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Health - July, 2012

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• 3rd Circ. Clears Insurers From Covering Follow-Up Actions
• NLRB Slams Hospital's HR Confidentiality Rule
• San Fran Panel Delays Vote On $2.5B CPMC Hospital Project
• Hospital Operator Can't Shut Down OT Class Action
• FDA OKs System That Can Sense When Drugs Are Taken
• Fla.-Based Adventist Health System Can't Shake FCA Case
• McDermott Adds Former US Attorney From Kasowitz
• GOP Sens. Question $77M CMS Fraud Prevention Program
• McKesson Dodges Fraud Claim In Ex-Exec's Firing Suit
• 2 Plead Guilty To NY Presbyterian Hospital Kickback Plot
• Keystone Subscribers' Bid To Expand Data Breach Class Halted
• Health-Geared PE Firm Water Street Closes $750M Fund
• Medco Escapes Suit Over Recouped Pharmacy Payments
• 5th Circ. Says Fresenius FCA Suit Not Supported By Evidence
• Dealing With State Antitrust Officials: 5 Considerations
• Judge Rules Arizona Late-Term Abortion Ban Constitutional
• Accretive Leaves Minn., Pays $2.5M To Settle Billing Suit
• DC Circ. Denies En Banc Review Of DCPS False Claims Case
• States Look To Wring Flexibility From Medicaid Expansion
• HHS To Reimburse 5 Hospitals $200M For Nurse Training
• Centinela Workers Can't Nab Quick Win In OT Pay Case
• Medicare Denial For Osteoarthritis Device Was OK: 9th Circ.
• Q&A With Stradley's Douglas Grimm
• Takeaways From Avandia For Medicare Advantage Plans
• Roper Industries Pays $1.4B For Lab Software Co. Sunquest
• CMS Hands $69M ACA Loan To Colo. Insurance CO-OP
• Judge Shields Colo. Employer From ACA Contraception Rule
• Arnall Golden Hires Ex-HHS Atty For Health Team
• Fla. Medicaid Deals Illegally Bar Pharmacies, Suit Claims
• Amedisys Stiffed Home-Health Workers On OT, Nurses Say
• Doctors Accuse Blue Cross Of Anti-Competitive Scheme
• Insurance Exchanges Post-ACA — Questions Remain
• Houston Medicare Fraud Ring Bilked $97M, Feds Say
• Senate Sends Sequestration Transparency Act To President
• Physicist Group Must Face Accreditation Antitrust Suit
• Deere HMO Can Dump Clinics Accused Of Poor Care: 6th Circ.
• Axed Worker Says Clinic Urged Insurance, Medicaid Fraud
• Del. Expands Infection Reporting Law To More Facilities
• Doctors' Groups Sanctioned In Wellpoint Conspiracy MDL
• HHS Teams Up With Big-Name Insurers In Anti-Fraud Fight
• Calif. Court Resuscitates LA Hospital Wage Suit
• Anheuser Says Cigna OK'd $24M In Health Care Overcharges
• Trends In False Advertising Cases: A Cautionary Tale
• University Asks Supreme Court For Rehearing Of ACA Suit
• Study Finds Death Decline In States With Expanded Medicaid
• Patients Sue Staffing Co. Over Lab Tech With Hep C
• Florida St. Overcharged HHS By $3M In Grant Costs, IG Says
• GOP Torches CMS Over $8.3B Medicare Advantage Bonuses
• Dual-Eligible Patients Can Be Left Out Of DHS Payments: HHS
• McCathern Mooty Grinke Hangs Shingle In San Antonio
• Anthem Blue Cross Defeats Billing Policy Class Action
• ERISA Doesn't Trump State Claims, DOL Tells 5th Circ.
• NEA Raises $2.6B For VC Fund, Setting Record For 2012
• Bloomberg's Sugary Drink Ban Will Trigger Suits
• General Ignored Afghan Hospital Corruption, Panel Hears
• 8th Circ. Upholds Suicide Advisory In SD Abortion Law
• Chicago Hospitals Delaying Antitrust Suit, Patients Say
• Nossaman Adds Pair Of Health Care Law Pros In Calif.
• Foley Hires Health Care Litigation Expert From Jones Day
• HHS Skirts Questions On ACA Medicaid Expansion: GOP Govs.
• $84B Saved, Millions More Uninsured After ACA Ruling: CBO
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Richard Doren
• 9% Of Employers To Drop Insurance Because Of ACA: Survey
• OIG's Warning To Impermissible Health Care Arrangements
• 'Poor' Ex-NY Senator Espada Finds Cash For Lawyer
• Pharmacies Challenge CMS' Diabetic Supply Payment Change
• HHS Expands Anti-Infection Fight To Nursing Homes
• Ceridian Denied Quick Win In $3M Therapy Contract Suit
• Doctors Union Sues Calif. County Over Discharge Threats
• Obama Wants ACA Coverage For Kids Of Same-Sex Partners
• HHS, Pharma Cos. To Offer Streamlined AIDS Patient Assistance
• A High Standard For Patient Privacy In Texas
• Agencies Have No Duty To Warn Partners of AIDS Risk: Judge
• NC Dental Board Says FTC Can't Back Its 'Radical Position'
• Physician Rips Strict Liability For Abortions In 5th Circ.
