Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026False Claims Act settlements and judgments announced in the first half of 2026 total more than $1.8 billion The total includes two nine-figure Medicare Advantage resolutions and a customs duties settlement exceeding half a billion dollars, the largest of its kind. As…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Patient Privacy: Preventing Data Leakage in Healthcare
From Security Boulevard, by Chantel Rodrigues: Tracking pixels are tiny, invisible images or code snippets embedded in web pages, emails, or mobile…
Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims
From ArentFox Schiff LLP, by D. Jacques Smith , Randall A. Brater , Michael F. Dearington , Nadia Patel , Heather M.…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Key Provisions of the False Claims and Anti-kickback Statutes
From Stevens & Lee, by Charles Honart: The Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit court split on the issue of causation,…
Healthcare AI and HIPAA Compliance
From AI in Healthcare by Dave Pearson: AI can accumulate a large amount of data from many sources. Using large datasets, AI…
HHS-OIG Says Anatomic Pathology Lab’s Purchased Service Arrangement Could Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
From Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, by Jason D. Schultz, Anne B. Compton-Brown, Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ford: U.S. Department of Health and Human…
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HIPAA Update – Q1 2026
The first quarter of 2026 has brought a wave of regulatory activity, enforcement actions, and emerging compliance challenges under HIPAA. From a…
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A growing number of chiropractors are moving away from insurance panels in favor of cash-pay practice models built around direct-pay patient relationships.…
Texas’s New IV Therapy Law: What Patients, Clinics, and Clinicians Need to Know
After a highly publicized death linked to an IV infusion at a Texas spa in 2023, state lawmakers moved to bring clearer…