Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is skyrocketing across the health care industry and innovation is booming, but regulation is struggling to keep pace. Dennis Breen, Managing Partner, Source 1 Healthcare Solutions, speaks with Alicia Shickle, President and CEO, ProCode Compliance Solutions, David Bolden, Senior Health Care Compliance Consultant, and Lyman Sornberger, CEO, Lyman Healthcare Solutions, about how the health care industry can remain compliant in this rapidly evolving environment. They discuss the current challenges and opportunities that AI poses, using AI to navigate compliance, practical tips for the health care industry, and what the future holds. Sponsored by Source 1 Healthcare Solutions.

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Hospital-based specialists such as radiologists and anesthesiologists are critical to the operations of health systems. However, the current landscape is creating new challenges between these specialists and health systems. Rich Chasinoff, Director, VMG Health, speaks with Angela Hill, Vice President and General Counsel, Vandalia Health, about how the relationship between specialists and health systems is changing and how health systems are responding. They discuss issues related to reimbursement and compensation, structuring and negotiating arrangements, and legal considerations. Sponsored by VMG Health.

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Tom O’Neil, Managing Director, BRG, and Jim Hearty, Chief Compliance Officer, DaVita Inc., discuss the various dimensions of the Chief Compliance Officer’s role. They cover issues related to strategic enablement, organizational values and culture, and working with the legal department and the board of directors. Tom and Jim spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Fraud and Compliance Forum in Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by BRG.

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Sandy DiVarco, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and Dan Hettich, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, discuss issues related to Medicare and the practice of law in this area. They cover Medicare reimbursement for hospitals, different licensure requirements, EMTALA, provider-based status and site-neutral care, the Advocate Christ case, and what it’s like as an attorney to practice in a niche area like Medicare law. Sandy and Dan, among others, were authors of AHLA’s Fundamentals of Health Law, Eighth Edition.

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Andrew Mahler, Vice President of Privacy and Compliance Services, Clearwater, speaks with Drew Stevens, Of Counsel, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP, about the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and the evolving landscape of nondiscrimination regulations. They discuss the significance of the final rule on Section 1557 and nondiscrimination in the use of patient care decision support tools, legal frameworks that apply to the use of health AI, how the “deliberate indifference” standard might be applied, how hospitals and health systems can demonstrate they are not being deliberately indifferent to potential discrimination risks in their AI tools, and enforcement trends. Drew recently authored an article for AHLA’s Health Law Weekly about this topic. Sponsored by Clearwater.

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Travis G. Lloyd, Member, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Emily Black Grey, Partner, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson LLP, and Claire M. Turcotte, discuss their experiences representing hospitals and health systems and how the field has changed over the years. They cover issues related to telehealth, site-neutral payments, co-location, and fraud and abuse. Travis, Emily, and Claire are co-editors of AHLA’s Representing Hospitals and Health Systems Handbook, Second Edition.

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Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about the distinction between the role of the health care board and the role of management. They discuss the current landscape of board and management roles and responsibilities, what corporate law says, what governance organizations are saying, the leading duties of board members versus those of management, decisions around organizational risk, and lessons for health care organizations.

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Based on AHLA's annual Health Law Connections article, this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2025. In the tenth episode, Ragini Acharya, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, speaks with William S. Richmond, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, about the latest developments related to state health care transaction review laws. They discuss the growth in the number of states introducing new or expanding current health care transaction review laws; trends related to notice versus consent; the types of transactions these laws apply to; and how parties to transactions should navigate the variation in state timing requirements, contingency planning, and confidentiality of deal terms. From AHLA’s Business Law and Governance Practice Group.

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Security expectations for health tech vendors are rising significantly in the wake of last year’s Change Healthcare cyberattack. Hal Porter, Director of Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker, Partner, Cooley LLP, about how the climate has changed for health tech vendors. They discuss changing contractual security requirements for vendors, key areas where potential vendors are being more vigorously evaluated, managing risk involving AI tools for vendor management, fundamentals of a strong Incident Response Plan, how vendors should respond to the changing regulatory environment, and security recommendations for technology companies and others selling products and services to health care providers. Sponsored by Clearwater. 

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Based on AHLA's annual Health Law Connections article, this special series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2025. In the ninth episode, Adam Laughton, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, speaks with Jennifer Nelson Carney, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about the latest developments related to gender affirming care. They discuss what gender affirming care is; state legislative and medical board activities; the Skrmetti case; Trump Administration executive actions, federal agency memos, and ensuing litigation; and how to counsel health care providers in this rapidly changing environment. From AHLA's Physician Organizations Practice Group.

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