Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 1, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 1, 2026The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division named healthcare one of five enforcement priorities, singling out telemedicine, Medicare and Medicaid billing, controlled substance diversion, and home health and hospice arrangements. Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald issued the memo, titled The Fraud…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
How Pharmacies Can Protect Patient Data From Cyber Threats
Summary of article from Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, by Karen Blum: Pharmacies, both large and small, are increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyberattacks due…
Health Care Giant Comes Clean About Recent Hack and Paid Ransom
Summary of article from Ars Technica, by Dan Goodin: Change Healthcare, a US health care services provider, was attacked by ransomware group…
HHS Extends the Antidiscrimination Provisions of the Affordable Care Act to Patient Care Decision Support Tools, Including Algorithms
Summary of article from Epstein Becker Green, by Bradley Merrill Thompson: The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has published its final rule…
FDA Proposes Updated Guidance Concerning Cybersecurity of Medical Devices
Summary of article from Jones Day, by Maureen Bennett, Ryan Blaney, Alexis Gilroy, Colleen Heisey, Michael McFerran, Lauren Murtagh: The U.S. Food…
FDA Brings Lab Tests Under Federal Oversight
Summary of article from AP News, by Matthew Perrone: The FDA has finalized a regulation that will gradually introduce oversight for new…
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