Health Law Forum 2025: 12 General, 3 Dual

Courses Included

• Health Law Forum 2025: AI in Healthcare – What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Next
  
  

  A real-world look at how AI is reshaping clinical care and transforming medicine separating genuine innovation from hype and exploring what’s next for patient care.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:0.75

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Adam Herbst, Sheppard Mullin, New York
    Adam S. Herbst is a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare practice and a nationally regarded leader at the intersection of law, policy, and healthcare delivery. His career spans nearly three...
  • Neal Patel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
  • Elad Walach, Aidoc, New York
    Elad Walach is a co-founder and CEO of Aidoc. He is an expert in AI with visionary business insights in the healthcare space. Since establishing Aidoc in early 2016, Elad led the company through four...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Regulatory Fraud and Abuse Update
  
  

  This session will provide an update of the latest Fraud and Abuse developments, including federal case law and settlements under the FCA, and OIG and CMS activity.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.50

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Justin Brown, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Mountain Brook
  • Travis Lloyd, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
    Travis Lloyd focuses on complex healthcare regulatory matters. He represents a broad range of healthcare industry clients, including hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers,...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Unlocking the Mystery of Tennessee Jury Verdicts and Quality Improvement Privilege Waiver
  
  

  This session will address the changing healthcare landscape and offer practical advice for lawyers navigating these changes from both a litigator and an in house lawyer.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Laura Baker, Law Offices of John Day PC, Brentwood
    Laura Baker is a Shareholder with the Law Offices of John Day where she handles personal injury, wrongful death, and tort litigation for individuals across the state of Tennessee. In her practice,...
  • Heidi Barcus, Lewis Thomason, Knoxville
    Heidi A. Barcus has been involved in complex litigation involving the areas of professional negligence, medical defense, health care law, long term care, prison health and a wide range of insurance...
  • Amy Hampton, VUMC Office of Legal Affairs, Nashville
• Health Law Forum 2025: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  
  

  The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is a comprehensive legislation that is poised to have a significant impact on the health care industry. Enacted on July 4, the OBBBA reauthorized a number of tax provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while implementing deep reductions and other changes to federal health care spending. Panelists will provide an overview of the OBBBA and its impact with a focus on hospitals and patients in Tennessee. Panelists will also provide an overview of what to expect in the coming months with regard to OBBBA implementation and the legislative and regulatory outlook.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Victoria Hamscho, K&L Gates, Washington
    Victoria Hamscho is a member of the Public Policy and Law practice. Victoria focuses her practice on legislative and regulatory matters impacting large employers and stakeholders in the healthcare,...
  • Wendy Long, Tennessee Hospital Association, Nashville
• Health Law Forum 2025: Enforcement Actions
  
  

  This session will cover current issues in healthcare fraud investigations and the litigation of enforcement actions.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.25

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Kathryn Hays, HCA Healthcare, Inc., Nashville
  • Brian Roark, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
    Brian Roark is head of the Healthcare Fraud Task Force at Bass, Berry & Sims and concentrates his practice on representing healthcare clients facing governmental investigations and related...
  • JD Thomas, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Nashville
    As a former federal prosecutor, J.D. Thomas knows how to respond to sensitive and non-routine criminal, civil, and regulatory matters, including government investigations and prosecutions, qui tam and...
• Health Law Forum 2025: The Legality of DEI & Health Equity Programs Under the New Administration
  
  

  Executive Order 14042 terminated DEI programs and defining illegal discrimination practices in federal government. This session will explore what DEI restrictions mean for employers, compliance requirements and remaining legal pathways for inclusion initiatives. Presenters will detail approaches for healthcare organizations and institutions receiving federal funding navigating this complex legal landscape.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Imad Abdullah, Regional One Health, Memphis
    Imad Abdullah is the chief legal officer at Regional One Health. As the principal attorney and general counsel for the health system, he is responsible for managing all aspects of legal affairs and...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Ethics Update - Old Rules, New Scenarios!
  
  

  Join the panel as we walk you through the updates from the year’s ethics opinions and explore old and new concepts with new scenarios with the help of Artificial Intelligence!

