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American Health Law Association
View AgencyExcellence in health care requires excellence in health law. The American Health Law Association (AHLA) is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field. We maintain excellence in health law by educating and connecting the health law community. Our Mission and Our Members AHLA’s mission is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law. With 12,000 members, AHLA’s membership is diverse not only in background but in their practice areas and settings. Members practice in law and consulting firms; academic, in-house, and in a variety of public sector work settings. They represent the entire spectrum of the health care industry: physicians, hospitals and health systems, health plans and health maintenance organizations, health insurers, life sciences, managed care companies, nursing facilities, home care providers, and consumers.
Message OrganiserHospitals and Health System 2026 Update
Event Overview
Please Note: registration closes at 11:59 PM ET the day before the live event. No further registrations will be accepted once registration has been closed
Live closed captions are available.
Overview: Hospitals and health systems are confronting converging trends in 2026: heightened fraud and abuse enforcement, evolving provider compensation and value‑based care models, shifting valuation expectations in key specialties, and new provider‑based rules affecting outpatient strategy.
Leaders from the AHLA's Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group will examine these developments through a trends discussion grounded in practical experience advising health systems nationwide, and focusing on where we've been and where we may be headed.
Learning Objectives:
Review recent FCA and Anti‑Kickback cases involving provider compensation, coverage, and service line arrangements, and the compliance gaps driving enforcement.
Analyze adoption of VBE structures, use of downside risk, evolving productivity and quality metrics, and increased reliance on data analytics.
Discuss specialty-specific coverage and valuation issues and practical implications of recent provider-based rule developments.
Speaker Information:
Joe Wolfe, Practice Group Leader, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Jackie Papish, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Hayley Coley, Senior Legal Counsel, Humana
Bartt Warner, Managing Director, VMG Health
Alison Hollender, Partner, Husch Blackwell
Continuing Education:
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