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
Drugmakers Exposed to Antitrust Probes if Patent Cache Added
Summary of article from Bloomberg Law, by Annelise Gilbert: The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a rule that would…
US DEA Will Reclassify Marijuana, Ease Restrictions
Summary of article from AP News, by Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans…
US Challenges ‘Bogus’ Patents on Ozempic and Other Drugs in Effort to Spur Competition
Summary of article from AP News, by Matthew Perrone: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging patents on 20 brand-name drugs, including…
How Pharmacies Can Protect Patient Data From Cyber Threats
Summary of article from Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, by Karen Blum: Pharmacies, both large and small, are increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyberattacks due…
Health Care Giant Comes Clean About Recent Hack and Paid Ransom
Summary of article from Ars Technica, by Dan Goodin: Change Healthcare, a US health care services provider, was attacked by ransomware group…
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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…