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AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

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The American Health Law Association (AHLA) is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field. AHLA's Speaking of Health Law podcasts offer thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary on the legal and policy issues affecting the American health care system.

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Episodes
  • CMMI and the Next Generation of Alternative Payment Models
    Jun 30 2026

    Neal Shah, Shareholder, Polsinelli, speaks with Scott Strickland, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, about what the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been doing in the health care space. They discuss examples of some of the more prominent CMMI models, the distinction between CMMI models and traditional CMS models, health care industry responses to CMMI models, what the next generation of CMMI models looks like, and the different approaches that CMMI has taken regarding provider payment obligations. Scott co-authored an article for Health Law Connections on this topic. From AHLA’s Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQysibh0rhY

    Read Scott’s Health Law Connections article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/connections-magazine/article/34b68117-81e2-4c7f-9258-245198a69107/CMMI-and-the-Next-Generation-of-Alternative-Paymen

    Learn more about AHLA’s Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/regulation-accreditation-and-payment

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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

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    42 mins
  • How to Survive… Small and Regional Law Firms
    Jun 26 2026

    Tyler Dysart, Associate, King & Spalding LLP, speaks with Kennedy Bunch, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman PC, Mitchell Surface, Associate, Maynard Nexsen PC, and Parker Zopp, Associate, Jackson Kelly PLLC, about how to survive and thrive at small and regional law firms. They discuss how their pre-law school experiences influenced their decision to pursue careers in health law, how they acquired the skills needed for their specific practices, and how litigation and regulatory/transactional practices differ. They also share how new associates can effectively manage new projects and expectations from senior colleagues, strategies around billable hours, and the biggest perks of working for a small/regional law firm. From AHLA’s Early Career Professionals Council.

    Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fELGfQ2lDQI

    Watch previous episodes of the “How to Survive…” series:

    Large Law Firms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sUU7vYUG4M

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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

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    52 mins
  • Latest Developments in Interoperability Litigation
    Jun 23 2026

    Melissa Soliz, Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, speaks with Brendan Keeler, Interoperability Practice Lead, HTD Health, and Amy Bagge-Smith, General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Arcadia, about the cases that are currently shaping interoperability law and how the health care industry is responding. They discuss which legal theories are gaining traction and which ones are appearing more fragile, impacts on national frameworks and CMS’ Aligned Networks initiative, and how tech innovators and health care providers can navigate this complex environment. Melissa, Brendan, and Amy spoke about this topic on a recent AHLA webinar. From AHLA’s Health Information and Technology Practice Group.

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

    Learn more about the AHLA webinar that Melissa, Brendan, and Amy spoke on: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1772

    Learn more about AHLA’s Health Information and Technology Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/health-information-and-technology

    Essential Legal Updates, Now in Audio

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

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    53 mins
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