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Health - April, 2013
289 articles
- Wells Fargo To Pay $105M Over MedCap Ponzi Scheme
- NC Assembly Clears Ban On Favored Nations In Health Deals
- Aetna Skirts Docs' False Ad Claim In Reimbursement Fight
- Rural/Metro Board Reaches $6.6M Deal To Settle Buyout Claims
- Compounding Bill May Hand FDA New Power Over Health Care
- Nursing Home Co. Says $25M Buyout Loan Wasn't Funded
- States Look Beyond Medicaid With Latest FCA Expansions
- 6th Circ. Gives ProMedica Another Shot At FTC Suit Coverage
- Fla. House Democrats Stall Session Over Medicaid Fight
- CVS Tells 5th Circ. Patient Info Suit Must Be Arbitrated
- Insurers Get More Time To Apply For Health Exchanges
- Paramedics Ask 5th Circ. To Revive OT Suit
- Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bracewell Employment Pro In Dallas
- Bipartisan Bill Would Expand ACA's Religious Exemption
- What To Know About ACA Collective Bargaining
- Fla. Senate Stands Firm Behind $50B Medicaid Alternative
- 4th Circ. Upholds Forfeitures In Health Fraud Case
- Bankrupt Rotech Seeks To Sack Equity Committee
- Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water
- Merck Escapes Suits Over Prescription Copay Coupons
- Ex-Patient Drops DaVita FCA Suit Over Nurse-To-Patient Ratio
- Justices Urged To Eye Sanctions Rule For 'Baseless' IP Suits
- Union Can't Block Gov.'s Plan To Close Health Centers
- Highmark's $1.1B Deal For West Penn Clears Final Hurdle
- UPMC Can't Avoid Remand In Tax Status Suit, Pittsburgh Says
- DC Circ. Rips NLRB's Take On Exec's Union Remark
- CMS Offers Hospitals Bigger Payments, Bigger Penalties
- LifeCare, Creditors Reach Deal Backing $320M Carlyle Sale
- SUNY Nixes Plan To Close Hospital After City Council Vote
- Lawmakers Question Whether HIPAA Hurts Mental Health Care
- Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, First Reserve, Mechel
- Insurer Balks At Defending Hospital In Dirty Endoscope Suit
- UPMC Blasts Highmark's Bid For Sanctions In Antitrust Row
- Novartis Faces Another DOJ Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
- White House Names FTC's Shelanski To Lead Oversight Body
- Greenberg Fends Off DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
- Fla. House Passes Alternative To Medicaid Expansion
- UPMC Computer, Social Media Policy Violated Law, NLRB Says
- Watchdog Calls For IRS To Step Up ACA Implementation
- Bill Giving FDA New Power Over Compounders Unveiled
- FTC's $195M Phoebe Merger Row Remanded By 11th Circ.
- Mass. Demands Swift Action On Boston Bombing Claims
- Liberty Medical Settles $40 Million Feud With Alere
- National Union Off Hook For $350M UnitedHealth Settlement
- NJ High Court Limits Expert Pool For Med Mal Plaintiffs
- Foley Adds Former K&L Health Care Pro To Boston Team
- HHS Accused Of Playing Favorites With Health Reform Rules
- Attys See Teachable Moment In Greenberg Insider Probe
- Ex-Health Care Boss Found Guilty In $63M Medicare Fraud
- Military Counselors Win Class Cert. In Wage Dispute
- Fla. House Shoots Down Medicaid Expansion
- HHS Revokes Approval Of 2 E-Records Systems
- Greenberg Traurig Grilled On Ties To Political Intel Firms
- Ill. Chronic Pain Bill Will Cost Patients Proper Care, FTC Warns
- Moelis To Pay $5M To End Claims Over Rural/Metro Buyout
- Michael Jackson's Family Seeks Full Medical Records
- Medicare Wage Adjustment Flawed, Hospitals Tell 6th Circ.
