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
Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness Considerations Amid CMS Radiopharmaceutical Reimbursement Challenges
From VMG Health, by Carla Zarazua, Preston Edison, and James Tekippe, CFA: Radiopharmaceutical drugs (RPs) are crucial for diagnosing and treating diseases.…
New State Health Privacy Laws—Moving Beyond HIPAA and Recasting Consumer Health Data Rights?
From Jones Day, by Alexis S. Gilroy, Lisa M. Ropple, Ryan P. Blaney, Claire E. Castles, Jennifer C. Everett and Kristen Pollock…
ACA Health Insurance Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
From National Public Radio, by Julie Appleby: Some consumers are being switched from one ACA insurance plan to another without their consent,…
California Enacts First-in-Nation Pharmacy Medication Error Reporting Law
From Husch Blackwell, by Kevin Khachatryan: On October 8, 2023, the California Governor signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a comprehensive pharmacy…
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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…