott Steffens and Mary Torretta of Grant Thornton to help bring some clarity to the Audit Committee's agend...

Directors are constantly focused on the exercise of their fiduciary duties; what they are and how they should be applied. For nonprofit boards, the state attorney general has a similar interest, for the AG has primary jurisdiction over how nonprofit directors exercise their duties. In the latest episode of Governing Health, Michael Peregrine welcomes back Jim Sheehan, Chief of the New York Attorne...

Economic trends and indicators have significant implications for health care boards. In the latest episode of the Governing Health podcast, Michael Peregrine welcomes back John Challenger, CEO of executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, to discuss what the finance, human resources, executive compensation and succession planning committees should consider.

On this this episode of the Collaborative Transformation podcast series, European life sciences lawyers Emmanuelle Trombe (Paris) and Gary Howes (London) discuss top areas for global collaboration in the life sciences space, the role of technology companies and other new collaboration partners, hurdles to overcome when structuring deals across industries, navigating international data regulations,...

The end of 2018 and the first months of 2019 brought a number of regulatory developments impacting care coordination and the adoption and reimbursement of digital health services. From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care and Pathways to Success initiatives to the updated Physician Fee Schedule, speakers Dale Van Demark and Lisa Schmitz Mazur di...

As health system boards pursue transformative opportunities in response to the pressures of disruption, innovation and evolution in delivery models, they are pushed outside of their historical comfort zone. The stakes are high: the radical decisions made today will have lasting and dramatic impacts on the sustainability of the organization. The board must take significant risks, embrace major miss...

Health care organizations seeking to respond to disruption, digital innovation and evolution in delivery models are consolidating at a rapid pace. These initiatives often involve significant risks, major mission shifts and challengingly short windows of opportunity—and the board's traditional approach to decision-making increasingly falls short. Can the health system board move fast enough to make...

In an environment of change and uncertainty, health and life sciences organizations are embracing new ways of engaging and working with partners from inside and outside the health sector through Collaborative Transformations. In this podcast, McDermott's health and life sciences partners Kerrin Slattery, Dale Van Demark and Charlie Buck discuss how the top market players are working to drive and d...

In this episode, host Michael Peregrine discusses current trends in health care executive compensation decisions and the importance of the Board of Directors in making these complex and highly scrutinized decisions. Guests: Tim Cotter, Managing Director of Sullivan Cotter and Ralph DeJong, Executive Compensation Partner, McDermott Will & Emery.

The latest episode of the Governing Health podcast series explores important economic trends and indicators and their implications on boards of directors.

Companies looking to enter the digital health field face myriad legal implications unique to doing business in this sector. Whether emerging or established, companies exploring health care opportunities benefit from careful planning around complex issues such as pace of development, reimbursement systems, strategies for responsible data collection and use, and effective corporate compliance progra...

Learn how operating activities such as conducting multi-state business, fiduciary duties, and the class of beneficiaries are affected by the transformation of nonprofit health care.

Engage with our State Attorneys General panelists on how the evolution of nonprofit health care impacts business activities in this space including M&A, Board obligations, and state nonprofit law.

Examine the role of the State Attorneys General in the regulatory scheme governing nonprofit health care organizations.

Leveraging the value of big data in digital health has become a focus of health care industry mainstays and newcomers alike. Within a challenging regulatory landscape, developing a proactive data strategy with an eye towards compliance and solid due diligence is critical. Big data thought leaders Bernadette Broccolo and Sarah Hogan discuss the challenges and opportunities that health care companie...

The new governance challenges facing boards are dramatically changing the approach of the nominating committee to board composition. Just what is the most effective mix of thought, background, expertise and experience to fill the board? To help us uncover trends in board composition, and how matters of organizational dynamics and legal requirements are supporting the committee's functions, Michael...

Telemedicine is no longer viewed as an ancillary service—it is the new standard of care that is both expected by patients and popular with providers. However, as more use cases are integrated into health care delivery and familiarity builds around how telemedicine can be used effectively, new questions arise around the barriers, risks and opportunities around integrating—or failing to integrate—te...

The responsibilities of health system directors are significant and increasing, and engagement is a major concern, which is why director compensation has become a hot—though controversial—topic for large health systems. While it isn't yet widely accepted in the nonprofit sector and may be difficult to implement, compensation may be a critical talent development tool for director recruitment and re...