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AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law

American Health Law Association

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.

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35:52

Workforce Issues in Health Care Transactions

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/20

Tom Donohoe, Shareholder, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, Kelly Adams, Region General Counsel, Intermountain Health, and Barb Grandjean, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss the various labor and employment considerations that are present in health care transactions, with a focus on the current M&A environment. They cover issues related to pre-due diligence, due diligence, the transaction itself, and integration. Tom, Kelly, and Barb wrote an AHLA Briefing and spoke on an AHLA ...

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Health Care Corporate Governance: DOJ’s Criminal...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/17

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s recent release of its new white collar criminal enforcement plan and the board’s oversight responsibility for corporate compliance with the law. They discuss how the new plan relates to governance, the government’s current approach to health care fraud and abuse enforcement, and key compliance takeawa...

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51:37

Operation Brace Yourself, Part Two: Defending DME...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/13

Operation Brace Yourself, a massive 2019 Department of Justice operation involving the durable medical equipment (DME) industry, was one of the largest health fraud enforcement actions in history and had major legal and compliance repercussions for DME companies. In this two-part series, Stephen Lee, Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Stephen Chahn Lee, recounts the true story of two DME owners who unwittingly found themselves in the crosshairs of this massive government enforcement action.&nbs...

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43:37

Operation Brace Yourself, Part One: Advising DME Clients

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/10

Operation Brace Yourself, a massive 2019 Department of Justice operation involving the durable medical equipment (DME) industry, was one of the largest health fraud enforcement actions in history and had major legal and compliance repercussions for DME companies. In this two-part series, Stephen Lee, Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Stephen Chahn Lee, recounts the true story of two DME owners who unwittingly found themselves in the crosshairs of this massive government enforcement action.&nbs...

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27:53

Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 Litigation: Issues Related to...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/06

In a groundbreaking development for the digital health world, Eli Lilly, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has filed lawsuits against a growing number of telehealth companies over the sale of compounded drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, two popular GLP-1 medications. Nawa Lodin, Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Lauren Petrin, Associate, Wiley Rein, discuss the background of compounding and when it is allowed under FDA regulations; the legal and regulatory iss...

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40:05

Putting Price Transparency into Perspective

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/06/03

Jackie Selby, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Maria Nikol, CEO, Revelar Analytics LLC, and Karen Mandelbaum, Senior Counsel, Epstein Becker & Green PC, discuss current trends and developments related to price transparency. They cover why price transparency is important; provide an overview of the hospital transparency rule and the transparency in coverage rule for health plans; and detail how the rules are impacting providers, payers, and consumers. Jackie, Maria, and Karen wrote ...

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44:32

Issues Related to Health Care Employment Arbitration

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/30

Linda A. Michler, Arbitrator and Mediator, speaks with Christopher C. Murray, Partner, Ogletree Deakins, about arbitration in the health care employment space. They discuss how arbitration works; the strengths and weaknesses of arbitration; and issues related to selecting an arbitrator, cost, mediation, class action waivers, and mass arbitration. They also discuss special considerations related to health care employment arbitration, how employers and their counsel can make employment arbitrat...

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34:09

Practical Guidance to Enable Health Care Compliance...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/27

Andrew Mahler, Vice President of Privacy and Compliance Services, Clearwater, speaks with Kathleen Healy, Partner, Robinson Cole, and Robert Martin, Senior Legal Counsel, Mass General Brigham, about how health care compliance teams can build effective governance models, monitor legal risks, and prepare for enforcement activity related to artificial intelligence (AI). They discuss how to build an effective AI oversight framework and assess AI systems for bias and transparency, compliance consi...

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44:04

Behavioral Health Hot Topics

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/23

Gerald (Jud) DeLoss, CEO, Illinois Association for Behavioral Health, Tania Archer, Counsel, Moore & Van Allen, Allison Petersen, General Counsel, INTEGRIS Health, and David Shillcutt, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, discuss hot topics in behavioral health, including trends in managed care behavioral health, federal and state funding for behavioral health, and school-based crisis programs. Jud was Faculty Chair, and Tania, Allison, and David were members of the Faculty, of AHLA’s new...

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33:14

Preparing for and Responding to Ransomware Attacks in...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/20

As ransomware attacks grow more sophisticated, health care organizations face not just massive data privacy risks, but real-time threats to operations, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. Dave Bailey, Vice President of Security Services, Clearwater, speaks with Kirk Nahra, Partner, Wilmer Hale, and Paul Schmeltzer, Member, Clark Hill, about how ransomware impacts everything from hospital workflows to enforcement actions, and what health care organizations can do to prepare and respond ...

