AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law

29:19

Health Care Corporate Governance: Compliance...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/10/06

Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine, SullivanCotter, about the latest judicial ruling on a longstanding staple of health care corporate governance—the board’s oversight obligations with respect to corporate compliance. They discuss the Delaware Court of Chancery’s recent decision, at the pleading stage, to dismiss Caremark claims against the officers and directors of the aircraft manufacturer Boeing, and they delve into key takeaways for heal...

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43:16

Health Care Compliance and Legal: The Value of...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/10/02

Mitchell Brie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Empower Healthcare & Compliance Partners, speaks with Guillermo J. Beades, Partner, Frier Levitt, about how compliance and legal professionals can proactively engage with each other to address the legal and regulatory issues facing the health care industry. They share their own real-world experiences navigating the nexus between health care legal and compliance across a range of issues, from risk to artificial intelligence to private e...

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20:47

Structuring Health Care Joint Ventures: Legal...

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2026/09/29

Banee Pachuca, Partner, Winston Taylor, and Taryn Nasr, Director, VMG Health, explore the constantly evolving regulatory landscape impacting joint ventures. They catch up on recent legal developments and enforcement actions affecting joint ventures, including the California AG’s enforcement of corporate practice of medicine laws, Oregon's update to its health care notification statute, and CMS’ enrollment moratorium that paused initial Medicare applications for new hospice providers and home ...

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35:45

Psychedelics in Psychiatry: Early Medical Adoption...

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2026/09/25

Psychedelic therapy is increasingly becoming a part of clinical decision making, as evidenced by Compass Pathways’ announcement earlier this year of successful trial results for COMP360 psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression. Kimberly Chew, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, and L. Alison McInnes, MD, MS, Director of Psychedelic Medicine, Mindful Health Solutions, discuss the clinical realities and legal gray zones of psychedelic therapies as they move from controlled trials into rea...

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38:34

Physician Alignment Strategies Using Value-Based...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/22

For years, health care leaders have focused on value-based reimbursement. Increasingly, the real challenge isn’t simply how health care organizations get paid, but how they organize physicians and operations to perform successfully in a value-based environment. Randy Biernat, Partner, Forvis Mazars, speaks with Jim Wiehl, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, about how health care organizations can use value-based enterprises as physician alignment frameworks. They discuss the various strategic...

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45:36

When Compliance Isn’t Enough: Investigations,...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/18

Lawyers are often involved in risk mitigation discussions or are the first line of communication when hospitals and health systems face adverse events. John Saran, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, speaks with Toby Braun, Founder and Managing Partner, American Special Investigative Group, about why incident management is so important for hospitals and health systems. Citing real-world examples, they discuss the various cyber and physical security threats facing hospitals and health systems a...

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46:57

Why Tax Advisors Care About What’s in the Health Care...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/15

Linda Moroney, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, and Don Stuart, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, discuss the various tax considerations that go into a health care transaction. They cover the role of the tax advisor, the importance of knowing the tax status of the parties involved, how to identify the deal structure and approach the transaction from a tax standpoint, the type of tax due diligence that should be performed, the principal tax provisions in a deal agreement, the tax im...

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43:09

State and Federal Roles in Medicare Marketing and the...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/11

Kathy Roe, Managing Attorney, Health Law Consultancy, speaks with Helaine Fingold, Partner, Epstein Becker Green PC, and Laurie Poulos, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, TRANZACT, about the tension between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and state insurance departments over Medicare Advantage (MA) marketing. They discuss where things stand now and how Medicare Advantage Organizations and agents/brokers can navigate this environment. They also discuss what CM...

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35:41

Deciphering the Dollars: Advanced Medicare Cost...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/08

Greg Etzel, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and Eric Lucas, Managing Director, Baker Tilly, discuss the latest trends and developments related to Medicare cost reporting and appeals. They cover why the Medicare cost report still matters and how it has changed over the years, recent litigation surrounding the cost report, how the wage index impacts hospital reimbursement, issues related to CMS’ low wage index policy and1985 budget neutrality adjustment, the biggest procedural traps fo...

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43:30

Hospital Mergers Under Pressure: The Remedies That...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/04

Ken Field, Health Care Antitrust Practice Leader, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, speaks with Amanda Wait, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, about hospital merger review and the role remedies play in getting deals through a very challenging antitrust environment. They discuss why the remedies question is currently so important for hospital and health system transactions, the impact of multi-jurisdictional review, what’s changed at the federal level regarding remedies, the differences betwe...

