Health Archive » April, 2012

Health - April, 2012

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• Audit Eyes CMS' Handling Of $30B Health E-Records Program
• WellCare's $138M Medicaid Fraud Payout Gets Judge's OK
• Reps Seek To Bar Abortion Coverage In Exchange Plans
• Losing The 'Empty Chair' At Trial
• Judge Blocks Texas' Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood
• NH Hospitals Ask Feds To Rescue State's Medicaid Program
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Stuart Langbein
• Terra Firma Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy UK Health Co.
• The Perils Of Exchanging Wage Information
• Accretive Blasts Minn. AG's Billing Practices Probe
• Texas Nurse Denied Bail In Record $375M Medicare Fraud
• Accretive Faces Shareholder Suit Over Stock Plunge
• US Floats Requirements For Employer Health Plans
• HHS Has Final Say On Medicare Device Coverage: 4th Circ.
• LifePoint Nabs $31M Slice Of $3B Medicare Settlement
• House Passes Bill To Fund Student Loan Rate Freeze Thru ACA
• Insurer Can't Stop Benefits While 11th Circ. Hears Suit
• Health Group Defends Egg Donor Price Rules In Antitrust Feud
• GOP Seeks Dem Backing For Medicare Premium Support Plans
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Robert Krakow
• Medical Board Not Liable For Summary Rulings, 9th Circ. Says
• The 'Catch' In IRS Proposed Rules For Health Plan Fees
• Statutory Noncompliance Doesn't Always Violate The FCA
• Rep. Asks Feds to Probe Accretive Over Billing Tactics
• Teaching Hospitals Rail Against CMS' Proposed $170M Cut
• ACA Tempts Employers To Drop Health Plans: GOP Report
• Health Law Challengers Make One More Plea On Tax Issue
• Dialysis Co. Says Prior Deal Bars Some FCA Claims
• McKesson Pays $190M To End Drug Price Inflation Claims
• NJ Mayor Charged With Attempted Extortion
• Celesio Fast-Tracks $344M Brazilian Pharmaceutical Buy
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Scot Hasselman
• Insurers Will Issue $1.3B In Rebates Under ACA, Study Says
• Fresenius Makes $4B Offer For German Hospital Operator
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Disbarred Atty Admits To Health Care Fraud Scam
• Student Loan Interest Bill Slated For House Vote
• Brinker Dooms FLSA Meal Break Class, ManorCare Says
• Texas Medical Supply Firm Owners Admit Medicare Kickbacks
• Millennium Says Ameritox Libeled It In Press Release
• Vanguard To Get $40M From CMS In $3B Medicare Settlement
• House Panel Chair Grills CMS On Anti-Fraud Contractors
• Miami Schemers Get Prison, $40M Penalty For Medicare Fraud
• Calif. Bill To Protect DNA Privacy Moves Forward
• Imaging Firm Pays $1.5M To Settle FCA Medicare Suit
• Pfizer Off-Label Marketing Suit Pushed Toward Dismissal
• Ship Owners' Suit Says CVS Oversold Drugs To SF Spill Pilot
• Trade Groups Can't Stall $29B Scripts, Medco Merger
• US Lawmakers Skewer Minn. Over $30M Medicaid 'Gift'
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Anne Phillips Ogilby
• 6th Circ. Urged To Overrule NLRB On Mini Bargaining Units
• CMS Rejects HHS Call For Off-Label Avastin Endorsement
• Medicare Proposes 2.3% Rate Bump For Hospitals In 2013
• Blue Cross Insurers Face Class Cert. Motions In ERISA Suit
• Texas Dispenser Admits Shipping Drug Blamed For 3 Deaths
• Nelson Mullins Goes West With Nashville Office
• Cigna Snags Mont. State Employee Health Plan Contract
• Medicare's Anti-Fraud Efforts Draw Fire From GOP Senators
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Jim Owens
• HIPAA Enforcement Comes To Small Providers
• A Bitter Pill: Personal Liability For Health Care Execs
• Kentucky Lawmakers Crack Down On Painkiller Abuse
• Trustees Report Leads To Calls For Medicare Reform
• BVF Partners Pursues Appeal Over Genetics Co. Sale
• Ex-Univ. of Miami Employee Drops Medicaid FCA Suit
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Sheree Kanner
• Italian Court Nixes $7M In Antitrust Fines On Toshiba, Others
• Medicare Demo Program Rewards Mediocrity, GAO Finds
• Supreme Court Turns Down Hospital Worker Wage Suit
• Sullivan Aids Veritas In $1.3B Thomson Reuters Data Unit Buy
• Recruiters Got Kickbacks In $45M Medicare Scam, US Says
• PPACA: Illuminating The Dark Side Of Health Care
• EPA Bars Zep Disinfectant From Hospitals Due To TB Worries
• Catalyst Investors Get Short Shrift In $4B SXC Buyout: Suit
• Ameritox Says Rival Charged Medicare For Unnecessary Tests