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:1.50General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Sandra Garrett, The Board of Professional Responsibility, Brentwood
    SANDY GARRETT is Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Sandy has been with the Board of Professional Responsibility since October,...
  • Kim Looney, K&L Gates, LLP, Nashville
    Kim Harvey Looney is a partner at Waller Lansden. Ms. Looney provides counsel to hospitals, physician groups and outpatient services providers on day-to-day operational issues related to recruitment...
  • Sheree Wright, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville
    Sheree C. Wright is Executive Director of the Tennessee Bar Association.  Ms. Wright received both her bachelor's degree, magna cum laude , and her law degree from Vanderbilt University, where...
• Health Law Forum 2025: AI Topic & Ethics
  
  

  This session will provide a general introduction to the use of AI in law and the ethics of use. The presenter will cover how lawyers are integrating generative AI into their work, using it for intake process and applications for corporate and litigation while understanding the benefits and risks.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:1.50General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Jason Epstein, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Nashville
    Jason I. Epstein is a business attorney and a partner in the Nashville office. He often serves as outside general counsel and relationship partner to companies in a variety of industries. His areas of...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Controlled Substances Enforcement Review
  
  

  Compliance with federal and state drug laws, including the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), has become a top priority for healthcare organizations—including health systems, physician practices, and pharmacies—given the increased risk of enforcement by the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration). This session will discuss key risk areas for CSA compliance; recent government enforcement actions and settlements involving the CSA; and trends and new developments in government enforcement.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Brian Irving, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
• Health Law Forum 2025: Tennessee Legislative Update and Case Review
  
  

  This annual update focuses on new laws impacting health care lawyers from the 2025 session of the General Assembly and will also recap significant Tennessee state civil appellate court cases and Attorney General opinions affecting health care from the past year.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.50

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Yarnell Beatty, Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville
    A. Yarnell Beatty Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Tennessee Medical Association 2301 21st Avenue, South Nashville, Tennessee 37212-0909 615-385-2100 yarnellb@tma.medwire.org Yarnell...
  • Jerry Taylor, Thompson Burton PLLC, Franklin
    Jerry W. Taylor is a veteran healthcare attorney in the areas of regulatory compliance and administrative law with a focus on state agencies and departments. He has formerly served as General Counsel...
  • Amanda Young, Butler Snow LLP, Nashville
    Amanda Haynes Young practices in the areas of government relations, compliance and regulatory counseling, healthcare law and insurance. She received a B.S., cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Health Care Enforcement: U.S. Attorney’s Offices
  
  

  This session will discuss recent health care enforcement actions across Tennessee in the last year, including both civil and criminal actions. Trends for 2026 will also be explored.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • S. Jae Lim, Asst. United States Attorney, M.D. of Tenn., Nashville
• Health Law Forum 2025: GLP-1s, Telehealth & the Rise of Weight Loss Compounded Drug Products
  
  

  This presentation focuses on the life cycle of an FDA-approved prescription drug product, the legalities of compounding a drug product, and the interplay of telehealth with the health care prescriber in an evolving regulatory environment.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Allison Cohen, Baker Donelson, Washington
  • Matthew Gibbs, Litson PLLC, Nashville
    A regulatory healthcare attorney for over a decade, Matt Gibbs represents clients in credentialing, employment agreements, payor disputes, and government investigations at the local, state, and...
  • Ryan Levy, Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C., Nashville
    Ryan Levy focuses on intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent litigation. He has represented international and domestic companies as both plaintiff and defendant in matters...
• Health Law Forum 2025: Navigating AI in Healthcare Contracts
  
  

  This presentation examines the critical legal considerations when incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into healthcare agreements. As AI systems increasingly support clinical decision-making, diagnostic imaging, and administrative operations, healthcare organizations face novel challenges that traditional agreements fail to adequately address. We will outline key issues and discuss suggested approaches to navigating these complex decisions.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • A.J. Bahou, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville
    A.J. Bahou is Bradley's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practice Leader and an intellectual property attorney who focuses on the intersection of law and technology. A registered patent attorney, trial...
  • Chanley Howell, Foley & Lardner, Jackson