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Health-e Law Episode 26, Part 2 | AI Adoption in Healthcare: Opportunities, Risks and the Future of Care Delivery

Welcome to Health-e Law, Sheppard’s podcast exploring the fascinating health tech topics and trends of the day. In the second part of this two-part episode, Cora Han, Chief Health Data Officer for University of California...more

BakerHostetler

The Hidden Risk of Legacy Networks Following Mergers and Acquisitions

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Mergers and acquisitions are a frequent growth strategy in healthcare, particularly as hospitals and health systems continue to acquire independent physician practices. While these transactions promise operational...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 9, 2026

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The U.S. Senate passed a reconciliation package on a 52-47 vote on June 5, 2026, that will provide $70 billion in funding to support U.S. immigration enforcement agencies and their activities. After nearly 18 hours of debate...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

AI Transcription Tools in Health Care: What In-House Counsel Needs to Get Right

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In-house counsel should treat artificial intelligence (AI) governance as a legal and compliance priority—not simply a technology decision to be made by the business—because these tools can generate costs and claims that may...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy under pressure: Challenges in the age of AI

Since its enactment, HIPAA has governed how healthcare organizations, providers, and their business associates (BAs) collect, use, disclose, and secure protected health information (PHI)....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Eir Partners Acquires QuartzBio

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Eir Partners has acquired a controlling interest in QuartzBio, according to a news release. QuartzBio, founded in 2012 and based in Frederick, Maryland, is a life science technology company that provides connected sample...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

To win in health tech: Prove ROI or fall behind

If you’re investing and scaling in health tech, the playbook has changed. At McDermott Will & Schulte’s Health Tech Investment Forum, investors, operators, and capital providers emphasized that provable ROI has surpassed...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA seeks input on real-time clinical trials pilot, AI use in studies

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a “real-time clinical trials” (RTCT) pilot program to permit agency reviewers to review study data simultaneously with its collection by investigators. FDA also issued an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pennsylvania Targets AI Chatbot for the Unauthorized Practice of Medicine

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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has alleged an AI company’s chatbot engaged in the unauthorized practice of medicine. This lawsuit not only signals how state regulators are potentially evaluating AI-driven health...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Compliance Considerations and Practical Guidance for Deploying AI Scribes in Healthcare

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Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools to reduce administrative burden and improve efficiency. AI scribes—tools that record audio from clinician–patient interactions and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

From Static Compliance to Living Compliance: How Agentic AI Can Make Health Care Operations Safer

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Health care compliance today is manual, retrospective, and brittle. Humans are expected to remember rules, document decisions, and reconstruct context months later during audits. The result is a system that doesn’t scale —...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast - Inside Telehealth's Growth, Regulation and Access

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Telehealth innovation succeeds only when compliance discipline matches the pace of growth. In this episode of Counsel That Cares, Holland & Knight healthcare regulatory attorney Shalyn Watkins and Receptive CEO Amber Gill...more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Proposes Major Changes To Drug Prior Authorization Processes: What You Need To Know

On April 14, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule that would require faster prior authorization (“PA”) decisions, expand electronic PA to drugs, and increase transparency...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Health+Tech - The Perfect Storm: Cyber Threats, Regulation and AI in Healthcare

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Health+Tech hosts Kristen McDermott Woodrum and Allyson Maur discuss the growing challenges in cybersecurity with Dave Bailey, vice president of consulting solutions and strategy at Clearwater. From the surge of ransomware to...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Council Capital Acquires MedicalServiceQuotes.com

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Council Capital has announced its acquisition of MedicalServiceQuotes.com (MSQ). MSQ, founded in 2009 and based in Castle Rock, Colorado, is a technology platform for payers and employers to procure and manage ancillary...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

A Closer Look At the Rural Health Transformation Program

Since our last update in January, all states have been deemed approved for RHTP funding. Today, we are taking a closer look at how this affects OR, WA, and AK. On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the bill he has...more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Health-e Law Podcast, Episode 25 | Human-in-the-Loop: Bringing AI to Skilled Nursing Facilities

Welcome to Health-e Law, Sheppard’s podcast exploring the fascinating health tech topics and trends of the day. In this episode, Ernie Ianace, founder and CEO of CareAlly, joins partner and host Michael Orlando to explain how...more

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LEAD Vs. ACO REACH - What’s Changing And Why The LEAD Model Matters For ACOs And Participating Providers

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Starting January 1, 2027, LEAD offers a 10-year model (spanning the years 2027-2036) to effectively replace the ACO REACH model when it sunsets on December 31, 2026. Unlike REACH’s 4-year run with periodic benchmark rebasing,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Technology M&A Pulse Newsletter - April 2026

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Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to share with you our first installment of Healthcare Technology M&A Pulse for 2026. This quarterly publication is designed to provide timely insights into the intersection of healthcare,...more

Venable LLP

The FDA READI-Home Challenge: A New Initiative to Reduce Readmissions

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On April 7, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), through its Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), launched the READI-Home (Reducing Readmissions through Device Innovation in the Home) Innovation...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

From hype to execution: Scaling health tech platforms

The next wave of healthcare dealmaking will be won by tech-enabled platforms driving value and efficiency at scale. At McDermott Will and Schulte’s HPE Miami 2026 conference, discussions among investors, operators, regulatory...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] The Interoperability Wars: Information Blocking, EHR Ecosystems, and the Fight Over Healthcare Data - April 21st, 10:00...

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Interoperability has moved beyond a regulatory initiative into a new battleground. The Information Blocking Rule was designed to open healthcare data flows, but its implementation is revealing deeper conflicts over market...more

Jones Day

ACCESS Granted: Outcome and Value-Based CMS Model for Digital Health Management

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") aims to expand digital health technology usage among Medicare beneficiaries and providers under its new Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions ("ACCESS")...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Ready, set, press pause: Legal risks and best practices to implement before recording with an AI scribe

As healthcare providers and institutions explore ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can address persistent operational challenges, attention increasingly turns to AI scribes....more

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MAHA is the “special of the day” at the CMS Quality Conference

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its annual quality conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning with the opening remarks from CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, it was clear that the main theme of...more

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