This is Episode 1 of a two-part series on Advance Directives where host Stephanie Dorvil talks to Nathan Kottkamp of Williams Mullen in Richmond, VA, who is a member of the ABA Post-Acute Care Continuum Task Force about what everyone (not just Boomers and their families) needs to know about advance directives. In advance of National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) on April 16, this is an important topic. Of note, NHDD was founded in 2008 by Nathan Kottkamp, to provide clear, concise, and consistent information on healthcare decision-making to both the public and providers/facilities through th ..read more

In this week’s Hlbytes Roundup, host Andrew Demetriou discusses the bytes on the latest in the Change Healthcare Breach and 340B both submitted by David Ermer. For more on these story and others like it, go to ambar.org/hlsnews and check your inbox every Friday for the next edition of HLbytes ..read more

In this episode, host Ramana Rameswaran is joined by co-presenters Shannon Britton Hartsfield, Health Care partner at Holland & Knight and Jeremy Shapiro-Barr, attorney at the Health Sciences Law Group, to discuss their session Data Strategy and Changing Privacy Regulations being held at the ABA Health Law Section’s 25th Emerging Issues in Healthcare Conference being held in New Orleans on April 3-6, 2024. For more information and to register go to ambar.org/emi2024 ..read more

In this episode, host Jeff Wurzburg is joined by BRG’s Joanna Younts, editor and coauthor of the Health Law Section’s newest publication “A Practical Guide to Reimbursement in Managed Care,” to give us a sneak peak of some of the themes covered in the book. This book provides a detailed historical account of Medicare reimbursement and payment approaches used across nearly all provider types, along with a practical discussion of commercial payer contracting and payment strategies. For more information on the book and how to purchase it, go to https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/435774 ..read more

In this week’s Hlbytes Roundup, host Jeff Wurzburg discusses the byte entitled “Ongoing Change Healthcare Breach” submitted by David Ermer and more. For more on this story and others like it, go to ambar.org/hlsnews and check your inbox every Friday for the next edition of HLbytes ..read more

In this episode, we are joined by Ramana Rameswaran, Health Care partner at Katten, to discuss the truly interactive Beginners Guide Session being held at the ABA Health Law Section’s 25th Emerging Issues in Healthcare Conference being held in New Orleans on April 3-6, 2024. For more information on this session and to register for the conference, visit ambar.org/emi2024 ..read more

In this week’s Hlbytes Roundup, host Andrew Demetriou discusses the byte entitled “Future Coverage Trends Are in Doubt as 16 million Medicaid Enrollees Have Been Dropped” submitted by Erica Lindsay. For more on this story and others like it, go to ambar.org/hlsnews and check your inbox every Friday for the next edition of HLbytes ..read more

In this week’s Hlbytes Roundup, host Ramana Rameswaran discusses the byte entitled “High Profile Challenges to Scope and Breadth of AKS Are Cases to Watch” submitted by Alethea M. Huyser. For more on this story and others like it, go to ambar.org/hlsnews and check your inbox every Friday for the next edition of HLbytes ..read more

In this episode, we are joined by Karen Luong, a leader of Husch Blackwell’s Psychedelics & Emerging Therapies practice to discuss current research on psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders; the legal implications of that research and potential FDA approval; an overview of potential avenues for rescheduling under Right-to-Try laws; lessons learned from the cannabis industry; and the viability of protections under religious use laws ..read more

Join host Jeff Wurzburg and Matt Fisher for a preview of what is to come in Matt’s presentation at the 2023 Washington Health Law Summit. The presentation will provide a broad overview of the myriad uses for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, including how AI can affect the healthcare industry moving forward, what AI means exactly, and how regulations will treat it. WHS is taking place December 11-12 at the Ritz Carlton – Washington DC. To register or to learn more about the program go to ambar.org/whs2023 ..read more