Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 18, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 18, 2026A Houston-area pharmacist was convicted of conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks after paying more than $2 million for patient referrals Tronown Thomas owned and operated Rayford ACP Pharmacy in Spring, Texas, and paid the owner of a Houston clinic for referrals…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
The New Health Privacy Landscape—Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire
From Perkins Coie, by Stephanie Duchesneau, Susan Fahringer, Meredith Halama, Janis Kestenbaum: The legal landscape around health privacy has become much more…
Defending Executive Compensation in Nonprofit Health Care Systems
From American Health Law Association, by Albert Lin, Husch Blackwell LLP, and Connor Campbell, Weaver and Tidwell LLP: This article reviews the…
Advisory Opinion 23-7 OIG Issues Favorable Opinion Regarding Proposal to Pay Bonuses to Its Employed Physicians Based on Net Profits
From Health Law Diagnosis, by Nathaniel Arden & Michael Lisitano: On October 13, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory…
UnitedHealth Defends Lucrative Billing Tactic in Appeals Court
From Bloomberg Law, by Jacklyn Wille: “Cross-Plan Offsetting” is the practice by an insurer of clawing back benefits it says were overpaid…
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.…
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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…