Schedule

Elizabeth Long, Major Lindsey & Africa
Teri Champ, Chief Legal Counsel, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Tizgel High, Chief Compliance Officer, Prime Therapeutics
Thad Johnson

• The unique challenges that artificial intelligence poses for health care companies
• How companies are tackling these challenges from both compliance and legal perspectives
• Who in their organizations is being tasked with responsibility for AI
• The various types of AI technologies being utilized at their companies and within the industry

Marleina Davis, Joint Commission
Greg J. Matis, EVP/Chief Legal Officer, Intermountain Health
Christine McCoy, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Ascension

• Introduction: Welcome and introductions; Importance of professional development for in-house counsel; Overview of the presentation agenda
• Defining Professional Development for Lawyers: Key areas of focus; legal skills, business acumen, leadership, communication
• Assessing Team Needs: Methods for identifying skill gaps and development needs; Individual assessments and performance reviews; Team-wide skill audits and surveys
• Coaching and Mentoring: The role of coaching in professional growth; Establishing mentoring relationships within the team; Providing constructive feedback and support
• Development Opportunities & Creating Development Plans: Internal training programs and workshops; External conferences, seminars, and CLE courses; Cross-functional projects and shadowing opportunities; setting SMART goals for professional growth and developing individual development plans
• Fostering a Learning Culture: Encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration; Creating a safe space for asking questions and learning from mistakes; Recognizing and celebrating achievements
• Conclusion: Recap of key takeaways

Robin Ludlow, Chief Legal Officer, Ascension Indiana
Jamie McIntyre, Stout
Kelly Pollock, Assistant General Counsel, Novant Health

This session will cover best practices and lessons learned in supporting the strategic vision and goals of your client organization(s) effectively and collaboratively.

•  As the health care landscape become more complicated, alignment among operators, counsel, and outside support is more important than ever
• A strong team of accountable subject matter experts can serve as the foundation of a more dynamic, nimble, and cohesive strategic plan while establishing a culture of both creativity and preparedness
• Tips for how counsel and consultants can work with clients to clearly define and optimize their role in support of strategic plans: Integrating early, setting clear expectations, and establishing bi-directional lines of communication and feedback
• Eliminating fragmentation among operators and their supporting individuals/teams can occur through education, cross-collaboration, and open discussion about pain points, expectations, and priorities
• Good roadmaps, when successful, lead to better crisis management and risk mitigation as strategic plans (short- mid- and long-term) evolve

Amanda Hayes-Kibreab, King & Spalding LLP

• Actionable strategies for spotting emerging legal, regulatory and litigation trends in 2025 and beyond
• Hands-on tips and tools for using AI and data analytics to manage e-discovery, document review and trial prep
• Practical pre-dispute document management strategies that prepare your organization for disputes before they arrive
• Case-studies and decision-making frameworks for leveraging alternative dispute resolution

As a legal professional in the healthcare sector, you know the unique challenges you are faced – balancing regulatory compliance, managing risk, and ensuring timely contract execution across a complex web of providers, payers, and vendors.

Join CobbleStone Software for a focused session on how AI-driven contract lifecycle management (CLM) can help your team:

• Accelerate contract review and negotiation while maintaining compliance with HIPAA, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Reduce risk exposure through automated analysis of indemnity, liability, and regulatory clauses.
• Streamline third-party agreement workflows with intelligent redlining and clause libraries tailored to healthcare-specific needs.

See how modern CLM tools can help you reclaim your time, reduce legal bottlenecks, and support your organization’s mission with smarter, faster contract management.

Fair Market Value (FMV) compliance is no longer a back-office function—it’s a frontline defense against regulatory risk and a critical lever for strategic alignment. As scrutiny from the OIG and DOJ intensifies, and as physician enterprise structures become more intricate, legal leaders must ensure that FMV determinations are not only defensible—but also operationalized across the enterprise.

In this practical and forward-looking session, Drew Hoffman, a nationally recognized FMV expert from Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting will outline how today’s top health systems are building scalable, audit-ready FMV programs. The session begins with best practices for policies, procedures, and workflows that enable legal teams to maintain consistency, manage risk, and streamline physician contracting. From handling high-volume compensation reviews to structuring specialty-specific arrangements, attendees will gain actionable strategies for strengthening internal FMV governance.

The second half of the session features a live demo of Pinnacle’s innovative FMV online tool—engineered to integrate with internal procedures and help legal and compliance teams accelerate turnaround times, ensure third-party defensibility, and maintain comprehensive documentation across hundreds of provider types. Purpose-built for health systems, this tool turns FMV compliance from a reactive task into a proactive advantage.

Whether you're refining internal processes, scaling physician enterprise support, or responding to increased regulatory oversight, this session will equip general counsel with the insights and tools needed to lead FMV compliance with confidence, clarity, and control.

