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…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Ransomware Attack on Texas Ophthalmology Practice Exposes Data of 80,000 Patients
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: A Texas-based ophthalmology practice, encompassing Victoria Surgery Center, Victoria Eye Center, and…
Is Your Texas Data Protection Assessment Started?
Summary of article from Data Protection Report, by By David Kessler, Annmarie Giblin, Joe McClendon, Susan Ross: The Texas Data Privacy and…
HHS Agency Launches Program to Improve Cyber Resiliency in Hospitals
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a Department of Health…
Twin Brothers Plead Guilty to $45 Million Healthcare Fraud
Summary of article from D Magazine, by Will Maddox: Drs. Desi and Deno Barroga have admitted to a healthcare fraud scheme involving…
New Practical Guidance for Balancing Fairness, Privacy
Summary of article from IAPP, by Cobun Zweifel-Keegan: The tension between achieving fairness and maintaining privacy in the operation of advanced AI…
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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
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