Omenka Nwachukwu, Principal Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Robert Kantrowitz, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, about the key issues surrounding health care data privacy and the various points of intersection from a regulatory standpoint. They discuss challenges related to inferential data and de-identified data, federal and state privacy laws, the recently proposed American Privacy Rights Act and its implications for the health care sector, risks for health care organizations that share and store data with internationally based partners, and how the Federal Trade Commission’s purview has expanded the regulatory risks associated with health privacy matters. Sponsored by Clearwater.

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Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Charles Oppenheim, Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, about trends, updates, reforms, and developments related to the Stark Law. They discuss the history of Stark and recent reforms, how both new and experienced lawyers can approach Stark, practical applications of the 2021 changes, and best practices for analyzing financial arrangements and creating compliance processes. Charles is the author of the supplement to the Seventh Edition of AHLA’s The Stark Law: Comprehensive Analysis and Practical Guide. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AHLA's monthly podcast featuring health lawyer and blogger Norm Tabler's informative and entertaining take on recent health law and other legal developments.

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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. 

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Health systems are beginning to address the many issues that come with the physician enterprise. Rudd Kierstead, Director, Veralon, speaks with Victoria Sheridan, Counsel, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, Atlantic Health System, about some of the motivating issues, key factors, and main goals related to integrating the physician enterprise. They also discuss issues related to governance and branding. Sponsored by Veralon. 

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Jackie Papish, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and Peter Dressel, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, discuss Medicare outlier payments in the health care industry and how providers can navigate issues related to fraud, waste, and abuse. They cover what outliers are in the health care context, how the government deals with outliers from a reimbursement perspective, a history of outlier payment government enforcement, and how providers can deal with outlier payments that are the focus of a government fraud and abuse investigation. Sponsored by Stout. 

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Lori Foley, Office Managing Principal, PYA, speaks with Jay Dewald, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, about recent trends and developments related to health care acquisitions. They discuss the Biden Administration’s approach to private equity in health care, diligence and the impact of government payers, examples of Travel Act indictments, state approaches to private equity, and key takeaways related to diligence. Sponsored by PYA.

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Lisa Gora, Partner, Epstein Becker Green, and Richard Cheng, Managing Member, Ritter Spencer Cheng, discuss the burgeoning area of psychedelics in the health care industry. They cover some of the driving forces behind the resurging interest in psychedelics, federal and state developments, the contravention between state and federal law, and the future of the psychedelics industry and potential regulatory and legal shifts. Sponsored by Stout.

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