• Cardinal Health Claims Pharmacies Shirked Deals In $3M Suit
• Sex Shouldn't Erase Hospital VP's Bribery Sentence, US Says
• Blue Cross Says Aetna's $2B Antitrust Damages Bid Is 'Stale'
• Hospitals Denounce Ill. Gov.'s $2.7B Medicaid Savings Plan
• 3rd Circ. Sets New Standard For Fee Recovery From US
• Walgreen To Put Up $8M To End New Customer Payoff Claims
• ArvinMeritor Loses Appeal Of $4.5M Asbestos Ruling
• A Recap Of FCPA Enforcement So Far This Year
• HIPAA Enforcement May Finally Be Getting Tougher
• Consumers Push Judge To Block Express Scripts Deal
• Health Cos. Focus On Compliance Over Security, Report Says
• Dementia On Track To Become Big Legal Malpractice Risk
• NY Medicaid Audit Finds $42M In Improper Payments
• Hospital Says Rival Poaches Patients By Deceiving Them
• McLaren Adds CareSource's Mich. Medicaid HMO Business
• Legal Foreign National Sues Maine For Health Coverage
• Cigna Pattern-Or-Practice Claim Can't Beat Arbitration Pact
• CVS Pays $14M To Bury Calif. Hazardous Waste Claims
• Aetna Sues Surgery Center Over High Fees, Referrals
• Wells Fargo Can't Duck Blue Cross' Securities Lending Suit
• A Summary Of Supreme Court PPACA Arguments
• Patient Recruiter Admits Role In $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• EPA Plays It Safe With Dioxin Assessment
• GOP Bashes Dems For Skirting Tricky Health Budget Issues
• FTC Backs Cardinal Health's Nuclear Pharmacy Sale Plan
• Tobacco Cos. Dispute Cause Of Death As Engle Trial Opens
• $60M Medicare Anti-Fraud Program Sees Limited Results
• Court Backs $35M Asbestos Claim Denial By Bankrupt Insurer
• NY Hospitals Pay $2.3M Over Medicaid Drug Overbilling
• US Expects $42B In Savings From Medicare Competitive Bidding
• Medical Lab Rep Still Shunting Sales To Rival, Suit Says
• Sidley Guides SXC In $4.4B Purchase Of Catalyst
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• House Looks To Save $44B By Retrieving Health Subsidy Excess
• Hospital Groups Rip CMS' Proposed Overpayment Rule
• Heart Surgery Center Inks HIPAA Settlement With HHS
• HHS Rule Doesn't Cede Claim Reviews, 9th Circ. Told
• Hospitals To Pay $1.6M To Settle Nurses' Antitrust Suit
• US Denies Witness Tampering In Hospital Fraud Case
• HHS Calls Out 2 Health Insurers Over Rate Hikes
• FTC: Weeding Through Substantiation Of Health Care Ads
• UnitedHealth, Lexington End Coverage Feud In 1st Circ.
• GAO Report Finds Health Care Antitrust Guidance Lacking
• Some Nursing Homes Not Ready For Emergencies, HHS Finds
• Big Tobacco Cos. Challenge $6.5B Payout Deal With States
• Disabled Can Lose Medicaid When Using Trusts, 8th Circ. Rules
• HHS Asks High Court To Mull Medicare Repayment Deadlines
• Medical Supply Co. Can't Shake FCA, Retaliation Suit
• CMGT Trustee Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Mayer Malpractice Suit
• The Latest FTC Challenge To A Hospital Merger
• Learning From Omeros' FCA Suit
• Aetna Suit Over $49M Lehman Securities Sale Survives
• Public Health Co. Reveals Data Breach Affecting Thousands
• Universal Health Snags 1% Of $3B Medicare Settlement
• Bill To Ease Hospital Mergers Sweeps Through RI Senate
• Nursing Homes Say Omnicare Cheated Them With Faulty Billing
• Fla. Pediatricians Ran Phony Billing Scheme, Suit Says
• AmMed Pays US, Tenn. $18M To Settle Medicare Fraud Suit
• Continental Wants Limits On Asbestos Coverage For Mead
• 9th Circ. Expedites DOMA Review In Same-Sex Benefits Case
• Espadas Fight Use of Credit Card Info In Corruption Case
• Employee Says Fla. Hospital Defrauded Medicare, Medicaid
• HHS Wants Hospital Medicare Payments Tied To Commuter Data
• Ill. Health Systems Ditch Merger Plans After FTC Antitrust Suit
• NY Health Provider Must Face Claims It Shortchanged Workers
• CMS Settles With Hospital Chains Over Low Medicare Payments
• Cuomo Creates Health Benefit Exchange With Federal Cash
• Patient Groups Demand Wider Drug Coverage On Exchanges
• St. Vincent's Seeks Return Of Bills It Paid On Eve Of Ch. 11
• US Calls For J&J Exec's Testimony In FCA Kickbacks Case
• McDermott Adds Greenberg Corporate Atty As Miami Partner
• How To Interpret ACO Rule — CMS Clarification
• KKR Gives Chinese Cord Blood Co. $65M Infusion
• Planned Parenthood Sues To Keep Texas Health Funding
• USAID Contractor Exec Stole $1M In HIV, Health Funds: Feds
• Disabilities Don't Excuse Neonatal Nurse Absences: 9th Circ.
