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
AI in the Health Insurance Industry: An Explainer and Research Roundup
Summary of article from The Journalist’s Response, by Rachel Layne: As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in health insurance, U.S. states…
3 Ways AI Can Improve Revenue-Cycle Management
Summary of article from American Hospital Association: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can enhance revenue-cycle management (RCM) in healthcare,…
Privacy Abuses Will Meet ‘Full Force of the Law’ From New Texas Unit, Attorney General Says
Summary of article from The Record, by Joe Warminsky: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced the formation of a new data-privacy…
Lessons Learned From Walmart, Amazon, and Walgreens: Healthcare’s Retail Reset
Summary of article from D Magazine, by Will Maddox: Walmart, Amazon, and other major corporations have struggled to make a profitable venture…
Now is Not the Time to Relax: Record Settlements in Stark Law and False Claims Cases
Summary of article from Lathrop GPM, by Jesse A. Berg: In May 2024, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) settled a…
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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…