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
Feds Levy First-Ever HIPAA Fine for a Phishing Breach
From Govinfo Security, by Marianne Colbasuk McGee: The Department of Health and Human Services has issued the first ever HIPAA fine for…
The Growing Causal Divide: But-For Causation in AKS/FCA Actions
From McGuireWoods, by Renee Kumon, Timothy Fry and Brett Barnett: The District of Massachusetts Court recently joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits…
FDA Issues Revised Off-Label Communications Guidance
From Jones Day, by Anthony Dick, Harrison Farmer, Colleen Heisey, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld, Rebecca Martin: The FDA has issued a revised draft guidance…
CMS Issues Interim Rule in Response to State Medicaid Disenrollment Trend
From Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, by Shane Duer, Knicole Emanuel, Cara Ludwig: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
What Cigna’s FCA Settlement Means for Other Medicare Advantage Plans
From HealthPayerIntelligence, Victoria Bailey: Cigna’s recent brush with False Claims Act violations serves as a reminder that Medicare Advantage organizations should be…
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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…