Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026False Claims Act settlements and judgments announced in the first half of 2026 total more than $1.8 billion The total includes two nine-figure Medicare Advantage resolutions and a customs duties settlement exceeding half a billion dollars, the largest of its kind. As…
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Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 28, 2026
A Dallas clinical laboratory, its owners, and its investors agreed to pay $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for medically…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 21, 2026
Laboratory Corporation of America will pay $14,500,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare Part B for medically unnecessary urine drug testing under…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 14, 2026
Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of digital mental health company Done Global Inc., was sentenced to six years in prison and a $1 million fine…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 7, 2026
OIG Advisory Opinion No. 26-15 concludes that a home health agency’s payment of subscription fees to a vendor for online referral management software would generate prohibited…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for June 30, 2026
The Justice Department charged 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and licensed medical professionals, in the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown tied to more than $6.5…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for June 23, 2026
OIG Advisory Opinion No. 26-14 grants a favorable determination to a pharmaceutical manufacturer sponsoring free antibody testing to identify patients potentially eligible for its drug. Under…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for June 16, 2026
CMS has proposed a rule that would cut $774.8 billion in state and federal Medicaid spending over 10 years by capping State Directed Payments (SDPs), far…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for June 9, 2026
AI adoption in healthcare has moved from hesitation to integration, with roughly 40% of life sciences organizations reporting AI embedded throughout their operations. The speed of…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for June 2, 2026
OIG has approved an orthopedic surgery provider’s proposed warranty program that refunds concierge fees to patients requiring revision surgery within two years of their initial procedure.…
