AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

In this recording of a session that took place during Health Law Week 2021, work group members discuss notable insights and recommendations from AHLA’s April 12, 2021 virtual Health Care Disparities Convener. They share highlights from the discussions that took place on 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. 

Panelists:

• Dawn Hunter, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law
• Vonne Jacobs, Principal & Founder, PHAROS Healthcare Consulting and Creating Equity, LLC
• Ruqaiijah Yearby, Professor, St. Louis University School of Law

Watch the full conversation here. Access the full video and audio of the convener at americanhealthlaw.org/racialdisparitiesinhealthcare.

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This special series highlights AHLA leaders who discuss key moments in their careers, current and future trends in health law, and AHLA’s role in their professional development. In this episode, Chip Hutzler, Director, Horne LLP, interviews Tom Shorter, Partner, Husch Blackwell, who is AHLA President Elect Designate for the 2020-2021 year (President for the 2022-2023 year). Tom talks about his career in health law and how the industry has continued to become more specialized. 

Tom also tells Chip:

• How a physician termination case eventually led him into health law.
• The signal his mentor would sometimes give him when meeting with clients. 
• His favorite city to visit when traveling for work.
• What he tells people who ask him, “What do you do?”
• What his plaque will say when he’s inducted into the “Health Lawyer Hall of Fame.”

 Sponsored by Horne LLP.

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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

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In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Officer, GRAIL, speaks to Leia Olsen, Compliance Officer, Ascension, and Scott Taebel, Partner, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about self disclosures to CMS, OIG, and DOJ, including the benefits, requirements, and expectations. They discuss the strategies that drive an organization’s approach to self disclosures, how the process works for each agency, types of outcomes, and key challenges and issues that providers might face when issuing a self disclosure. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group. Sponsored by BRG.

Listen to April 2021 episode, which discusses the Advisory Opinion process.

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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

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This special series highlights AHLA leaders who discuss key moments in their careers, current and future trends in health law, and AHLA’s role in their professional development. In this episode, Chip Hutzler, Director, Horne LLP, interviews Cindy Reisz, Partner, Bass Berry & Sims, who is AHLA President Elect for the 2020-2021 year (President for the 2021-2022 year). Cindy talks about her career in health law and how the future of health care lies in value-based care.

Cindy also tells Chip:

• How she got into health law after working in Bass Berry’s corporate and securities group.
• How her mentors engaged in “teaching by osmosis.”
• How she deals with information overload.
• Her favorite cities to visit when traveling for work.
• How Bono influenced what her plaque will say when she’s inducted into the “Health Lawyer Hall of Fame.”

Sponsored by Horne LLP.

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/. 

Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Joy Easterwood, Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP, about the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s recently announced eighteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative to support individuals' right to timely access of their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Morris and Easterwood discuss the latest activity on this front and steps that health care organizations can take to ensure they are adhering to the regulations. 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/. 

This special series highlights AHLA leaders who discuss key moments in their careers, current and future trends in health law, and AHLA’s role in their professional development. In this episode, Chip Hutzler, Director, Horne LLP, interviews Craig Holden, Partner, Baker Donelson, who is AHLA President for the 2020-2021 year. Craig talks about his long career in health law, how the industry will develop after the pandemic, and advice he would give to young health law professionals.

Craig also tells Chip:

• How he got into health law and his experiences as an attorney with HHS during the Reagan Administration. 
• Why he transitioned from the government to private practice.
• What a mentor once told him about approaching a major assignment.
• His favorite city to visit when traveling for work.
• What his plaque will say when he’s inducted into the “Health Lawyer Hall of Fame.”

Sponsored by Horne LLP.

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/. 

Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health, explores some of the disruptors that hospitals and health systems are facing as the industry grapples with the effects of the pandemic, as well as strategies to evolve and address the challenges ahead. Some of the disruptors discussed include the growth of telehealth, new market entrants to health care and the role of private equity, the shift to alternative structures that are different from the traditional inpatient service model, and changing M&A strategies.

Rob’s panel includes Mike Englehart, Senior Vice President of Medical Groups and Ambulatory Strategy, Trinity Health, Andre Maksimow, Senior Vice President, Kaufman Hall, and Ben Sutton, Chief Strategy Officer and President of Ambulatory Services, Summa Health.

From AHLA’s Hospitals and Health Systems Practice 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/. 

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/. 

In a follow up to a podcast from February 2021, Gregory Moore, Dickinson Wright PLLC, speaks to Deepti Loharikar, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness, Karen Fessel, Mental Health and Autism Insurance Project, and Alec Green and David Green, Sanford House, about behavioral health payment parity and other issues from the payer, provider, and parent advocate perspectives. They discuss whether recent guidance might make parity compliance more difficult, how to address requirements that function as barriers to accessing mental health care, and specific issues related to SUD treatment. From AHLA’s Behavioral Health Task Force.

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/. 

Bob Chaput, Founder and Executive Chairman, Clearwater, speaks to Leon Rodriguez, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, about the C-Suite and Board-led transformation that is required to manage cybersecurity risks in health care. They talk about how the digitization of health care has driven a greater number of and different types of cyber attacks across the health care ecosystem. They also discuss increased personal liability for health care directors and officers, as well as best Board and C-Suite practices to mitigate that liability. 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/.