Duets Done Right: Health Care Joint Ventures in 2026 and Beyond

Jennifer Hutchens, Partner, Dechert LLP, and Thomas Spellman, Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care, discuss the role that joint ventures are currently playing in the health care industry and what to expect when engaging in a joint venture. They cover why joint ventures are so popular right now and issues related to the corporate practice of medicine, the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, antitrust, financial provisions and reporting rights, and restrictive covenants. They also share some hot spots they have seen in their own practices. Jennifer and Thomas spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference in Nashville, TN.Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSAG3bWKVcLearn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions conference: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/healthcaretransactionsLearn more about AHLA’s 2026 Health Care Transactions eProgram: https://educate.americanhealthlaw.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1779 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/.