Health Law Highlights

Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI released the first national guidance for responsible AI implementation in U.S. healthcare systems. The guidance establishes policies for…

Health systems possess the expertise to monitor AI tools but lack the infrastructure to implement comprehensive governance at scale. The Joint Commission and Coalition for Health…

Texas Medical Board now requires physicians to obtain structured consent before providing complementary and alternative medicine therapies. Effective January 2025, the rules apply to any non-conventional…

Shadow AI tools used without IT oversight create security risks that cost healthcare organizations $200,000 more per data breach than sanctioned AI incidents. IBM’s 2025 Cost…

The FDA announced a crackdown on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising on September 9, following a presidential memorandum directing action against misleading advertising practices. The agency issued thousands…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…