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
Humana Can Challenge Medicare Clawback Rule
Summary of article from Reuters, by Brendan Pierson: Humana can proceed with its lawsuit against a Biden administration rule that enables Medicare…
HHS Must Take Immediate Action to Improve Cybersecurity at Large Healthcare Organizations
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Department of Health and Human…
Avoiding HIPAA Penalties: A Checklist for Covered Entities
Summary of article from Holland & Hart, by Kim Stanger: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) applies to healthcare providers,…
Texas Nursing Homes Face Continued Staffing Shortages, Low Ratings
Summary of article from Community Impact, by Sarah Hernandez: In 2022, the median turnover rate for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses…
Kickbacks and Medically Unnecessary Treatments: Five Major Qui Tam Settlements from May 2024
Summary of article from Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, by Geoff Schweller: In May, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S.…
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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…