Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 20, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 20, 2026The Eleventh Circuit held in United States v. Chun that the government need only prove a defendant knowingly agreed to accept remuneration for referring patients who could be federally insured to satisfy the Anti-Kickback Statute’s federal health care program element. The opinion…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Texas Judge Upholds Hospitals’ Right to Use Online Tracking Technology
Summary of article from The Record, by Suzanne Smalley: A Texas federal judge ruled that the Biden administration’s policy to limit hospitals’…
PHI Compromised in Cyberattacks on South Texas Oncology and Hematology & Highland Health Systems
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: South Texas Oncology and Hematology (STOH) in San Antonio, TX, and Highland…
Texas Medical Center Institutions Agree to Pay $15M Record Settlement Involving Concurrent Billing Claims for Critical Surgeries
Summary of article from U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas: Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and Surgical…
Feds Announce Final Penalties for Information Blocking. Hospitals and Medical Groups Aren’t Happy
Summary of article from Chief Healthcare Executive, by Ron Southwick: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has finalized rules to…
Texas Medical Board Adopts Abortion Guidance
Summary of article from The Texas Tribune, by Eleanor Klibanoff: The Texas Medical Board has adopted new guidelines for interpreting the state’s…
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Peptide therapy has moved from elite biohacker circles into mainstream wellness offerings, and the marketing pitches arriving in your inbox suggest the…
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