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
HHS Extends the Antidiscrimination Provisions of the Affordable Care Act to Patient Care Decision Support Tools, Including Algorithms
Summary of article from Epstein Becker Green, by Bradley Merrill Thompson: The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has published its final rule…
FDA Proposes Updated Guidance Concerning Cybersecurity of Medical Devices
Summary of article from Jones Day, by Maureen Bennett, Ryan Blaney, Alexis Gilroy, Colleen Heisey, Michael McFerran, Lauren Murtagh: The U.S. Food…
FDA Brings Lab Tests Under Federal Oversight
Summary of article from AP News, by Matthew Perrone: The FDA has finalized a regulation that will gradually introduce oversight for new…
Healthcare Industry Sees Increased Investment in Generative AI, LLMs
Summary of article from Health IT Analytics, by Shania Kennedy: A recent Generative AI in Healthcare Survey reveals that healthcare and life…
FTC Finalizes Changes to Health Breach Notification Rule
Summary of article from Fierce Healthcare, by Heather Landi: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized the revised Health Breach Notification Rule…
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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…