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 course, Behavioral Health Law & Compliance 101. From AHLA’s Behavioral Health Practice Group.

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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 to the threat. Kirk and Paul spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2025 Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals conference in Austin, TX. Sponsored by Clearwater.

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 podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.

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 navigating these uncertain times. They discuss issues related to provider-sponsored plans, structuring value-based arrangements with MA plans, how MA plans can maintain margin, CMS’ recent final rule, sustainable MA plan reimbursement, network design and supplemental benefits, and the value drivers of data. From AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group.

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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 podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.