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Wade Emmert
Healthcare Cybersecurity: Preventing Data Breaches
Summary of article from Security Boulevard, by Rom Carmel: The healthcare sector is facing an escalating threat from cyberattacks, with an unprecedented 725 large data breaches…
Understanding Barriers to Cyber Resilience in Healthcare
Summary of article from HealthIT Security, by Jill McKeon: Cyber resilience in healthcare, which enables swift response and recovery from cybersecurity incidents, faces several barriers including…
Streamlining Hospital Operations, Optimizing Resource Allocation, and Improving Efficiency with AI Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Algorithms
Summary of article from Healthcare IT Today, by Grayson Miller: AI-driven predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing healthcare by streamlining hospital operations, optimizing resource…
Hospitals and AI: Legal Questions, Liability and Consent
Summary of article from Chief Healthcare Executive, by Ron Southwick: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is raising complex legal issues, including the standard…
Texas Company Connected to Alleged Scheme That Billed Medicare $3 Billion for Urinary Catheters
Summary of article from CBS Texas, by Brian New: A Texas-based company, Konaniah Medical Supplies, is implicated in a suspected Medicare fraud scheme involving billing for…
Stark Law-Based FCA Lawsuits Multiply: Relators Targeting Physician Compensation
Summary of article from Davis Wright Tremaine, by Robert G. Homchick, Adam D. Romney, Gavin Keene: Several health systems, including Community Health Network Inc., University of…
How This Southlake Physician Ended Up Serving Federal Time
Summary of article from D Magazine, by Will Maddox: Dr. Rodney Sosa, a Southlake physician, was convicted of defrauding the United States government and sentenced to…
What’s it to You? Justice Scalia’s 41-Year-Old Gatekeeping Question on “Standing” Influences Court to Uphold FDA’s Regulation of Mifepristone
Summary of article from Akerman LLP, by Noam Fischman, Danielle Gordet: On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that doctors and medical associations did…
Texas Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Hear Personhood Case
Summary of article from Epstein Becker Green, by Erin Sutton: The Texas Supreme Court has declined to review the case Antoun v. Antoun, which sought to…
Fort Worth Physicians Assistant Sentenced in Medicare Fraud Case
Summary of article from WFAA, by Ben Sawyers: North Texas physician’s assistant, Ray Anthony Shoulders, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on counts of…