Data, Deals, Developments - Health Law 2026

  • In-person seminar
  • Webcast seminar
  • Health Law
Up to 4.0 Credit Hours
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Data, Deals, Developments - Health Law 2026

Co-produced with the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin

Networking reception immediately following the in-person program is courtesy of von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Healthcare regulations that impact you and your clients

Examine the evolving regulatory and enforcement forces shaping today's healthcare industry and the practical implications they present for attorneys advising providers, health systems, and healthcare businesses. Hear from experienced practitioners on topics including:

  • Sophisticated data analytics to combat healthcare fraud
  • Wisconsin’s regulatory environment and strategies to employ when advising clients
  • Recent litigation on the corporate practice of medicine
  • Wisconsin’s licensure and credentialing environment
12:30 pm
Registration - In-Person Seminar Only
1:00 pm
Don’t Do This at Your Hospital – Healthcare Professionals on Television and the Liberties Hollywood Takes

Kristen N. Nelson, Michael R. Sherer

  • Wisconsin health care licensure landscape
  • Employment and credentialing issues: popular medical shows on television, and how Hollywood takes substantial liberties with rules, regulations and laws.
  • The Wisconsin licensure landscape
  • Employments and credentialing – where licensure, employment and credentialing intersect
  • When Hollywood breaks the rules and why it is useful to notice
1:50 pm
Overview of the Department of Health Services for Health Law Attorneys

Diane M. Welsh

  • Provide an overview of the Department—including its role as regulator, payer, and policy maker
  • Discuss how the Department interacts with various stakeholders, including health care providers—with strategies on how to be heard within the Department
  • Discuss how the Department’s relationships with the federal government, other state agencies, and local agencies—and how this may impact clients
  • Provide an overview of OIG enforcement and audit trends
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm
The Enforcement of the Corporate Practice of Medicine and the Evolution of Management Services Organizations: An Update from the Trenches

Angela M. Rust, Stacy Gerber Ward

  • A refresher on the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine and the recent evolution of CPOM legislation
  • Recent litigation enforcing the ban on the CPOM
  • Fraud and abuse compliance related to CPOM
  • The current evolution of management service organizations
  • Key provisions in Management Agreements
3:45 pm
Follow the Data to Find the Money: The Department of Justice’s Use of Data Analytics to Combat Healthcare Fraud

Michael A. Carter

  • DOJ enforcement priorities and trends in the healthcare sector
  • DOJ’s work with data analytics resources within the government
  • DOJ’s work with data mining firms and the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) Initiative
  • False Claim Act qui tam dynamics in cases with data mining relators
  • Compliance program implications arising from DOJ’s use of data analytics
4:35 pm
Program Concludes
Michael A. Carter
US Attorney’s Office Eastern District · Milwaukee
Stacy Gerber Ward
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. · Milwaukee
Kristen Nelson
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. · Milwaukee
Angela M. Rust
Michael, Best & Friedrich, LLP · Green Bay
Michael R. Sherer
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. · Milwaukee
Diane M. Welsh
Pines Bach, LLP · Madison

  • Stay ahead of emerging enforcement and compliance risks
  • Dive deeper into the regulatory trends, investigative tools, and legal developments affecting healthcare providers and organizations
  • Analyze developing legal and operational issues affecting healthcare organizations
  • Strengthen your ability to advise healthcare clients on complex operational issues involving regulatory oversight, corporate practice of medicine concerns, management arrangements, licensure, employment, and credentialing
  • Gain perspective on Wisconsin’s healthcare regulatory environment
  • Know where healthcare regulation is heading, and what it means for your clients
  • Health law attorneys
  • Employment law attorneys
  • Criminal attorneys
  • Business and corporate law attorneys

Join the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin!

To join the section and attend at the special discounted membership rate, visit wisbar.org/join and login to your account.

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Join us for a networking reception immediately following the in-person program on October 13, 2026. Build valuable professional connections and continue the conversation with fellow Wisconsin attorneys, industry professionals, and program faculty.

Reception courtesy of von Briesen & Roper S.C.

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