AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

• Prior Authorization: Payer and Provider Perspectives As 2025 Closes

  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=k2Oi2HnXZOELearn 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=1705Essential 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/.

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• Health Care Corporate Governance: Board Oversight of AI, Part Two—What Does a Framework Look Like?

  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=frFnd8VMT1gEssential 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/.

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• Health Care Corporate Governance: Board Oversight of AI, Part One—What Is the Board’s Role?

  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=kKLPJAv0vGQEssential 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/.

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• Beyond Paperwork: Practical Insights for Navigating Fair Market Value and Health Care Transactions

  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_Ef1rwLearn more about HMS Valuation Partners: https://hmsvalue.com/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/.

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• Best Practices for Implementing Physician Compensation Redesign

  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=Ed4QfVsSApILearn more about Stroudwater: https://www.stroudwater.com/ 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/.

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