While completely expected given the steady march of New World screwworm (NWS) from Central America into Texas, the recent finding of an infected dog in New Mexico has focused more attention on this parasitic infestation. I wrote a recent Clinician’s Brief article about it if vets that have access are looking for broader details,
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McGuireWoods HCPE 2026 White Paper Is Now Available
By Trey Andrews
McGuireWoods has released its “HCPE 2026 White Paper: Private Equity in Healthcare and Life Sciences — An Updated Review of 20+ Select Subsector Investment Areas.”
The white paper examines investment trends, opportunities, and challenges across more than 20 healthcare and life sciences subsectors, including behavioral health, cardiology, women’s health, revenue cycle management, ancillary…
West Coast Fraud and AI: DOJ Expands Healthcare Fraud Enforcement into Technology-Driven Markets
On April 30, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of the West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force, a coordinated enforcement initiative focused on healthcare fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and Northern California. The initiative brings together DOJ’s Health Care Fraud Unit and the relevant U.S. Attorney’s Offices for those states, in coordination…
What Comes Next for Telehealth as Virtual Care Continues to Evolve
By Sergio Jones
Telehealth has moved far beyond its early role as a stopgap solution during moments of disruption. Today, it is becoming a foundational part of modern healthcare delivery. Providers, payers, technology platforms, and patients are all adapting to a world where digital access is no longer optional. Instead, it is expected.
As healthcare systems continue to…
When the Microphone Lives on Your Face: Smart Glasses in the Workplace and the Clinic
By Sara Jodka
A practitioner’s guide to recording law, privacy regulation, and compliance exposure as AI eyewear goes mainstream.
The newest generation of smart glasses, which includes Meta’s Ray-Ban line, the Ray-Ban Display, Google’s Android XR devices, and a growing field of competitors, has quietly changed a legal assumption that decades of privacy doctrine were built on: that…
Virtual and Digital Health Digest – May 2026
Regulatory activity in the EU and UK over the past month has focused on AI in health care, health data access, and digital innovation frameworks. Recent regulatory developments in the EU and UK point to a decisive shift from high level policy ambition to the practical mechanics of enabling AI driven health care, with particular…
AI vs Human Doctors: Where Technology Supports Clinical Decision-Making Today
By Sergio Jones
The headlines are provocative: “AI Outperforms Doctors in Diagnosing Breast Cancer,” “Machine Learning Algorithm Predicts Heart Disease Better Than Cardiologists.” It’s natural to wonder if artificial intelligence is poised to replace physicians. But that’s not what the technology is actually doing—and it’s not what will happen. Instead, we’re witnessing something more nuanced and powerful: the…
Virtual and Digital Health Digest – April 2026
Regulatory activity in the EU and UK over the past month has focused on accelerating the alignment of digital, AI, and life sciences regulatory frameworks, alongside increasing scrutiny of data governance and market readiness for emerging technologies. At the EU level, work to simplify and streamline EU AI-related legislation has advanced, with the Council of…
DOJ Launches New FCA Initiative
By Jeff Kaiser
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a new initiative to enhance its working relationship with data miners who bring cases as whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (FCA). The initiative is dubbed “FOCUS,” an acronym for Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics.
There has been a sharp increase in qui tam complaints…
California Hospice Audits and Payment Suspensions: When Enforcement Sweeps Too Broadly
California hospice providers are facing an unprecedented wave of Medicare audits, payment suspensions, and revocations of Medicare contracts. While federal regulators have justified these aggressive enforcement actions as necessary to combat fraud within the hospice industry, many legitimate providers are finding themselves trapped in an enforcement net that has become increasingly broad, disruptive, and unforgiving.…