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31:17

Health Care Corporate Governance: Emerging Importance...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/09/01

Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about emerging health care workforce issues that require the Board’s attention and how a Board’s human capital/human resources committee can best exercise oversight of these issues. They discuss how these committees can “retool” to address emerging workforce issues, issues related to employee burnout, why retraining employees is a governance issue, the concept of the “degradation of the quality of work,” an...

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44:14

Exploring the Rise of Medicaid Payment Suspensions...

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2026/08/28

Medicaid payment suspensions are one of the most powerful tools the government has in the health care enforcement space, and the current administration has taken a robust approach to their use. Sarah Hall, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green PC, speaks with Clifford Barnes, Managing Partner, Clifford E. Barnes Esq. & Associates LLC, and Tom Barnard, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, about the rise of Medicaid payment suspensions targeting behavioral health p...

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46:05

Transformative Tech Transactions: Contracting...

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2026/08/25

Sean Sullivan, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Alisa Chestler, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, and Betsy Hodge, Partner, Akerman LLP, discuss what health care providers should consider when contracting for AI-enabled tools or other advanced digital health tools like remote patient monitoring platforms and interoperability software. They discuss the current digital health and AI vendor landscape, the legal and regulatory framework, transactional challenges and ...

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32:32

False Claims Act: Latest Trends and Developments

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2026/08/21

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 “falsity” element and the interaction between the FCA and the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, the constitutionality of the FCA’s qui tam provisions and possible Supreme Court intervention, the uptick in FCA investigations and other enforcement d...

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52:15

Best Practices for Legal Oversight of 340B Programs...

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2026/08/18

Emily J. Cook, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, and Kelsey Bagheri, Principal Counsel, UCSF Health, discuss how covered entities and their legal counsel can navigate the current legal and compliance risks associated with the 340B program. They cover recent developments in the 340B program, top 340B compliance myths, the role of pharmacies in 340B oversight, how covered entities can ensure that 340B risks are understood across the entire organization, issues related to vendor arrangement...

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41:15

Who Owns the Pulse? What Health Lawyers Need to Know...

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2026/08/14

When patient data becomes the raw material for AI, who actually governs it and for whose benefit? Mir Masud-Elias, Counsel, Arnold & Porter, and Mala Sahai, Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs, Gladstone Institutes, discuss the shift from data sharing as an administrative function to data licensing as a regulated risk transfer. They cover the multiple regulatory regimes (from state to federal to international); data types and classification risks; ownership, control, ...

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49:46

Duets Done Right: Health Care Joint Ventures in 2026...

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2026/08/11

Jennifer Hutchens, Partner, Dechert LLP, and Thomas Spellman, Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care, discuss the role that joint ventures are currently playing in the health care industry and what to expect when engaging in a joint venture. They cover why joint ventures are so popular right now and issues related to the corporate practice of medicine, the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, antitrust, financial provisions and reporting rights, and restrictive...

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36:17

What Health Care Providers Should Know When...

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2026/08/07

Claire O’Brien, Partner, Brooks Pierce, and Terri Harris, Partner, Fox Rothschild, discuss key considerations and practical insights for health care providers responding to subpoenas and other legal demands. They cover why it may be risky for a health care provider to simply comply with a subpoena or other legal demand; factors that affect a provider response; and issues related to HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, state law requirements, patient-initiated litigation, and enforcement. Claire authored a H...

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31:33

Health Care Corporate Governance: Effective Board...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/08/04

Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about one of the “nuts and bolts” elements of corporate governance—the structure, organization, and operation of board committees. They discuss why this is the perfect time to address committee practice issues; how to create actionable items related to committee practices; considerations related to committee structure, subject matter coverage, charter, and authority; how effective committee practice support...

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44:08

Information Blocking Enforcement on the Horizon:...

AHLA"s Speaking of Health Law ·

2026/07/31

HHS has been implementing rulemaking related to information blocking since the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act a decade ago, and providers have taken note. Dennis Sapien-Pangindian, Founding Attorney, DSP Advocates PC, and Ammon Fillmore, Associate Chief Legal Officer for Information & Technology, AdventHealth, discuss what information blocking is and why it has become a real enforcement issue, the legal framework and compliance risks, the status of OIG enforcement, provider impleme...

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