Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026False Claims Act settlements and judgments announced in the first half of 2026 total more than $1.8 billion The total includes two nine-figure Medicare Advantage resolutions and a customs duties settlement exceeding half a billion dollars, the largest of its kind. As…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
From Ars Technica, by Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess: Change Healthcare, a prominent healthcare company in the U.S., has been embroiled in…
CMS Issues Hospice Proposed Payment Rule
From King & Spalding, by Kate Karpenko: The CMS has issued a proposed rule for fiscal year 2025 to update Medicare hospice…
Online Tracking Technologies: Updated HIPAA Guidance Creates Uncertainty
From Morgan Lewis, by W. Reece Hirsch, Amy M. Magnano, Michael J. Madderra, Sydney Reed Swanson: The US Department of Health and…
Forecasting the Integration of AI into Health Care Compliance Programs
From Robinson Cole, by Kathleen Healy, Josh Yoo: Healthcare entities need to incorporate AI standards into their compliance programs to manage and…
Pandemic Fraud Suits Have Yielded Over $100 Million, Report Says
From Bloomberg Law, by Daniel Seiden: The Covid-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force has reported that over $100 million has been reclaimed by…
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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…