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
New State Health Privacy Laws—Moving Beyond HIPAA and Recasting Consumer Health Data Rights?
From Jones Day, by Alexis S. Gilroy, Lisa M. Ropple, Ryan P. Blaney, Claire E. Castles, Jennifer C. Everett and Kristen Pollock…
ACA Health Insurance Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
From National Public Radio, by Julie Appleby: Some consumers are being switched from one ACA insurance plan to another without their consent,…
California Enacts First-in-Nation Pharmacy Medication Error Reporting Law
From Husch Blackwell, by Kevin Khachatryan: On October 8, 2023, the California Governor signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a comprehensive pharmacy…
USPTO Issues Training Materials to Examiners for Searching FDA and NIH Resources
From Knobbe Martens, by Joseph Mallon, Ashley Morales: On March 20, 2024, the USPTO issued an alert about new training materials for…
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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…