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 September 30, 2025
Shadow AI tools used without IT oversight create security risks that cost healthcare organizations $200,000 more per data breach than sanctioned AI incidents. IBM’s 2025 Cost…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 23, 2025
The FDA announced a crackdown on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising on September 9, following a presidential memorandum directing action against misleading advertising practices. The agency issued thousands…
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 rules and stronger oversight…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 16, 2025
The OIG issued a favorable advisory opinion for a grant-funded family-powered therapy arrangement. The Company’s mission is to provide care for individuals with a certain disorder,…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 2, 2025
Hospital associations challenge new merger notification rules as burdensome and unnecessary. The Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan adopted changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification requirements that…
New Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for Physicians and Health Care Practitioners
Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318) will substantially alter the landscape for non-compete agreements involving physicians and other health care practitioners. This…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 26, 2025
Hospital participation in Medicare accountable care organizations failed to reduce emergency department admission rates, length of stay, or costs for unplanned admissions, according to a new…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 19, 2025
HRSA launched a pilot program on August 1, 2025 that will change how drug manufacturers provide 340B discounts to safety net healthcare providers. Under the new…