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
Ten Physicians and Local Execs Indicted in Pharmacy Kickback Scheme
From D Magazine, by Will Maddox: A pharmaceutical kickback scheme in the Northern District of Texas has led to the indictment of…
The Risk of Criminal Charges in Hospice Fraud Cases
From Hospice News, by Holly Vossel: Hospice providers face significant regulatory risks related to False Claims Act (FCA) violations, with potential criminal…
New PCI DSS 4.0 Will Impact the Digital Health, Healthcare Industries
From McDermott Will & Emery, by Mark E. Schreiber, Brian Long, Jonathan Ende: The healthcare industry, particularly digital health, is increasingly adopting…
How Post-Transaction Physician Compensation Structure Affects Fair Market Value of Physician Practices
From VMG Health, by Dylan Alexander, CVA and Gerrit Elzinga, CVA: As of January 2024, there are over 338,000 physician group practices…
Ozempic, Wegovy, and the New Compliance Risks for Providers
From Dentons, by Susan Freed: Increase in Prescription of Diabetes and Obesity Drugs: There has been a significant rise in the popularity…
Recent Articles and More
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…