Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 25, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 25, 2026The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, vacated the federal regulations governing how insurers calculate the qualifying payment amount under the No Surprises Act. In Texas Medical Association v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, No. 23-40605, decided August 11, the…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Whether “Willful” Under the Anti-Kickback Statute Requires Knowledge that the Conduct is Unlawful
Summary of article from Mintz, by Laurence J. Freedman, Laura E. Martin: The Supreme Court has the opportunity to clarify the definition…
Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Administration’s Restoration of Transgender Health Protections
Summary of article from AP News, by Devna Bose: A federal district court judge has temporarily blocked parts of a Biden administration…
FTC Seeks to Secure First Disgorgement in Nearly a Decade
Summary of article by Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP: The FTC announced that Cardinal Health, Inc. has agreed to pay $26.8 million…
Healthcare Execs Face Federal Drug Charges in Landmark Telehealth Case
Summary of article from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, by Jonathan Ferry, Stephen Moulton, Virginia Wright: Federal prosecutors have charged two healthcare…
Texas Retina Associates Cyberattack Affects 312,000 Patients
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: A cyberattack on Texas Retina Associates, the largest ophthalmology practice in Texas,…
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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…