Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 20, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for October 20, 2026The Eleventh Circuit held in United States v. Chun that the government need only prove a defendant knowingly agreed to accept remuneration for referring patients who could be federally insured to satisfy the Anti-Kickback Statute’s federal health care program element. The opinion…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
US DEA Will Reclassify Marijuana, Ease Restrictions
Summary of article from AP News, by Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans…
US Challenges ‘Bogus’ Patents on Ozempic and Other Drugs in Effort to Spur Competition
Summary of article from AP News, by Matthew Perrone: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging patents on 20 brand-name drugs, including…
How Pharmacies Can Protect Patient Data From Cyber Threats
Summary of article from Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, by Karen Blum: Pharmacies, both large and small, are increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyberattacks due…
Health Care Giant Comes Clean About Recent Hack and Paid Ransom
Summary of article from Ars Technica, by Dan Goodin: Change Healthcare, a US health care services provider, was attacked by ransomware group…
HHS Extends the Antidiscrimination Provisions of the Affordable Care Act to Patient Care Decision Support Tools, Including Algorithms
Summary of article from Epstein Becker Green, by Bradley Merrill Thompson: The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has published its final rule…
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