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
Bogus Botox Poisoning Outbreak Spreads to 9 States, CDC Says
Summary of article from Ars Technica, by Beth Mole: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 19 women across…
PE-Owned Health Care Saw Surge in 2023 Bankruptcies, Report Says
Summary of article from Mergers & Acquisitions, by Bloomberg News: Private equity (PE)-backed businesses accounted for about 20% of the 80 bankruptcies…
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…
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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…