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
Blockchain-Based Healthcare Credentialing: A Solution to High Costs and Administrative Burdens
Summary of article from Cureus, by Ebenezer Chinedu-Eneh, Priya Ramaswamy, Patrick E. Farmer: The healthcare sector faces significant inefficiencies in its credentialing…
Federal District Court Finds Private-Insurer Relator Can Proceed with False Claims Action
Summary of article from The FCA Insider, by Michael Podberesky, Brett Barnett, Stephen Tagert: The U.S. District Court for the District of…
Six Months to Go: HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes Require Additional Diligence
Summary of article from Taft Privacy & Data Security Insights, by Scot Ganow: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has…
Healthcare Scores a B for Cybersecurity
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: SecurityScorecard awarded the U.S. healthcare industry a B+ cybersecurity rating for the…
Cyber Attacks on Health Care Up 136% Last Year
Summary of article from Medical Economics, by Grace Koennecke: In 2023, the US experienced a significant rise in data breaches, with 3,205…
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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…
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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…