AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

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AHLA's Speaking of Health Law episodes

August 27, 2021 The Lighter Side of Health Law – August 2021
AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments.
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 min
August 24, 2021Insights From Health Care System Real Estate Counsel
Real estate is an essential element of health care. Goran Musinovic, Vice President, Realty Trust Group, hosts a conversation with four in-house counsel who offer insights into their health systems’ real estate operations. They discuss:
The role of real estate and its impact on organizational decision making.
How the real estate function is staffed and engaging with outside counsel for assistance.
Challenges related to portfolio management and how compliance relates to the real estate function.
Interactions with other departments and fostering a culture of collaboration and communication.
How to measure success as it relates to the real estate function.
Goran’s panel includes Kelly Adams, Corporate Counsel, SCL Health, Kelly Anderson, Associate General Counsel, Baptist Healthcare System, Linda Bielik, System Director and Senior Counsel, CommonSpirit Health, and Mark Wright, Senior Counsel, University of Rochester.

Listen to Goran’s other conversations with health care system real estate directors and health care system real estate compliance officers.
Sponsored by Realty Trust Group.
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/.
56 min
August 20, 2021 AHLA Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care, Part 5: Civic Engagement and Making an Impact
AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.
In Part 5, Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law, moderates this discussion about how community engagement can make an impact on racial disparities in health care, and how an organization can go from declaring an anti-racism policy to making an impact.

Watch the full conversation here. Access full video and audio recordings of the proceedings at americanhealthlaw.org/racialdisparitiesinhealthcare.
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/.
35 min
August 17, 2021 Fraud and Abuse: Career Journeys to Public Service
In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Partner, Goodwin Procter, speaks to Kim Brandt, Partner, Tarplin Downs & Young LLC, about her path to public service, some of the lessons she’s learned from her different positions within the government, the importance of good mentors and large networks, and her thoughts on some of the current hot topics in health care. Kim’s long career in government has spanned leadership positions at CMS, OIG, and Capitol Hill, and culminated in her position as Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations and Policy at CMS from August 2017 to December 2020, where she ran the agency’s day-to-day operations. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group. Sponsored by BRG.
Read more about Kim’s journey and experiences in the September 2021 issue of Health Law Connections magazine.

Listen to the July 2021 episode, which discusses career journeys to compliance.
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/.
28 min
August 13, 2021 AHLA Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care, Part 4: Social and Political Determinants of Health
AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.
In Part 4, Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law, and Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, moderate this discussion about how social and political determinants of health are shaped via institutional practices, training, and workforce; investments in spending to improve health equity; and data collection policies and practices.

Watch the full conversation here. Access full video and audio recordings of the proceedings at americanhealthlaw.org/racialdisparitiesinhealthcare.
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/.
45 min
August 10, 2021 Vaccine Mandates in the Health Care Workplace: What Employers Need to Know
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced health care employers across the country to contemplate vaccine mandates for their employees. Brian Dean Abramson, author of Vaccine, Vaccination, and Immunization Law, speaks to Denise M. Hill, Associate Professor of Practice in Public Administration at Drake University and author of AHLA's recent publication, Vaccine Mandates in the Health Care Workplace: A Legal Analysis for Employers, about the factors employers should consider when deciding whether to implement vaccine mandates at their workplaces. They discuss how to structure a vaccine mandate that accounts for employees who don’t want to be vaccinated, the impact of recent case law and state actions, and ways to engage with vaccine hesitancy.

Watch the full conversation here.
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/.
28 min
August 06, 2021 AHLA Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care, Part 3: Equity in COVID Vaccine Distribution
AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.
In Part 3, Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, and Dru Battacharya, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Advocate Aurora Health, moderate this discussion that delves into distribution of COVID vaccines, and how to attain equity, crisis standards of care, and ethical decision making.

Watch the full conversation here. Access full video and audio recordings of the proceedings at americanhealthlaw.org/racialdisparitiesinhealthcare.
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
August 03, 2021 Cybersecurity Due Diligence in Health Care Transactions
Jon Moore, Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Nathan Salminen, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, about steps that organizations can take to protect themselves from cyber risks in the health care transactions arena. They discuss the different kinds of risks and due diligence issues that organizations face, including those related to representations and warranties and artificial intelligence and machine learning. Sponsored by Clearwater.
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/.
40 min
July 30, 2021 AHLA Convener on Racial Disparities in Health Care, Part 2: Institutional Decision Making
AHLA hosted a one-day virtual convener on April 12, 2021 where participants discussed all aspects of health disparities and equity in health care, social determinants of health, the impact of law on these issues, and what can be done to address these issues now and in the future.
In Part 2, Myra Selby, Partner, Ice Miller, moderates this discussion about how institutional decision-making perpetuates racism, discrimination, bias, and lack of equity, and how organizations can adopt anti-racist policies and procedures.

Watch the full conversation here. Access full video and audio recordings of the proceedings at americanhealthlaw.org/racialdisparitiesinhealthcare.
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
July 27, 2021 The Lighter Side of Health Law - July 2021
AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments.
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/.
9 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…