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
USPTO Issues Training Materials to Examiners for Searching FDA and NIH Resources
From Knobbe Martens, by Joseph Mallon, Ashley Morales: On March 20, 2024, the USPTO issued an alert about new training materials for…
Texas Physicians Push for More Regulation Over Med Spas
From KCENTV, by Baylee Bates: Physicians are raising concerns over the lack of regulation and policy enforcement in the medical spa (med…
Behavioral Health Industry Reshaping As a Result of AI
From The National Law Review, Jean Marie R. Pechette, Neal D. Shah, Joelle M. Wilson, Catherine Kozlowski, Matthew T. Lin: Artificial Intelligence…
Health Care Groups Resist Cybersecurity Rules in Wake of Landmark Breach
From CyberScoop, by AJ Vicens and Elias Groll: A devestating cyberattack on payment processor Change Healthcare has spurred discussions in Washington about…
Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Growing Importance of Intellectual Property Valuations
From J.S. Held, by Magi Curtis, Noor Al-Banna, Greg Campanella: Healthcare and life sciences companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of Intellectual…
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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…