- Genesis V. Symczyk: A Win For Employers In The End
- Medical Board Cons Docs Into Recertification, Suit Says
- Senate Confirms Burwell As New OMB Head
- Justices Seem Split On Raising Bar For Retaliation Suits
- Democratic Sen. Blocks Vote On New Medicare Chief
- NY Turns To Insurers To Battle Meningitis Outbreak
- Omnicare Faces Probe Over Possible FCA Offenses, Kickbacks
- CMS Proposes $10M Incentive For Medicare Fraud Tips
- CMS Won't Delay Switch To Pay-For-Performance ACO Model
- Post & Schell Lands Medicaid, Health Care Pro In Philly
- GOP Reps. Blast Administration Over ACA Implementation
- Lead Attys Named In Blue Cross Antitrust MDL
- A Closer Look Into Medicare Part B Inpatient Billing
- A Look At The FCC's Action On RF Exposure Limits
- Fla. Senate Panel Clears Medicaid Expansion Alternatives
- Highmark Objects To Giving UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs
- Archdiocese Pulls Back Bid For Contraception Mandate Docs
- Feds Walk Away From FCA Suit Against Medical Supplier J&B
- SF City Attorney Probing Nevada 'Patient Dumping' Claims
- 7th Circ. Finds American Red Cross Sought To Bust Union
- Fla. Hospital Fired Doctor Over Her Epilepsy, EEOC Says
- Ensign Group To Pay $48M To Settle DOJ's Overbilling Probe
- NYC Can't Flag Hospital Over Medicare Billing, Judge Says
- Sen. Wants Health Insurers' ACA Fees Disclosed To Patients
- Senate Panel Unanimously OKs CMS Chief Nomination
- Don't Let Your Plaintiff Get Away In CEPA Cases
- High Court Poised To Shape Landscape For Retaliation Suits
- Justices Mull Whether AIDS Funding Ban Harms Free Speech
- 6th Circ. Denies Hospital's Bid For $6M Medicaid Waivers
- Challenge To $373M Medicare Contract Award Falls In COFC
- FTC Looks To Speed Up $195M Phoebe Merger Challenge
- UCSF Doctors Shake Claims Over Unsupervised Procedures
- RE Mogul Can Use $25M Loan For Nursing Home Deal
- Saul Ewing's Pittsburgh Office Adds 4 Leech Tishman Attys
- UPMC Sues Pittsburgh, Mayor Over Tax Exemption Dispute
- Greenberg Ends Political Intel Biz Amid Insider Trading Probe
- Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
- OIG's Alert Has Broad Implications With A Hint Of Warning
- 9th Circ. Says Medicare Plan Can't Sue Geico For Hospital Bills
- Obama To Increase Mental Health Reports In Gun Database
- Aetna Needn't Pay $13M Owed By Processor: Texas High Court
- Highmark Hospital Antitrust Suit Halted Amid Affiliation Deal
- NJ Pure Can't Quash Rival Malpractice Insurer's Ads
- $4M Caremark Deal Not Tied To Fee Row, Whistleblower Says
- FLSA Claims Push Highmark OT Suit Into Federal Court
- Universal Health Care Appointed Ch. 11 Trustee
- Fla. Medicaid Alternative Bill Advances Amid ACA Skepticism
- Caremark Can't Shred Junk Fax Suit
- Humana Fires Greenberg Traurig Amid Medicare Leak Probe
- Texas PE Firm Launches $150M Medical Real Estate Fund
- Proposed Texas Dental Bill Indicates Greater Regulation
- Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2
- Africa — Open For Business
- Calif. Lobs $101M Wage Suit At Embattled Hospital Chain
- Tribal Health Co.'s $9M Gov't Contract Suit Not Time-Barred
- Judge Wary Of Attys' Fees In Lap-Band Ads Settlement
- Prudential Policyholders Lose 2nd Round In 'Death Spiral' Row
- Fla. Senate Panel Votes To Cut $230M Insurers Tax Credit
