Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Director of Consulting Services and Chief Privacy Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Betsy Hodge, Partner, Akerman, and Gina Bertolini, Partner, K&L; Gates, about the activities that are driving HHS/OCR health IT enforcement trends and what that means for the health care industry. They discuss the flurry of recent activity that appears to be setting the stage for major changes related to privacy and security, AHLA’s recently updated HIT Enforcement Summary Tables, trends related to business associates, and how privacy officers can educate their organizations on these issues. From AHLA’s Health Information and Technology Practice Group. Sponsored by Clearwater. To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

Recent HHS/OCR Health IT Enforcement Activity: What’s Driving the Trends?

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Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about how health care corporate boards can effectively exercise oversight of the corporate legal function. They discuss the general counsel’s dual reporting relationship, the history of the corporate responsibility movement, effective monitoring practices, and the significance of the recent Association of Corporate Counsel survey of general counsel. To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

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John Howlett, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Clearwater, speaks with Carolyn V. Metnick, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Vanessa K. Burrows, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, about the current regulatory and legal landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. They discuss some of the most compelling ways health care organizations are using AI; the legal, ethical, privacy, and data security considerations around AI; enforcement activity and consumer lawsuits; and what health care organizations should be doing when getting ready to deploy AI. Carolyn and Vanessa spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals, in New Orleans, LA. Sponsored by Clearwater. To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

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Kim H. Looney, Partner, K&L; Gates LLP, and John E. Kelly, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, discuss the current dynamics of private equity in health care. They cover why private equity is interested in health care and what segments they are most interested in, private equity deal trends, public scrutiny of private equity, federal and state oversight, compliance and regulatory considerations, and risk management. Kim and John spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals, in New Orleans, LA. To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

Private Equity in Health Care: Latest Trends and Developments

AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments. To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

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Kate Heffernan, Member, Epstein Becker Green, and Elizabeth McEvoy, Partner, Hinckley Allen, discuss how research misconduct is regulated in the United States. They cover research integrity as it relates to the law, how approaches to research integrity have changed over the years, how the legal stakes have been raised for institutions and scientists, and proposed regulations related to research misconduct. Kate and Elizabeth spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals, in New Orleans, LA.  To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

Recent HHS/OCR Health IT Enforcement Activity: What’s Driving the Trends?

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