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The American Health Law Association (AHLA) is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field with nearly 14,000 members. As part of its educational mission, AHLA's Speaking of Health Law podcasts offer thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary on the legal and policy issues affecting the health care system. AHLA is committed to ensuring equitable access to our educational content. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards. If you experience accessibility issues, please contact accessibility@americanhealthlaw.org.

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With the increased scrutiny on kickbacks regarding medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotech arrangements, there has been an uptick in enforcement activity specific to the use of physicians, advanced practice providers, and other health care providers who consult, speak, serve as advisory board members, or otherwise lend their expertise. Tynan Kugler, Principal, PYA, Mara Smith Kouba, Counsel, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Jonathan Porter, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss key regulatory an...
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 third episode, Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Ilene Albala, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP, about how the new administration could reshape the health care fraud and abuse landscape. They discuss potential impacts on fraud and abuse enforcement and the False Claims...
CMS has a goal that by 2030 all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries will be in value-based care arrangements. This means that providers will be accountable for the quality and total cost of care. Rob Moss, Principal, SullivanCotter, and Maggie Martin, Chief Legal Officer, Oklahoma Hospital Association, discuss the current climate surrounding the health care system’s continued move toward value-based care. They focus on Oklahoma’s journey to managed Medicaid, approaches and best practices r...
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 discuss the future of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, government scrutiny of telehealth and cur...
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 for navigating these technologies in the legal field. Elle, Faith, and Caitlin spoke about this ...
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 having on Medicare reimbursement. They discuss the impact on CMS’ approach to rulemaking and whether ...
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. They discuss what’s driving the initiative, key enforcement actions, and steps health care organiz...
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. AHLA's Health Law Daily Podcast Is Here! AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Premium members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this new pod...
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 entities involved on both sides of a transaction can mitigate risk and build confidence during the du...
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. Watch the conversation here. AHLA's Health Law Daily Podcast Is Here! AHLA's popular Health Law Daily ema...
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 the principles of CPOM, issues related to private equity and telehealth, and practical tips. Glenn,...
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, and labor and employment. Waltz, Lomax, and Hays are editors of AHLA’s bestselling title, Feder...
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.AHLA's Health Law Daily Podcast Is Here! AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is no...
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, and interstate licensure pathways for U.S. providers.AHLA's Health Law Daily Podcast Is Here! AHL...
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 Care Transactions conference in Nashville, TN. From AHLA’s Business Law and Governance Practice Grou...
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 enforcement, focus on labor market impacts, private equity in health care, and the FTC’s rule bann...
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 canvas, and those that reflect an evolving perspective on traditional governance trends. AHLA's Health...
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 future of the CMS Innovation Center, antitrust enforcement, and the role of private equity.AHLA's Hea...
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. AHLA's Health Law Daily Podcast Is Here! AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a dai...
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 genesis of the case, the main arguments at play, how the plaintiffs won those arguments, and som...
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