Claim OwnershipAHLA's Speaking of Health Law
Subscribed: 72Played: 4,482
Subscribe
© 2025 AHLA's Speaking of Health Law
Description
The American Health Law Association (AHLA) is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field. AHLA's Speaking of Health Law podcasts offer thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary on the legal and policy issues affecting the American health care system.
603 Episodes
Reverse
Kate Taylor, Associate Principal, ECG Management Consultants, speaks with Bruce Toppin, Chief Legal Officer, North Mississippi Health Services, about how to recruit providers in a very competitive market while following strict guidelines that are frequently changing. They discuss the market backdrop; issues related to fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and recruitment incentives; and strategies for bridging the gap between competitive offers and compliance. Sponsored by ECG Managem...
Physical health providers, health systems, and hospitals often struggle with how to handle behavioral health issues as they arise. Anna Whites, Attorney, Anna Whites Law Office, and Matthew W. Wolfe, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, discuss strategies for integrating physical and mental health care. They share their respective journeys into behavioral health law, how providers can add behavioral health care to their practices, legal and compliance challenges, a...
Herb Allen, Partner, Honigman LLP, speaks with Jeff Oliver, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, about some of the recent developments related to health care antitrust enforcement. They discuss the current team of antitrust enforcers in the Trump Administration, areas where the current administration is continuing the policies of the previous administration (i.e., merger guidelines, HSR form), areas of divergence (i.e., merger remedies, settlements, private equity), and areas of continuity and change re...
The employment law landscape is evolving rapidly, especially for health care employers. Timothy A. Hilton, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, and Gary McLaughlin, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, discuss the areas of greatest concern for health care employers. They cover wage and hour issues, considerations related to remote work, and religious and ADA accommodation issues. Timothy and Gary spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Watch this episode: http...
Adam Laughton, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, speaks with Jennifer Nelson Carney, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about the current landscape of gender affirming care. They discuss the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Skrmetti; the executive orders, memos, agency activity, and proposed legislation at the federal level; how states are reacting to these federal actions and enacting their own legislation; and how providers are responding. From AHLA’s Physician Organizations Prac...
As clinical research becomes increasingly digital, the legal and compliance landscape is shifting. Hal Porter, Director of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Dianne Bourque, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, about the legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations when clinical trial data is compromised. They discuss issues related to regulatory frameworks and legal obligations, risk exposure and liability, impacts of a breach that go beyond privacy, cross border data and transfer r...
Passed by Congress with razor thin margins, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) marks the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history, slashing more than $900 billion over the next ten years, with the CBO estimating more than ten million people losing health insurance by 2034. The implications for providers, legal counsel, and other stakeholders are enormous. Harsh P. Parikh, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Lloyd A. Bookman, Founding Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, and Anne Winter, Senior Man...
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, about a little-known element of fiduciary responsibility that could potentially have an outsized impact on director exposure: the so-called “duty of candor.” They discuss what the duty of candor is, who owes this particular fiduciary duty, how the duty of candor kicks in during a typical corporate scenario, and how a recent decision from the Delaware...
No two health law careers are the same; some follow a more traditional path, while others are more non-linear. Lisa Diehl Vandecaveye, Of Counsel, Epstein Becker Green, and Priya Bathija, Founder & CEO, Nyoo Health, discuss their unique health law career journeys and what they have learned along the way. They share how the health law profession has changed since they started their careers, secrets for a successful career, “icing on the cake” career moments, how health lawyers can support ...
Data breaches in the health care sector can carry immense legal, financial, and reputational consequences. Jon Moore, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Christine Moundas, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP, about how health care organizations can mitigate risk through robust breach preparedness plans and ensure legally sound, compliant responses when incidents occur. They discuss how to operationalize breach readiness, key pitfalls to avoid during incident...
Kate Taylor, Associate Principal, ECG Management Consultants, speaks with Katie Tarr, Shareholder, LBMC, Alaina Crislip, Member, Jackson Kelly PLLC, and Payal Shah, Senior Counsel, Vituity, about some of the financial and regulatory pressures (and resulting compliance breakdowns) they are seeing in the health care industry and strategies and solutions for navigating the intersection of financial constraint and regulatory compliance. They offer insights from the in-house counsel, external coun...
Kristin Riviello, Account Relationship Manager, CobbleStone, and Michael Donnelly, Sales Enablement Specialist, CobbleStone, discuss health care contract management and best practices for dealing with the challenges that occur in this area. They cover the health care contract lifecycle, negotiation strategies, and the role of artificial intelligence. Sponsored by CobbleStone. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfLi8OxYzA Learn more about CobbleStone: https://www.cobblestones...
Jerry Chang, Managing Director, BRG, speaks with Brynne Goncher, Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, Piedmont Healthcare, and Tom Hawk, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, about the factors that increase the likelihood of successful joint venture partnerships between health systems and other providers and the factors that increase the likelihood of struggling joint venture partnerships. They discuss some of the drivers and characteristics of the joint venture partnerships they are seeing; is...
The FDA has begun urging manufacturers to treat cybersecurity risk management as a material business concern. Hal Porter, Director of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Allyson Maur, Associate, McGuireWoods, about the implications of the FDA’s growing focus on cybersecurity as a core component of medical device safety and financial risk and what that shift means for legal, compliance, and risk professionals. They discuss how manufacturers and providers should navigate these expectat...
Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Tenia L. Clayton, Associate, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, and Caroline K. Abbott, Associate, Greenberg Traurig LLP, about life as a health law associate at a large firm. They discuss what drew them to health law and their particular firm, how to remain resilient in the face of unexpected challenges, what a typical day looks like, how they’ve gotten involved in AHLA, finding the right firm culture, and wh...
Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the role of the Board, and the Finance Committee in particular, of monitoring the financial affairs of health care organizations, especially after the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). They discuss the Finance Committee’s responsibilities, how the Finance Committee should exercise oversight in light of the OBBBA’s potential imp...
Brian Dean Abramson, Adjunct Professor of Vaccine Law, Florida International University College of Law and University of Houston Law Center, speaks with Vanessa Burrows, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Dr. René Najera, Director of Public Health, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, about the rapidly changing environment of vaccine law and regulation. They discuss current availability, recommendations, and funding of vaccines at the federal level; implications for companies ...
Adrienne Frazior, Shareholder, Polsinelli, and Jody Rudman, Office Managing Partner, Husch Blackwell, discuss recent legal developments related to the False Claims Act (FCA) and how the FCA is changing. They cover significant cases (SuperValu, Loper Bright, Polansky, Zafirov), circuit splits involving the FCA and the Anti-Kickback Statute, the overall health of the FCA, DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, the renewal of DOJ and HHS’ FCA Working Group, and future areas of increased enforcemen...
Sheela Ranganathan, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Health, speaks with Kim Mutcherson, Professor, Rutgers Law School, and Diana Kasdan, Legal and Policy Director, UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, about the current landscape of reproductive health law. They discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the ongoing battles over mifepristone in the courts, the rapidly evolving patchwork of state-level shiel...
While enforcement under the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute traditionally focused on billing practices, regulators now scrutinize routine business practices such as marketing, vendor relationships, and operational tasks—especially when tied to government benefits. Nicki Jacobsen, Director, Stout, and Astrid Monroig, Associate, Barnes & Thornburg, discuss two recent federal settlements involving speaker programs and the misuse of government postage discounts. They explore the ke...
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States