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Wade Emmert
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 rules and stronger oversight…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 16, 2025
The OIG issued a favorable advisory opinion for a grant-funded family-powered therapy arrangement. The Company’s mission is to provide care for individuals with a certain disorder,…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 2, 2025
Hospital associations challenge new merger notification rules as burdensome and unnecessary. The Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan adopted changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification requirements that…
New Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for Physicians and Health Care Practitioners
Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318) will substantially alter the landscape for non-compete agreements involving physicians and other health care practitioners. This…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 26, 2025
Hospital participation in Medicare accountable care organizations failed to reduce emergency department admission rates, length of stay, or costs for unplanned admissions, according to a new…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 19, 2025
HRSA launched a pilot program on August 1, 2025 that will change how drug manufacturers provide 340B discounts to safety net healthcare providers. Under the new…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 12, 2025
Two Texas healthcare facilities disclosed data breaches affecting nearly 10,000 patients combined. Nova Recovery Center in Wimberley detected unauthorized network access on May 25, 2025, which…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now classifies the Health Center Program as a “Federal public benefit” under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 29, 2025
Health policy experts anticipate the second Trump administration will revive the Geographic Direct Contracting Model that was suspended by the Biden administration before implementation. The model…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 22, 2025
Healthcare organizations face financial losses from compliance failures, with non-compliance leading to penalties, reputational damage, and operational disruption. The company helped an academic institution save $310,000…
