AHLA's Speaking of Health Law
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.
Episodes
691 episodes
Information Blocking Enforcement on the Horizon: Compliance Under the 21st Century Cures Act
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,...
Financing Medicaid Payments: Past, Present, and Future After the OBBBA
Catherine Kirkland, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, and Baxter Morgan, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss the landscape of Medicaid financing a year after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now known as the Working Famil...
Navigating the CCM and RPM Landscape
Two common types of chronic care management and monitoring are chronic condition management (CCM) and remote patient monitoring (RPM). Rachel V. Rose, Rachel V. Rose—Attorney at Law PLLC, and Pam D’Apuzzo, Managing Director, VMG Health, discuss...
States' Renewed Focus on Corporate Practice of Medicine and Its Impact on Health Care Transactions
Jon Joseph, Partner, Christian & Barton, and Taryn Stone, Partner, Ice Miller, discuss recent developments in the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and the effect on health care transactions. They cover different state approaches to CPO...
One Year In: Implementing the Medicaid Provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut Act
One year after the passage of the Working Families Tax Cut Act (formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), states and providers are continuing to grapple with the biggest changes to Medicaid in a generation. Harsh P. Parikh, Partner, Ni...
Distressed Health Care Providers—Key Restructuring Issues for 2026
Bankruptcy can change the balance of power in a dispute with Medicare and Medicaid in a significant way. Augie Curtis, Counsel, Offit Kurman, and Samuel Maizel, Partner, Dentons, discuss key restructuring issues related to distressed Medicare a...
Audit Defense: What Health Care Providers and Attorneys Need to Know
Harriet Wall, President and CEO, LW Consulting, Inc., speaks with Rachel Hold-Weiss, Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, about the ins and outs of Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) audits and corporate integrity agr...
Health Care Corporate Governance: Seeking Clarity on the Role Description of the Board Chair
Rob Gerberry, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, speaks with Michael Peregrine about challenges related to defining the role of the Board Chair. They use the controversy around the recently fired chairman of BP as a case study, discussi...
340B: Latest Trends and Developments
Greg Doggett, Counsel, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, and Felicity Homsted, CEO, FQHC 340B Compliance, discuss the current legal and regulatory landscape of the 340B program. They cover the intersection of 340B with the Inflation Reduct...
CMMI and the Next Generation of Alternative Payment Models
Neal Shah, Shareholder, Polsinelli, speaks with Scott Strickland, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about what the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been doing in the health care space. They discuss exampl...
How to Survive… Small and Regional Law Firms
Tyler Dysart, Associate, King & Spalding LLP, speaks with Kennedy Bunch, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman PC, Mitchell Surface, Associate, Maynard Nexsen PC, and Parker Zopp, Associate, Jackson Kelly PLLC, about how to survi...
Latest Developments in Interoperability Litigation
Melissa Soliz, Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, speaks with Brendan Keeler, Interoperability Practice Lead, HTD Health, and Amy Bagge-Smith, General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Arcadia, about the cases that are currently shaping...
Health Law Career Journeys: Reflections on Fatherhood
In honor of Father’s Day, Alé Dalton, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, speaks with Dougie Barnard, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman PC, and Travis Lloyd, Member, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, about how fatherhood has shap...
Corporate Control of Health Care Providers: Latest Trends and Developments
Rachel Ludwig, Partner, DLA Piper, speaks with John Saran, Partner, Holland & Knight, Regan Parker, CEO, Association for Responsible Healthcare Investment, and Robbie Allen, CEO, U.S. Heart & Vascular, about the latest legal and regulat...
Navigating Regulatory Pitfalls at the Nexus Between Home Health and Infusion
Randy Fearnow speaks with Jaya White, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP, about the regulatory landscape surrounding the growing home infusion industry. They discuss issues related to the Medicare HIT benefit; home infusion-specific state licensu...
Managed Care Plans as Critical Partners in Implementing New Medicaid Program Requirements
Jamie Ostroff, Chief Legal Officer, California Medical Association, speaks with Kinda Serafi, Partner, Manatt Health, and Jarrod McNaughton, Chief Executive Officer, Inland Empire Health Plan, about the role Medicaid managed care plans are play...
Leverage LinkedIn and Other Social Media to Amplify Your Thought Leadership
John Saran, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, and Michael Yalon, National Director, Physician & Provider Recruiting, U.S. Navy, share their social media journeys and how they have used LinkedIn and other platforms to create their own uniqu...
Health Care Corporate Governance: Emerging Trends—Fodder for the Governance Committee
Rob Gerberry speaks with Michael Peregrine about the major corporate governance trends that have popped up in the last six months. They discuss issues related to volatility, corporate responsibility, director and executive succession, competenc...
Preparing Health Care Compliance Programs for AI-Driven Enforcement
Drew Hoffman, Partner, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting, speaks with Darren Skyles, Partner, Nelson Mullins, and Adam Tarosky, Partner, Nixon Peabody, about how health care organizations can best position themselves given regulatory agencies’ pla...
HIPAA Security Rule Enforcement in 2026: Proposed Changes, Current Expectations, and Risk Management
John Howlett, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Iliana Peters, Shareholder, Polsinelli, about the state of HIPAA Security Rule enforcement in 2026, including the pending Security Rule Notice of Proposed ...
Health Care Changemakers: Radha Savitala, President and Chairman, Tenor Health Foundation
Asha Scielzo, Director, Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law, speaks with Radha Savitala, President and Chairman of Tenor Health Foundation, about her work helping hospitals and health systems facing sign...
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 navigat...
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...
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, ris...
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 h...