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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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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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

Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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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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

Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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.

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/.