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
Modernizing and Securing Hospital Technology Infrastructure
Summary of article from MedCity News, by Derek Grant: The healthcare industry is undergoing a significant digital transformation, necessitating the modernization of…
How Generative AI Is Shaping Drug Discovery
Summary of article from Healthcare Brew, by Mikaela Cohen: Generative AI is revolutionizing drug discovery by significantly reducing the time and cost…
Texas Judge Upholds Hospitals’ Right to Use Online Tracking Technology
Summary of article from The Record, by Suzanne Smalley: A Texas federal judge ruled that the Biden administration’s policy to limit hospitals’…
PHI Compromised in Cyberattacks on South Texas Oncology and Hematology & Highland Health Systems
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: South Texas Oncology and Hematology (STOH) in San Antonio, TX, and Highland…
Texas Medical Center Institutions Agree to Pay $15M Record Settlement Involving Concurrent Billing Claims for Critical Surgeries
Summary of article from U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas: Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and Surgical…
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