2026 GAHA Annual Meeting and Health Law Update-GAHA Detaile Agenda for CLE

GAHA Detaile Agenda for CLE

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The 2026 GAHA Annual Meeting & Health Law Update will be held Friday, May 8, at Alston & Bird in Atlanta. The program begins with registration, networking breakfast, and an in-house counsel breakfast, followed by welcome remarks and a full day of health law sessions.<br /><br />Topics include enforcement, ethics, and internal investigations; a federal health policy update; and a state legislative update on key issues from the Georgia General Assembly. Lunch features keynote speaker Tim Jefferson, former CLO and GC of Grady Health System, who will reflect on leadership, judgment, and stewardship in hospital legal leadership.<br /><br />Afternoon sessions cover current trends in joint ventures; digital health and innovation, including virtual care, AI, vendor risk, data rights, cybersecurity, and reimbursement considerations; and a professional liability update focused on the impact of 2025 tort reform, recent trials, and verdict trends.<br /><br />The program also addresses healthcare immigration enforcement and visa strategies, with attention to ICE and DOJ actions, I-9 compliance, visa requirements, and the role of foreign national physicians in underserved communities. The final session examines the professionalism of AI use in the legal profession, highlighting risks related to competence, confidentiality, supervision, and verification of AI-generated work product.<br /><br />The day concludes with a networking reception. Overall, the meeting is designed to provide legal and compliance professionals in healthcare with timely updates on regulation, litigation, governance, and emerging technology.

Keywords

GAHA Annual Meeting

Health Law Update

healthcare compliance

enforcement ethics

federal health policy

Georgia legislative update

digital health

artificial intelligence

professional liability

immigration enforcement