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
Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action
Summary of article from MedPage Today, by Associated Press: Relatives of deceased patients are demanding an investigation into a Houston doctor, J.…
Kaiser Permanente Notifying 13.4 Million of Tracker Breach
Summary of article from Gov Info Security, by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported a data breach affecting 13.4 million…
DOJ Releases 2024 COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Report
Summary of article from Morrison Foerster, by Adam Braverman, Kate Driscoll, Kamran Jamil, Brian Kidd, Nathaniel Mendell: The U.S. Department of Justice…
A Regulatory Roadmap to AI and Privacy
Summary of article from IAPP, by Daniel Solove: There is a complex relationship between AI and privacy. AI-related privacy issues are often…
Three Women Contract HIV From Dirty “Vampire Facials” at Unlicensed Med Spa
Summary of article from Ars Technica, by Beth Mole: Unlicensed cosmetic procedures at a med spa have been linked to an outbreak…
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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…