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34:54

Medicare Advantage: Navigating Uncertain Times

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/16

Medicare Advantage (MA) is one of the most popular insurance programs for the Medicare-eligible population, however it faces significant headwinds from both payer and provider organizations. Alan Lassiter, Principal, ECG Management Consultants, speaks with Christine Worthen, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, and Joe Mangrum, Partner, ECG Management Consultants, about the current state of MA, the complex issues confronting both payers and providers, and strategies for successfully navigat...

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38:25

Evolving State Privacy Laws and the Impact on Digital...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/13

Omenka Nwachukwu, Principal Consultant, Privacy and Compliance, Clearwater, speaks with Kaitlyn O'Connor, Co-Founder and Partner, Elevare Law, about the growth in state privacy laws covering wide ranges of health data and how digital health companies are being impacted. They discuss the role state legislation is playing in addressing gaps left by federal health care privacy laws, how state privacy laws are going beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in certain...

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30:40

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Investigations: Latest...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/09

Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Crane Pomerantz, Member, Clark Hill PLC, about the current landscape of health care fraud and abuse investigations. They discuss government enforcement under the previous administration, notable recent settlements, and enforcement priorities under the current administration. Clark is the author of AHLA Health Care Fraud and Abuse Investigations Handbook, Third Edition. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group. Watch ...

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21:59

Health Care Corporate Governance: Developments in...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/06

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the concept of “refreshment” and how health care systems can use this concept to effectively address board turnover. They discuss various refreshment tools such as director removal, term limits, mandatory retirement, evaluation mechanisms, director offboarding, and fitness to serve, as well as when to use exceptions in a board refreshment policy....

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44:40

Career Journeys in Health Tax Law

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/05/02

Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Marlene Zieah, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, and Maverick Flowers, Associate, Polsinelli PC, about their experiences as tax lawyers in the health care space and how to get into this area. Marlene and Maverick share what led them to tax law, the ins-and-outs of pursuing a Tax LLM, misconceptions about practicing in this area, the intersection of tax law and health law, practicing tax law at a large law fir...

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28:22

HHS’ Withdrawal of the Richardson Waiver and New...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/04/29

In March, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew the Richardson Waiver, a policy under which HHS voluntarily undertook notice-and-comment rulemaking in circumstances where it wouldn’t otherwise need to. HHS also issued a new Statement of Organization for the Office of the General Counsel (HHS-OGC), which, among other things, may signal an effort to consolidate and expand HHS-OGC’s authority. Jaime Jones, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, and Brenna Jenny, Partner, Sidley Austin ...

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43:01

The Community Health Network Settlement: A Valuator’s...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/04/25

Community Health Network, Inc. of Indiana (CHN) entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in December 2023 to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act. The settlement amount of $345 million was the largest settlement of its kind in history. Dave Hesselink, Managing Principal, SullivanCotter, A.J. Orille, Consulting Principal, SullivanCotter, and Mark Ryberg, Practice Leader, Physician Workforce, SullivanCotter, discuss the particulars of the 2023 CHN settlement w...

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50:09

The “Wild West” of AI and Health Care Compliance

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/04/22

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is skyrocketing across the health care industry and innovation is booming, but regulation is struggling to keep pace. Dennis Breen, Managing Partner, Source 1 Healthcare Solutions, speaks with Alicia Shickle, President and CEO, ProCode Compliance Solutions, David Bolden, Senior Health Care Compliance Consultant, and Lyman Sornberger, CEO, Lyman Healthcare Solutions, about how the health care industry can remain compliant in this rapidly evolving environme...

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30:36

Hospital-Based Specialists: Current Trends and...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/04/18

Hospital-based specialists such as radiologists and anesthesiologists are critical to the operations of health systems. However, the current landscape is creating new challenges between these specialists and health systems. Rich Chasinoff, Director, VMG Health, speaks with Angela Hill, Vice President and General Counsel, Vandalia Health, about how the relationship between specialists and health systems is changing and how health systems are responding. They discuss issues related to reimburse...

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37:15

The Evolving Role of the Chief Compliance Officer

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2025/04/15

Tom O’Neil, Managing Director, BRG, and Jim Hearty, Chief Compliance Officer, DaVita Inc., discuss the various dimensions of the Chief Compliance Officer’s role. They cover issues related to strategic enablement, organizational values and culture, and working with the legal department and the board of directors. Tom and Jim spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Fraud and Compliance Forum in Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by BRG. Learn more about AHLA’s 2025 Fraud and Compliance Forum in Baltimore, ...

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