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
The Role of Nursing Education in Ensuring HIPAA Compliance
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Dr. Randolf F. R. Rasch: The escalating issue of HIPAA violations by nurses poses…
OCR Increases Focus on Phishing Attacks Against Healthcare Providers
Summary of article from Morgan Lewis, by Amy M. Magnano, Michael J. Madderra: In response to a significant rise in phishing attacks,…
Hacking the Hippocratic Oath: Four Ways to Shield Patients from Ransomware Attacks
Summary of article from MedCity News, by Mohammad Wagas: The healthcare industry is under increasing threat from cyberattacks, highlighting an immediate need…
Will Regulatory Scrutiny Impact Private Equity Investment in Healthcare?
Summary of article from Ankura, by Anthony Metke, Robert Mundy: Private equity (PE) investment in healthcare has grown substantially in the past…
Healthcare Cybersecurity: Preventing Data Breaches
Summary of article from Security Boulevard, by Rom Carmel: The healthcare sector is facing an escalating threat from cyberattacks, with an unprecedented…
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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…