Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 8, 2026
Read the issue: Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 8, 2026Texas hospitals began losing $27 million a day in Medicaid funding on September 1 after CMS withheld approval of about $9.8 billion tied to the Comprehensive Hospital Increase Reimbursement Program. CHIRP matches roughly $4 billion a year in local hospital taxes with…
Recent Health Law Highlights Issues
Up and Up and Up: Accounting for Supply Cost Inflation in Due Diligence
From VMG Health, by Johnny Zizzi, CPA, and Melissa Hoelting, CPA: Inflation-Adjusted Financial Analysis: In periods of high inflation, traditional financial metrics…
Providers Target Insurers in New Surprise Billing Legal Scuffles
From Bloomberg Law, by Sara Hansard: Health care providers are increasingly suing insurers for not making timely arbitration award payments under the…
Texas Medical Board Cracking Down on IV Hydration
From Hendershot & Cowart, PC, by Keith Lefkowitz: The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has addressed the rise of medical business models offering…
Key Considerations for Healthcare Providers Responding to Law Enforcement Requests
From Quarles & Brady LLP, by Simone Colgan Dunlap, Sarah Coyne, Kaitlyn Fydenkevez, Meghan O’Connor: Current HIPAA rules permit healthcare providers to…
HHS-OIG Determines Consultant’s Gift Cards Given to Physicians Recommending Services Do Not Implicate Anti-Kickback Statute
From Barnes & Thornburg, by Jason D. Schultz and Mary Elizabth “Lizzy” Ford: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…
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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…