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
Labs Take Note New OIG Opinion Highlights That Fair Market Value Per Test Payments Can Still Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute Publications
From Bass, Berry & Sims, by Jennifer E. Michael & Danielle M. Sloane: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office…
HHS OIG Introduces Managed Care Strategic Plan
From Squire Patton Boggs, by Bevan Blake: In response to the continued growth of managed care in government-sponsored health plans over the…
Patient Privacy: Preventing Data Leakage in Healthcare
From Security Boulevard, by Chantel Rodrigues: Tracking pixels are tiny, invisible images or code snippets embedded in web pages, emails, or mobile…
Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims
From ArentFox Schiff LLP, by D. Jacques Smith , Randall A. Brater , Michael F. Dearington , Nadia Patel , Heather M.…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Key Provisions of the False Claims and Anti-kickback Statutes
From Stevens & Lee, by Charles Honart: The Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit court split on the issue of causation,…
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