John F. Banghart, Senior Director for Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP, speaks with Errol S. Weiss, Chief Security Officer, Health-ISAC, Inc., about the unique challenges associated with information sharing in the health care sector. They discuss what an ISAC is; what information sharing means in the context of the health care sector and why it is important; legal, regulatory, and compliance risks; risk mitigation strategies; the impact of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; and how to facilitate cooperation in information sharing among various stakeholders. Sponsored by Venable.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRx96w1U70

Learn more about Venable: https://www.venable.com/

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As 2025 closes, the implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (now rebranded as the Working Families Tax Cut Act) on Medicaid continue to ripple through the health care industry. CMS has issued major guidance, and state Medicaid agencies and health care providers are scrambling to implement this guidance at an operational level. Harsh P. Parikh, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Lloyd A. Bookman, Founding Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, and Anne Winter, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, provide updates on the community engagement/work requirements, beneficiary eligibility and coverage requirements, funding and payment reforms, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. They also discuss what challenges might be on the horizon in 2026 and the role of technology.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vIviLRddzI

Watch Harsh, Lloyd, and Anne’s previous podcast from September 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDYg4KZwL0M

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Kathy Roe, Managing Attorney, Health Law Consultancy, speaks with Dorothy DeAngelis, Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting, and Richelle Marting, Attorney, Marting Law, about the latest trends and developments related to prior authorization, from both the payer and provider angles. They discuss what prior authorization is and why it engenders scrutiny, approaches to easing prior authorization’s administrative burden, the responsible use of artificial intelligence, the impact of the new WISeR Model, and what to expect in 2026. From AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Oi2HnXZOE

Learn more about AHLA’s Payers, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/payers-plans-and-managed-care

Learn more about AHLA’s January 8, 2026 webinar on prior authorization: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1705

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In this special two-part series, Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, about the health care corporate governance oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). In Part Two, they discuss what an AI governance framework might look like, the board/management dynamic, the role of an AI subcommittee, oversight of workforce issues, and whether AI can support board functions.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFnd8VMT1g

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In this special two-part series, Rob Gerberry, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summa Health, speaks with Michael Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, about the health care corporate governance oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). In Part One, they discuss the board’s core role regarding AI, the specific details of that role, and the board’s connection to AI deployment decisions.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKLPJAv0vGQ

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AHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Premium 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.

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How can attorneys better navigate the business realities behind health care transactions, manage compliance pressures, and work with valuation experts in a practical way? Rob Holland, Director, HMS Valuation Partners, speaks with Eric Neff, President, Neff Associates, Ragini Acharya, Partner, Husch Blackwell, and Kyle Faget, Partner, Foley & Lardner, about their “behind the scenes” experiences with fair market value and health care transactions and the tips and strategies they have learned along the way. Sponsored by HMS Valuation Partners.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yRcF_Ef1rw

Learn more about HMS Valuation Partners: https://hmsvalue.com/

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Shad Ritchie, Senior Consultant, Stroudwater Associates, and Stacy Gerber Ward, Shareholder, von Briesen & Roper, discuss the various aspects of a successful physician compensation redesign. They cover anchoring the compensation redesign in compliance, working with legal counsel, starting the compensation redesign process, determining fair market value, structuring and implementing an effective compensation plan, and longer-term governance issues. Sponsored by Stroudwater.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed4QfVsSApI

Learn more about Stroudwater: https://www.stroudwater.com/

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Rural health care has been facing significant headwinds, and that was before the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which has introduced additional uncertainty. Donn Herring, Partner, Spencer Fane LLP, speaks with Lori Wightman, CEO, Bothwell Regional Health Center, and Jon Doolittle, President, Missouri Hospital Association, about the unique challenges facing rural health facilities and how government policy has a disproportionate impact on them, focusing on the journey of Wightman’s rural Missouri hospital. Wightman shares some innovative things her hospital is doing to address these challenges while remaining independent, and Doolittle shares how the OBBBA’s Rural Health Transformation Fund is being implemented.

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD7hgRcd-8w

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