Marc D. Goldstone, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Wellpath
Tyler G. Jacobsen, VP, CLO, Samaritan Health Services
Charles R. Whipple, EVP, GC, Rochester Regional Health System

In-House Legal Teams vary in size, shape, and scope depending on organization. How do you build a team to provide or prove value to your organization?  Gain insights and practical tips from general counsels that have started, grown or inherited legal teams and strategies to advocate for resources to build the in-house team that your organization needs.

• Where are you starting from? New Department or Established
• Legal Department Scoping–what functions does the Team cover?
  • Legal Services
  • Corporate Governance
  • Compliance
• The build or buy equation–bring in-house or buy outside
• Do you need specialists or generalists?
• Recruiting strategies
  • Local, Hybrid, or Remote
  • Prioritizing skill set vs. organization’s culture/fit

Patrick Braley, Benett Thrasher
Robert Brennan, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs
Heather W. Miller, MultiCare Health

This panel will include discussions on:

• Strategies for working with internal compliance investigators, outside counsel and outside consultants and examining how business and legal functions intersect and impact privilege protections
• Preserving the attorney client privilege and work product protection in compliance investigations without filtering communications and work product through outside counsel, including do’s and don’ts
• Insights into recent case law and enforcement trends that underscore the complexities of privilege for in-house counsel, empowering them with actionable tools to protect confidential communications and advise their organizations effectively
• Avoiding attorney client privilege and work product protection nightmares in compliance investigations

Amanda Hayes-Kibreab, King & Spalding LLP

• Actionable strategies for spotting emerging legal, regulatory and litigation trends in 2025 and beyond
• Hands-on tips and tools for using AI and data analytics to manage e-discovery, document review and trial prep
• Practical pre-dispute document management strategies that prepare your organization for disputes before they arrive
• Case-studies and decision-making frameworks for leveraging alternative dispute resolution

Miriam Swedlow (Moderator), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ashley Baynham, Senior Counsel, Litigation, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Ryan Belton, Assistant General Counsel, PeaceHealth

An exploration of the tools the government uses to initiate and conduct potential enforcement actions and best practices to mitigate risk. The didactic presentation will:

• Provide an overview of the various methods the government uses to extract information from health care industry participants, including audits, subpoenas, CIDs, and search warrants
• Utilize real-world hypotheticals to:
  • Outline key considerations and initial steps in responding to government inquiries or investigations
  • Identify actions that may inadvertently increase risk or exposure
  • Highlight the steps necessary to protect privileged and/or confidential information
  • Discuss best practices for before, during, and after initial contact with government agencies

Robin Ludlow, Chief Legal Officer, Ascension Indiana
Jamie McIntyre, Stout
Kelly Pollock, Assistant General Counsel, Novant Health

This session will cover best practices and lessons learned in supporting the strategic vision and goals of your client organization(s) effectively and collaboratively.

•  As the health care landscape become more complicated, alignment among operators, counsel, and outside support is more important than ever
• A strong team of accountable subject matter experts can serve as the foundation of a more dynamic, nimble, and cohesive strategic plan while establishing a culture of both creativity and preparedness
• Tips for how counsel and consultants can work with clients to clearly define and optimize their role in support of strategic plans: Integrating early, setting clear expectations, and establishing bi-directional lines of communication and feedback
• Eliminating fragmentation among operators and their supporting individuals/teams can occur through education, cross-collaboration, and open discussion about pain points, expectations, and priorities
• Good roadmaps, when successful, lead to better crisis management and risk mitigation as strategic plans (short- mid- and long-term) evolve

Patrick Braley, Benett Thrasher
Robert Brennan, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs
Heather W. Miller, MultiCare Health

This panel will include discussions on:

• Strategies for working with internal compliance investigators, outside counsel and outside consultants and examining how business and legal functions intersect and impact privilege protections
• Preserving the attorney client privilege and work product protection in compliance investigations without filtering communications and work product through outside counsel, including do’s and don’ts
• Insights into recent case law and enforcement trends that underscore the complexities of privilege for in-house counsel, empowering them with actionable tools to protect confidential communications and advise their organizations effectively
• Avoiding attorney client privilege and work product protection nightmares in compliance investigations

Kristina Ayers, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan
Won Ha, Vice Chancellor, Communications, University of California
Karen Habercoss, Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, UChicago Medicine
Wendy Kacer, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Office, CommonSpirit Health

• Collaboration before, during and after cybersecurity incidents: How do in-house units (information security, legal, privacy/compliance and communications) work together to prepare for cybersecurity incidents, handle incidents while they are occurring, and remediate post-incident
• Scenarios and small table discussion: Review hypothetical cybersecurity scenarios and discuss at your table how you as in-house counsel might work with other units during such situations
• In-house unit leader input on scenarios: Learn from our distinguished panel unit leaders how they work with other units and how they view their roles during these hypothetical scenarios
• How best in-house counsel can collaborate with respect to incidents: Our panelists will also provide their insights on what works and what doesn’t work when working with in-house counsel on incidents