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
Ozempic’s Success Treating Other Ailments Is Bad News for Rivals
From Bloomberg Law, by Madison Muller: Ozempic, and other GLP-1 receptor agonists, are diabetes medications that have become popular for weight loss.…
False Claims Act Risks for Cyber Device Manufacturers Arising Under New Requirements Subject to FDA Enforcement Beginning October 1, 2023
From GibsonDunn, by Winston Chan, Jonathan Phillips, Gustav Eyler, John Partridge, Christopher Rosina, Carlo Felizardo, and Nicole Waddick: The FDA approval process…
Woman’s Death After IV Therapy Leads to License Suspension for Frisco Anesthesiologist
From D Magazine, by Will Maddox: The Texas Medical Board suspended Frisco anesthesiologist Dr. Michael Gallagher after a mother of four died…
Congress Eyeing Broker Payments Behind Booming Medicare Sales
From Bloomberg Law, by John Tozzi: About 31 million people – more than half of Medicare enrollees – opt to get their…
CMS Publishes Updated Data on Stark Law Voluntary Disclosures
From Policy & Medicine, by Thomas Sullivan: 2022 was a stand-out year for Stark Law self-disclosures. It was the highest year in…
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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…