• Blue Cross, United Missed $11M In Fake Health Charges: NY
• Blue Cross Will Face Bulk Of $12M Texas Coverage Suit
• Veteran HUD Atty Jumps To Vorys
• GOP Presses IRS On Plans For $500M Health Reform Funds
• Icahn Again Raises Stake In Troubled WebMD
• 1st Circ. Upholds $1.4M Contract Judgment For Amicas
• HealthSouth Investors Can Reseek $3M From Scrushy Charity
• Minn. Gov. Nixes Bill Curbing Cos.' Asbestos Liability
• $29B Scripts, Medco Deal Will Hurt Pharmacies, Judge Hears
• 11th Circ. Won't Review US Sanctions Ruling In Physician Case
• Medicare, 27 ACOs Launch Shared Savings Program
• DOJ Says $475M Highmark Merger Won't Snuff Competition
• Health Law Will Add $340B To Deficit, Medicare Trustee Says
• 6th Circ. Revives $376M General Medicine, Horizon/CMS Deal
• Tenet To Cough Up $43M For Overbilling Medicare
• Audit Sees Contract Oversight Breakdown At SUNY Downstate
• New VA Restrictions On Drug Co. Detailing Activities
• HHS Plugs 10-Digit Health Plan ID In Streamlining Move
• ABA Prez Slams Obama's Remarks On High Court Health Ruling
• Balch & Bingham Reels In Ala. Public Financing Firm
• Clinics Challenge Calif. Medicaid Outpatient Rate Cuts
• HHS Pushes Back Deadline For Switch To New Coding System
• Utah Medicaid Data Breach May Affect 780K People
• Express Scripts Says Delay Of Merger Suit Is Inexcusable
• Jury Cures Hospital Of Antitrust Suit Over Emergency Surgery
• Insurers To Pay Up To $5.4M To End Cancer Coverage Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Health Provider Can't Sue On Patients' Behalf
• Calif. Health Plan Exchange Progresses As ACA Ruling Looms
• Calif. Regulator Blasts Aetna's Small Biz Rate Hike
• 5th Circ. Health Law Challengers Indignant Over AG Letter
• McGuireWoods Wants Broke Hospital's Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Akerman Adds Health Care Industry Vet To Fla. Office
• Bradley Arant Hires Another Prosecutor For White Collar Team
• ACA Decision Should Not Delay Employer Prep For 2014
• Lessons From Omnicare Antitrust Litigation
• OSHA To Ramp Up Safety Inspections At Nursing Facilities
• Class Cert. Bid Revived In Chicago Hospital Antitrust Case
• FTC Wins Bid To Temporarily Block Hospital Merger
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid WTC Asbestos Claims
• Blue Cross Says Neb. Health Contract Award Was Tainted
• $2B In Rebates For Insured If ACA Started In 2010: Report
• Former Clients Accuse Andrews Kurth Of Legal Malpractice
• Holder Defends Obama's Comments On High Court To Judge
• Gingrich Health Care Think Tank Heads Into Ch. 7
• Misconduct Claims Don't Doom $2.5M OT Deal, Worker Says
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Dialysis Giant DaVita Accused Of Shutting Out Competitors
• NY AG Charges 4 Over $155M Black Market HIV Drug Scam
• Medical Campaign Presses Docs To Stop Unneeded Testing
• Holder Backs Obama's ACA Remarks Amid 5th Circ. Flap
• OFT Calls For Full Probe Of UK Private Medical Industry
• Prescription Drug Spending Ticked Up To $320B In 2011
• Bryan Cave Adds PE, Health Ace To Transactional Practice
• Challenging The Legality Of Copay Coupons
• Cancer Clinics To Pay $3.8M To Put FCA Claims Into Remission
• Medicare Saves $124M Through Settlement Reporting Rules
• Calif. Health Provider Faces 30K-Patient Suit Over Data Breach
• 3rd Circ. Sends Oxford Health To Class Arbitration With Doctors
• Mo. Lawmakers Advance Birth Control Coverage, Services Bills
• VA Ponders Update To Health Care Acquisition Rule
• Medicare Tones Down Plan To Deny Rx Coverage To Abusers
• Ex-NY Hospital VP's Testimony Spurs $2B FCA Revival Bid
• A Mortgage Alternative For Health Care Facilities
• DOL Eases Proof Terms For Black Lung Benefits Under PPACA
• GOP Lawmakers Press For Better Medicare Fraud Safeguards
• Obama Says High Court Should Show Restraint On Health Law
• US Paid Out $392M In Medicare Reporting Incentives In 2010
• UnitedHealth Can't Ward Off Doctors' Benefit Payment Suit
• 4th Circ. Says $45M Tuomey FCA Ruling Flouts Constitution
• It's Not Just Pill Mills The DEA Is After
• $29B Express Scripts, Medco Tie-Up Wins FTC Approval