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.

  1. 1H AGO

    Integrating HIEs and Digital Health: Where Data Meets Innovation

    Health information exchanges (HIEs) play a vital role in enabling providers and care coordinators to share information in support of patient care. But as telehealth and digital health models expand across state lines, organizations must navigate a patchwork of state laws, consent requirements, and interoperability challenges that often create significant friction in data sharing. Hal Porter, Director of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Sarah Chasson, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer, Particle Health, and Jennifer Geetter, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, about how evolving federal frameworks, state-level variation, and practical implementation challenges are shaping the future of HIE participation for digital health organizations. Sponsored by Clearwater. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtX907OHD84 Learn more about Clearwater: https://clearwatersecurity.com/  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    51 min

  2. 4D AGO

    Behind the Seal: Why DOJ Investigations Drag On—and When They Shouldn’t

    Jackie Papish, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, speaks with Brandon Helms, Shareholder, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about issues that arise during delays in Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations under the False Claims Act (FCA). They discuss potential reasons for these delays and what they mean for providers in terms of time and cost; how a 2023 case from the Fifth Circuit, United States ex rel. Aldridge v. Corporate Management, Inc., illustrated excessive DOJ delays; whether Congress intended for these kinds of delays when it passed the modern FCA; and possible ways to improve the system. Brandon recently co-authored an article in Health Law Connections magazine about this topic. From AHLA’s Hospitals and Health Systems and Fraud and Abuse Practice Groups. Watch this conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuEj2w0wlTs Read the Health Law Connections article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/connections-magazine/article/e157919b-1308-48af-b1a0-d41f1dba2f66/Behind-the-Seal-Why-DOJ-Investigations-Drag-On-and  Learn more about AHLA’s Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/hospitals-and-health-systems Learn more about AHLA’s Fraud and Abuse Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/fraud-and-abuse Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    29 min

  3. MAY 12

    AI Vendor Contracting in Health Care: Practical Realities for Legal and Compliance Teams

    As health systems increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools across clinical, operational, and administrative functions, legal and compliance teams are being asked to navigate new and complex questions around contracting, risk allocation, data use, and regulatory uncertainty. Zach Stephens, Senior Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Carolyn Metnick, Partner, Sheppard, and Lauren Edelman Willens, Senior Counsel, Henry Ford Health, about why AI contracting is different, how organizations are responding, where vendors are pushing back, top “must ask” due diligence questions for AI vendors, the biggest pressure points around data rights and use, issues related to risk and liability, contracting strategies that are proving especially valuable, and common mistakes. Sponsored by Clearwater. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DplWjIIduI Learn more about Clearwater: https://clearwatersecurity.com/  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    50 min

  4. MAY 8

    Health Law Career Journeys: Reflections on Motherhood

    In honor of Mother’s Day, Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Rachel Byrd, Partner, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Kerri Zelensek, Associate General Counsel, Regent Surgical, and Katie Tarr, Shareholder, LBMC, about how motherhood has shaped their health law career journeys. They discuss navigating motherhood while building a successful and meaningful career, how to have full lives inside and outside the office, what they would tell their younger selves, and what they hope their children remember the most about them when they are grown. From AHLA’s Early Career Professionals Council. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCr24wQkktw Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    33 min

  5. MAY 5

    Health Care Corporate Governance: Options for Separating from Problematic Directors

    Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine about how to effectively separate a problematic or disruptive director from board service. They discuss common traits of problematic directors, issues with the power of removal and “for cause” requirements, options available to the board apart from removal, ensuring board understanding of expectations for director conduct, and the concepts of “offboarding” and “fitness to serve.” Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UncbhNabZ20 Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    34 min

  6. MAY 1

    Stark Law: Latest Trends and Developments

    Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Charles Oppenheim, Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, about the current landscape surrounding the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law. They discuss why the Stark Law is so complex and the kinds of issues that attorneys face in this area, how CMS has introduced more flexibility under Stark and ways that health care organizations can incorporate these new flexibilities into their contracting policies, best practices for analyzing arrangements that may overlap with other areas of the law, CMS’ efforts to clarify the “Big 3,” and issues related to value-based exceptions. Charles is the co-author of AHLA’s The Stark Law: Comprehensive Analysis and Practical Guide, Eighth Edition. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse and Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Groups. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O2jbkASdfY Learn more about The Stark Law: Comprehensive Analysis and Practical Guide, Eighth Edition: https://store.lexisnexis.com/ahla/products/ahla-the-stark-law-comprehensive-analysis-and-practical-guide-ahla-members-grpussku59066.html  Learn more about AHLA’s Fraud and Abuse Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/fraud-and-abuse  Learn more about AHLA’s Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/hospitals-and-health-systems  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    33 min

  7. APR 28

    Agentic AI in Health Care: Regulatory Uncertainty, Federal Preemption, and Governance Strategies

    Andrew Mahler, Vice President of Privacy and Compliance Services, Clearwater, speaks with David Peloquin, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP, about the emergence of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care industry and the accompanying legal and regulatory challenges. They discuss how agentic AI differs from earlier forms of AI, why this difference is legally meaningful in health care, some of the significant use cases that are being observed, the state legal and regulatory landscape, issues related to federal preemption and what a durable “patchwork” might look like, enforcement risks and how health care organizations should respond, and the core elements of an effective AI governance framework that can adapt to the changing legal and regulatory environment. David recently co-authored an article in Health Law Weekly about this topic. Sponsored by Clearwater. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Tmqe86Pd8 Read David’s article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/health-law-weekly/article/972e61f2-05a0-487d-987e-38c8b40b4dde/Paging-Dr-Algorithm-Navigating-the-Regulatory-Land  Learn more about Clearwater: https://clearwatersecurity.com/  Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    43 min

  8. APR 24

    How to Survive... Large Law Firms

    Rob Yates, Managing Consultant, BRG, speaks with Emily Palmer, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, Hassan Shaikh, Associate, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, and Tyler Dysart, Associate, King & Spalding LLP, about how to survive and thrive at large law firms. They discuss what drew them to health law and the large law firm setting, the pros and cons of life at a large law firm, what a typical day is like and workload volume, and the skillsets that are crucial to success. They also delve into how junior attorneys can navigate the complex hierarchical teams that are prevalent at large law firms, the challenges that new attorneys face in this setting and how they can approach delegating, how to develop subject matter expertise and grow a network, how billable hour expectations impact development and well‑being, and what they wish they had known during their first year. From AHLA’s Early Career Professionals Council. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sUU7vYUG4M Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast. Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal Education Learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.

    53 min
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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. 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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    American Health Law Association
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    670
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