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
Don’t Call It a Breach Rule: FTC Health Breach Notification Rule Has Been Here for Years, Now Updated to Serve as a Backdoor Privacy Regulation
Summary of article from Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by Lynn Percival IV: In December 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Telehealth: Regulatory Questions Amid Legislative Uncertainty
Summary of article from McDermott+Consulting, by Jeffrey Davis, Rachel Stauffer: The article discusses the potential expiration of temporary Medicare waivers for telehealth…
HHS Issues New Affordable Care Act Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Regulations
Summary of article from Seyfarth Shaw LLP, by Kristina Launey, Leon Rodriguez: Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination in…
OCR HIPAA Audit Program to Commence in 2024
Summary of article from The HIPAA Journal, by Steve Adler: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of…
Health Care, AI and Antitrust: Analysis and Next Steps
Summary of article from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, by Dylan Carson, Harvey Rochman: As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in…
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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…