- FDA To Survey Docs, Nurses On Drug Advertising
- UnitedHealth Verdict May Spur HMOs To Toughen Doc Reviews
- Travelers Says Hospital Billed $9M In Fraudulent Charges
- States Take Charge As ACA Threatens To Swamp Primary Care
- Insurers Win Bid To Return Avandia, Paxil Suits To Pa. Court
- 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
- GOP Reps. Blast ACA, Tell Sebelius It's 'Simply Not Working'
- Travelers Off Hook For Employee Theft Row, NY Court Says
- FTC's Opinion On Norman PHO — Significant But Unclear
- Fla. Senate Panel Passes Dueling Health Care Expansion Plans
- DC Circ. Won't Block ACA Rule On Medicare Referral System
- Feds Clear Path For Cos. To Come Clean On Medicare Fraud
- Gun Control Efforts, Background Checks Blocked By Senate
- Sen. Introduces Bill To Mandate Nurse Staffing Ratios
- Liberty Medical Can't Reject $40M Asset Deal, Judge Says
- West American Sinks Appeal Over MRI Kickback Suit Coverage
- 9th Circ. Weighs If Gay Conversion Therapy Is Free Speech
- Fla. Senate Panel Clears Bill To Strengthen State FCA
- Cooley Nabs Ex-Epstein Becker Health Practice Head
- High Court Urged To Revive Pfizer, GSK Price-Fixing Suit
- Health Insurer Dodges TCPA Suit Over Job Recruitment Calls
- Pharma Cos. Say Whistleblower's FCA Case Recycles Old Suits
- Clinics Win Class Cert. In Coventry Workers' Comp Dispute
- Greenberg Health Care Atty Faces SEC Insider Trading Probe
- Carlyle, Palamon Capital Purchase UK Health Services Co.
- Fragmented Workforces: A New Challenge For Employers
- Genesis Ruling Leaves Employer FLSA Strategy Up In The Air
- Medicaid Eligibility Is State's Call, NJ Appeals Court Rules
- Hospital Execs, Docs Arrested Over Medicare Kickbacks
- Scooter Store Gets Nod On $10M DIP Over Trustee's Protest
- Fla. Hospital Shakes Whistleblower's Kickback, FCA Suit
- Fla. Bill Limits Punitive Awards Against Nursing Homes
- Nobel Biocare To Pay Up To $1.3M To Settle Dental Implant Suit
- Plan B Should Be Over-The-Counter, Medical Groups Say
- Kaiser Triumphs In Union Campaign Pay Suit
- Cigna-Insured Judge Denies Conflict In Reduced Benefits Suit
- Fla. Nursing Home Development Bill Clears Senate Panel
- Medicaid Expansion Approved By Ark. House
- West Penn Says $1.6B Highmark Deal Will End Antitrust Suit
- Doctors Hit DOD With Tricare Underpayment Class Action
- Inside The Supreme Court Review Of Oxford Health
- Hospitals Must Re-Evaluate Subcontractor Status
- Offer Of Full Relief Doomed FLSA Suit, High Court Says
- Scooter Store Enters Ch. 11 Amid Medicare Billing Probes
- Psychiatric Hospital, Ex-CEO Can't Dodge FCA Suit
- Catholic Group's Suit Over Contraception Rule Nixed for Now
- Aetna Avoids Arbitration Of Suit Over $99K Ear Wax Removal
- Alere Says Patients Seeking $116M For Data Theft Weren't Hurt
- Judge Resigns From Review Of $120M Aetna Antitrust Deal
- Medicare Law Supports Pared DSH Payments, DC Circ. Hears
- 5 HIPAA Blunders To Avoid At All Costs
- 3 Trapdoors In Surgery Center Investing
- What To Know About CMS' Recently Proposed Rule
- High Court Won't Mull Double Avandia Damages For Insurers
- Liberty Medical Creditors Say $40M Asset Deal Should Stay Put
- Blue Cross Settles With Doctor In Network Exclusion Case
- 11th Circ. Ruling Charts HIPAA Preemption Road Map
- Millennium Disclosures Don't Nix All FCA Claims: 1st Circ.
