Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 8, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 8, 2026Texas hospitals began losing $27 million a day in Medicaid funding on September 1 after CMS withheld approval of about $9.8 billion tied to the Comprehensive Hospital Increase Reimbursement Program. CHIRP matches roughly $4 billion a year in local hospital taxes with…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
UnitedHealth Paid Hackers $22 Million Ransom
Summary of article from CNBC, by Ashley Capoot: UnitedHealth Group confirmed the company paid a $22 million ransom after hackers breached its…
Rehab Hospital Chain Hack Affects 101,000; Facing 6 Lawsuits
Summary of article from GovInfo Security, by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee: Ernest Health, a Texas-based operator of rehabilitation hospitals, is facing multiple federal…
How ACOs Can Harness AI’s Transformative Potential
Summary of article from MedCity News, by Theresa Hush: Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various sectors, including healthcare, by improving diagnoses, personalizing…
Drugmakers Exposed to Antitrust Probes if Patent Cache Added
Summary of article from Bloomberg Law, by Annelise Gilbert: The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a rule that would…
US DEA Will Reclassify Marijuana, Ease Restrictions
Summary of article from AP News, by Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans…
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Before You Add Peptides to Your Practice
Peptide therapy has moved from elite biohacker circles into mainstream wellness offerings, and the marketing pitches arriving in your inbox suggest the…
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…
No, You Can’t Just Not Take Medicare: What Every Chiropractor Needs to Know
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…