Episodes

  • Maintaining a Culture of Safety in the Face of Workplace Violence Trends in Health Care
    Dec 23 2025

    Health care is one of the top industries for workplace violence injuries. Sarah R. Skubas, Principal, Jackson Lewis PC, speaks with Jonathan C. Bumgarner, Partner, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about the factors that contribute to workplace violence in the health care industry. They discuss the role of OSHA and other regulatory bodies, state law trends, legal risks and penalties, what’s on the horizon, and top action items to keep employees and patients safe. Jonathan co-authored an article for Health Law Connections magazine about this topic. From AHLA’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RepYqequzpI

    Read Jonathan’s Health Law Connections article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/connections-magazine/article/e8283e8d-8f5b-4497-b953-1f3abc1c4a09/Maintaining-a-Culture-of-Safety-in-the-Face-of-Wor

    Learn more about AHLA’s Labor and Employment Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/labor-and-employment

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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

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    27 mins
  • Representing Physicians: Private Equity, Non-Competes, and Medical Spas
    Dec 19 2025

    Jason Krisza, Shareholder, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA, and Michael Schaff, Shareholder, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA, speak with Sidney Welch, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Lymari Cromwell, Partner, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, and Ashley Creech, Associate, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about three cutting-edge topics that are of increasing importance when representing physicians: private equity transactions, non-compete agreements, and medical spas. They discuss how private equity transactions are structured, the attendant regulatory concerns, and the challenges physician practices encounter when engaging in these transactions; what physician non-competes generally look like, the legal and regulatory environment at the state level, and alternatives to non-competes; and the kinds of services offered at medical spas, how they are regulated, and considerations when structuring them. Jason and Michael are editors, and Sidney, Lymari, and Ashley are authors, of AHLA’s Representing Physicians Handbook, Fifth Edition.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBEZPqAMxCc

    Learn more about AHLA’s Representing Physicians Handbook, Fifth Edition: https://store.lexisnexis.com/ahla/products/ahla-representing-physicians-handbook-ahla-members-grpussku59002.html

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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

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    51 mins
  • Information Sharing in Health Care: Mitigating Risk and Enhancing Cooperation
    Dec 16 2025

    John F. Banghart, Senior Director for Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP, speaks with Errol S. Weiss, Chief Security Officer, Health-ISAC, Inc., about the unique challenges associated with information sharing in the health care sector. They discuss what an ISAC is; what information sharing means in the context of the health care sector and why it is important; legal, regulatory, and compliance risks; risk mitigation strategies; the impact of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; and how to facilitate cooperation in information sharing among various stakeholders. Sponsored by Venable.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRx96w1U70

    Learn more about Venable: https://www.venable.com/

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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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    39 mins
  • OBBBA Updates: Recent CMS Guidance and State and Provider Responses
    Dec 12 2025

    As 2025 closes, the implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (now rebranded as the Working Families Tax Cut Act) on Medicaid continue to ripple through the health care industry. CMS has issued major guidance, and state Medicaid agencies and health care providers are scrambling to implement this guidance at an operational level. Harsh P. Parikh, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Lloyd A. Bookman, Founding Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, and Anne Winter, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, provide updates on the community engagement/work requirements, beneficiary eligibility and coverage requirements, funding and payment reforms, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. They also discuss what challenges might be on the horizon in 2026 and the role of technology.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vIviLRddzI

    Watch Harsh, Lloyd, and Anne’s previous podcast from September 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDYg4KZwL0M

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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

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    58 mins
  • Prior Authorization: Payer and Provider Perspectives As 2025 Closes
    Dec 9 2025

    Kathy Roe, Managing Attorney, Health Law Consultancy, speaks with Dorothy DeAngelis, Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting, and Richelle Marting, Attorney, Marting Law, about the latest trends and developments related to prior authorization, from both the payer and provider angles. They discuss what prior authorization is and why it engenders scrutiny, approaches to easing prior authorization’s administrative burden, the responsible use of artificial intelligence, the impact of the new WISeR Model, and what to expect in 2026. From AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Oi2HnXZOE

    Learn more about AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/payers-plans-and-managed-care

    Learn more about AHLA’s January 8, 2026 webinar on prior authorization: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1705

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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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    37 mins
  • Health Care Corporate Governance: Board Oversight of AI, Part Two—What Does a Framework Look Like?
    Dec 5 2025

    In this special two-part series, Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, about the health care corporate governance oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). In Part Two, they discuss what an AI governance framework might look like, the board/management dynamic, the role of an AI subcommittee, oversight of workforce issues, and whether AI can support board functions.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFnd8VMT1g

    Watch Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKLPJAv0vGQ

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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

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    26 mins
  • Health Care Corporate Governance: Board Oversight of AI, Part One—What Is the Board’s Role?
    Dec 2 2025

    In this special two-part series, Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, about the health care corporate governance oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). In Part One, they discuss the board’s core role regarding AI, the specific details of that role, and the board’s connection to AI deployment decisions.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKLPJAv0vGQ

    Watch Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFnd8VMT1g

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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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    19 mins
  • Beyond Paperwork: Practical Insights for Navigating Fair Market Value and Health Care Transactions
    Nov 28 2025

    How can attorneys better navigate the business realities behind health care transactions, manage compliance pressures, and work with valuation experts in a practical way? Rob Holland, Director, HMS Valuation Partners, speaks with Eric Neff, President, Neff Associates, Ragini Acharya, Partner, Husch Blackwell, and Kyle Faget, Partner, Foley & Lardner, about their “behind the scenes” experiences with fair market value and health care transactions and the tips and strategies they have learned along the way. Sponsored by HMS Valuation Partners.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yRcF_Ef1rw

    Learn more about HMS Valuation Partners: https://hmsvalue.com/

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

    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 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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    42 mins