- Meningitis Plaintiffs' Litigation Team Named In NECC Case
- Medco Bid To Duck Sanctions Meets Whistleblower Resistance
- $967B Proposed HHS Budget Receives Little GOP Pushback
- Fla. House Unveils Medicaid Alternative Plan
- Cigna Sued By Clinic Over Out-Of-Network Coverage
- Fake Doctor Gets 12 Years For Medicare Fraud, Records Theft
- Employment Litigation Forecast: Greater Challenges Ahead
- FTC Revamps Challenge To $195M Hospital Merger
- $2M Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Row Sent To Arbitration
- US Asks Justices Not To Raise Bar For Retaliation Suits
- Fla. Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Reform Bill
- Most Hospitals Use Compounded Sterile Drugs, HHS Says
- Med. IT Co. Can't Block $16M Stock Buy, Appeals Court Says
- Nurse's Gossip May Expose NY Hospitals To Privacy Suits
- Ares, Toscafund To Buy Rest Of Healthcare Locums Stock
- UPMC Hit With New Union-Busting Claims In NLRB Complaint
- Sen. Urges Support For States Pioneering ACA Exchanges
- Lessons From Intermountain's Stark Law Settlement
- Prime Healthcare's Conspiracy Claims Against Kaiser Fall Flat
- Hospitals Push Medicare To Drop Unique Staff Requirement
- Obama's Budget Plan Would Hit Hospitals' Bottom Lines
- Highmark Should Give UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs: Report
- Cooper University Health Picks Up Stake In AmeriHealth NJ
- Polsinelli Adds Ex-Quarles HIPAA Pro To Health Care Group
- NJ Cardiologist Cops To $19M Health Fraud Scheme
- Florida Hospital Co. Sued Over Scheme To Sell Patient Info
- Psychiatric Hospital Workers Denied Class In Wage Suit
- Health Insurance Co. Charged In $9M Va. Tech Fraud
- Va. Takes The Lead In Biosimilar Substitution Law
- UnitedHealth Hit With $500M Punitives Verdict In Hep C Case
- NJ Medical Lab Workers, Doctor Charged In Kickback Scheme
- 4 Industries Facing New Heat From The False Claims Act
- Medical Equipment Firm Wins $30M DIP Financing
- Verizon Must Provide Hospital Hacker Info: NJ Appeals Court
- HIPAA Preempts Fla. Medical Privacy Law, 11th Circ. Says
- CMS, OIG Propose Changes To E-Records Safe Harbor
- Nat'l Century Investors Drop $3B Fraud Suits Against Ex-CEO
- Hospitals Want NIH Research Grant FCA Suit Tossed
- Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bell Nunnally Health Care Litigation Pro
- Beware Pharmacy Record-Keeping Violations
- Senators Voice Strong Support For Confirming CMS Chief
- Blue Cross Hit With $3.8M Verdict for Excluding Doctor
- Human Egg Donors' Price-Fixing Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
- Hospitals Win Delay In Drug Discount Program Deadline
- 5th Circ. Blocks Contractor Claims Against Bankrupt Hospital
- Pa. High Court Could Strike Privilege For Expert Witnesses
- Ala. Won't Enforce ACA Insurance Protections, Gov. Says
- Military Contractor Fights Counselors' OT Class Bid
- HHS Wants Florida To Repay $2.3M In Medicaid Overpayments
- High Court Urged Not To Raise Bar For Retaliation Claims
- $1.6B Highmark-West Penn Merger Backed By Consultants
- J&J Vaginal Mesh Plaintiff Can't Remove Suit From MDL
- Home Medical Co. Checks Into Ch. 11 After Spinoff Struggle
- Cigna, Clinics Escape FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
- NY Hospital Chain Botched Tax Refund Notices, Suit Says
- Antitrust Lessons From Interplay Of Hospitals, Doc Groups
- 'Single Employer' Liable In Union Workers Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
