AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

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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.

  1. 38m ago

    Health Care Corporate Governance: Compliance Oversight and the New Boeing Decision

    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 health care boards. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeHUVUjqdak 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/.

  2. 4d ago

    Health Care Compliance and Legal: The Value of Proactive Engagement

    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 equity and more. Sponsored by Empower Healthcare & Compliance Partners. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsDbkg2f74 Learn more about Empower Healthcare & Compliance Partners: https://empowerhci.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/.

  3. Sep 29

    Structuring Health Care Joint Ventures: Legal Strategies and Fair Market Value Considerations

    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 health agencies. They also review key joint venture structures—including traditional equity joint ventures, management services organizations, and contractual arrangements—and discuss the compliance and regulatory considerations for each model. Banee and Taryn spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference in Nashville, TN. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKRdSwEhhlk Learn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/healthcaretransactions Learn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions eProgram: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1779  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/.

  4. Sep 25

    Psychedelics in Psychiatry: Early Medical Adoption and Practice-of-Medicine Gray Zones

    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 real-world practice. They cover recent developments, the gap between clinical trials and clinical practice, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies, and what good early adoption looks like in the clinical setting. Kimberly and Alison authored a Health Law Weekly article on this topic. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE_HTFUWbG8 Read Kimberly and Alison’s Health Law Weekly article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/health-law-weekly/2026/april/10/psychedelics-in-psychiatry-early-medical-adoption  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/.

  5. Sep 22

    Physician Alignment Strategies Using Value-Based Regulations

    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 opportunities and legal considerations facing health care organizations in this space. Sponsored by Forvis Mazars. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkno5VPo8FU Learn more about Forvis Mazars: https://www.forvismazars.us/ 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/.

  6. Sep 18

    When Compliance Isn’t Enough: Investigations, Threats, and Real-World Risk in Health Care

    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 and how private investigations and effective planning can help providers. From AHLA’s Business Law and Governance Practice Group. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEN9bEuVuj8 Learn more about AHLA’s Business Law and Governance Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/business-law-and-governance  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/.

  7. Sep 15

    Why Tax Advisors Care About What’s in the Health Care Deal Documents and Why You Should Too

    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 implications at deal closing, tax indemnification versus general indemnification, and post-closing tax-related issues. Linda and Don spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference in Nashville, TN. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdUlWh4c8s Learn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/healthcaretransactions Learn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions eProgram: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1779  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/.

  8. Sep 11

    State and Federal Roles in Medicare Marketing and the Inevitable Power Struggle in Governing AI

    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 CMS has had to say about artificial intelligence (AI) and MA marketing, and where CMS and state insurance departments may have concerns about the application of AI to MA marketing. Helaine co-authored a Health Law Connections article about this topic. From AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD4LVRU4zLg Read Helaine’s Health Law Connections article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/connections-magazine/2026/may-june-2026/managed-care-who-calls-the-shots-state-and-federal  Learn about AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/payers-plans-and-managed-care  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/.

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