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 OIG Introduces Managed Care Strategic Plan
From Squire Patton Boggs, by Bevan Blake: In response to the continued growth of managed care in government-sponsored health plans over the…
Patient Privacy: Preventing Data Leakage in Healthcare
From Security Boulevard, by Chantel Rodrigues: Tracking pixels are tiny, invisible images or code snippets embedded in web pages, emails, or mobile…
Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims
From ArentFox Schiff LLP, by D. Jacques Smith , Randall A. Brater , Michael F. Dearington , Nadia Patel , Heather M.…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Key Provisions of the False Claims and Anti-kickback Statutes
From Stevens & Lee, by Charles Honart: The Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit court split on the issue of causation,…
Healthcare AI and HIPAA Compliance
From AI in Healthcare by Dave Pearson: AI can accumulate a large amount of data from many sources. Using large datasets, AI…
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Peptide therapy has moved from elite biohacker circles into mainstream wellness offerings, and the marketing pitches arriving in your inbox suggest the…
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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…