Distressed Health Care Providers—Key Restructuring Issues for 2026

Bankruptcy can change the balance of power in a dispute with Medicare and Medicaid in a significant way. Augie Curtis, Counsel, Offit Kurman, and Samuel Maizel, Partner, Dentons, discuss key restructuring issues related to distressed Medicare and Medicaid providers. They cover issues related to jurisdiction, Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements during bankruptcy, offset and recoupment, and suspension of Medicare and Medicaid payments. Augie and Samuel spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2026 Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues in Baltimore, MD. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyuAlhcZPFQLearn more about AHLA’s 2026 Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/medicaremedicaidLearn more about AHLA’s 2026 Medicare and Medicaid eProgram: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1759 Essential Legal Updates, Now in AudioAHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal EducationLearn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.