- Miami Clinic Operators Sentenced for $55M Medicare Fraud
- Multiple Theories Not Needed In Expert Report: Texas Justices
- CenturyLink Workers Say They Lost Benefits For Unionizing
- Greenberg Blasts DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
- No Jurisdiction For $4B Medicare Underpay Suit, HHS Says
- Liberty's ACA Challenge Jumps The Gun, 4th Circ. Hears
- DOJ Official Pushes For Trustee In Fla. HMO Bankruptcy
- Lax Ga. False Claims Law May Threaten Medicaid Incentives
- Jury Orders UnitedHealth To Pay $24M Over Hep C Outbreak
- NLRB Dodges DC Circ.'s Reach In LabCorp. Union Suit
- Bausch & Lomb Fires Back At Eye Doctor's Trademark Claims
- FDA Must Make Plan B Available To All Women, Judge Rules
- Highmark Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' UPMC Antitrust Suit
- Doctor Seeks $6.4M For Exclusion From Blue Cross Network
- 9th Circ. Blocks Health Clinics From Recouping Medicaid Cash
- Robbins Geller Lands US Atty For FCA, Securities Team
- Pharmacists Urge Medicare Part D Plans To Follow CMS' Lead
- Military Contractor Can't Arbitrate Counselors' OT Suit
- IRS Details New ACA Rule For Tax-Exempt Hospitals
- Fla. Lawmakers Propel $74B Budgets As Medicaid Row Looms
- Magellan Health Says Rival's $2B Contract With Ariz. Invalid
- Hospital Workers Stiffed On Health Care Payments, Suit Says
- EU Is Ahead Of The Curve On Telehealth
- Wells Fargo Can't Skirt MedCap Ponzi Class Action
- DOL May Expand Bold Plan For Hospitals After Court Ruling
- Dignity Health Underfunded Pensions By $1.2B, Suit Says
- 1st Circ. Rules Against Pfizer In 3 Neurontin RICO Suits
- State Plans To Privatize Medicaid Face Price Pressures
- Lawmakers Flesh Out Medicare Payment Repeal Proposal
- CVS Puts Up $11M To End DEA Prescription Probe
- HHS Aims To Lessen Insurers' Sway In Exchange Outreach
- Intermountain Health To Pay $25.5M To Settle FCA Claims
- Hospitals Sue DOD Over Tricare Underpayments
- Trinity Health Pays $5M To End Nurses' Wage-Fixing Suit
- How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
- Ex-Troutman Atty Loses Appeal Over $120M In Merger Funding
- Gov't Fails To Nix Carlyle's $320M Hospital Group Buy
- NY Hospital Contractor Dodges Prison In Bid-Rigging Case
- Ober Kaler Entices Ex-HHS Counsel To Return
- Medicare Miscalculation Cost Pa. Hospitals $1.8M, Suit Says
- NJ Looks To Promote Review Of Health Benefit Denials
- Nursing Home Can't Ditch $9M Medicare Fraud Verdict
- Battle Lines Drawn Over Delay Of ACA 'Employee Choice' Rule
- Pa. Gov. Sued By Union Over Health Center Closures
- The Next Big Thing For Medical Device Clinical Studies
- What Life Settlement Industry Should Know About HIPAA Rule
- 4th Circ. Wartime Tolling Case Cited In Pa. Kickbacks Suit
- NY Hospital's Closure Delayed Again After 2nd SUNY Vote
- Chamber Asks High Court To Hear Fight Over FCA Changes
- Ex-MoFo IP Partner Disbarred In NY Over Billing Fraud
- In Reversal, CMS Will Boost Medicare Advantage Payments
- Hospitals Ask DC Circ. To Overturn Adverse Medicare Rates
- 6th Circ. Nixes $11M FCA Medicare Violation Penalty
- Morrison & Foerster Nabs Privacy Pro From Foley & Lardner
- Breaking Down The Bartlett Oral Argument
- Jewish, Hindu Groups Back Contraception Rule In 6th Circ.
- Blue Cross Must Review Denied Autism Therapy Claims
- Medco Rips Sanctions In Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Suit
- Blue Cross Accused Of Monopoly In Calif. Class Action