• Catholic College's Contraception Coverage Suit Tossed For Now
• HHS Cites Lax Reporting Of Hospital Patient Harm
• GOP Members Question Medicare Advantage Bonus Program
• Nurse Anesthetists Don't Need Supervision, Colo. Court Rules
• UPenn Targets Hospital Over Stalled Immunotherapy Dealings
• ACA Could Drive Small Biz To Self-Insure, Report Says
• PPACA's Impact: The Election, 2013 and Beyond
• NYC Health Care Provider Pays $4M To End OT Class Action
• Goldman, Others Can't Duck HCA Claim In LBO Antitrust Case
• Judge Weighs Damages Issue In Horizon Reimbursement Case
• Bill Aims To Push Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Back Another Year
• Reps. Seek 'Patient' Clarity In Low-Cost Drug Program
• Snapshot: The Latest Medical Device FCPA Settlement
• HHS Offers States $275M For New Health Care Models
• HHS Sets Disclosure Rule In 'Essential' Benefits Push
• Walgreen, Express Scripts End 8-Month Contract Impasse
• Pharmacy Group Recommends Narrow ACA Drug Coverage
• Osheroff V. Tenet — A Proper Application Of Rule 9(b)
• NJ High Court Limits Info Insurers Can Get In Fraud Probes
• GOP Members Question Medicaid Expansion's Funding
• GOP Labor, Health Spending Bill Clears House Panel
• OSU Lab Fights CMS Sanctions Over Testing Snafu
• House Votes To Force OMB To Reveal Sequestration Plans
• UnitedHealth Ducks ERISA Suit Over Employee Benefits
• SAIC To Pay $473M For Health Care IT Consulting Co. MaxIT
• A Solution To Complex Problems In 30(b)(6) Depositions
• Hospitals Pay $4.5M To End Nurses' Pay Suit
• Preempting State Law To Protect Patient Privilege
• Web Pharmacy Sues Scottsdale Indemnity For Defense Coverage
• NJ Court Limits Access To Some State Institution Records
• Vt. Owes $2.2M To Health Data Cos. Over Supreme Court Case
• Fla. Man Admits To Selling Fake Diabetic Test Strips
• Planned Parenthood Sues Ariz. Over Medicaid Abortion Law
• GOP Rep. Wants To Open CBO Numbers To More Scrutiny
• Google Board Sued By Pension Fund Over Online Drug Sales
• Doctors, Therapist Seek Retrial Over $205M Medicare Scam
• NJ High Court Cuts Legal Protections For Rescue Squads
• GOP Spending Bill Looks To Cut Off ACA Funding
• Judge Says States Lack Standing To Contest Contraceptives Rule
• What To Do While Waiting For HIPAA Rules
• Calif. Blue Cross Told To Stop Collecting On Old Overpayments
• DOJ Charges 48 People In $500M Medicaid Drug Scam
• The FCA, Academic Fraud And Statistical Inference
• New Medicare Rates Would Hurt Poorest Hospitals, Study Says
• FCA Recoveries On Steep Rise To Record Highs, Report Says
• Mayer Brown Tells 7th Circ. $17M Malpractice Suit Is Absurd
• Halliburton, KBR Say Law Blocks $2B Insurance Denial Suit
• TriWest Ends Fight Over DOD Contract Loss To UnitedHealth
• 7th Circ. To Rehear Widower's ERISA Suit Over Medical Bills
• Judge Won't Toss Suit Seeking Info On ACA's Drafting
• Hospital Group Pushes For Health Care Liability Reform
• FCA's First-To-File Rule — Mass. Weighs In
• Aetna Gets Data Manager's Contract Complaint Tossed
• Group Blasts NAIC Proposal On Stop-Loss Insurance Regs
• Minn. AG Calls Accretive's Debt Collection 'Reprehensible'
• No Deadline For Medicaid Decision, CMS Tells Governors
• 132 House Dems Ask 9th Circ. To Strike DOMA Provision
• NY AG Settles With Insurer AXA Equitable Over Lower Payouts
• Post-PPACA: Time For Employers To Take Action
• Texas Jury Hands Down $118M Verdict In Hospital Investor Suit
• State Farm Can't Get Defamation Suit Shut Down
• CVS Caremark To Halt Coverage For 17 Drugs
• FDA Plans Genome Database For Deadly Foodborne Bacteria
• Tenet Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Referral Kickback Plot
• Fed. Circ. Trims Investigation Rules In Vaccine Suits
• GAO Challenges Legality Of $8.3B Medicare Advantage Pilot
• CMS Slammed On Overhaul Of Dual-Eligible Health Plans
• Miss. Law Tightening Rules For Abortion Docs Remains Barred
• Hospitals Find Relief As HHS Signals States Can't Cut Medicaid
• House Passes 2nd Bill To Repeal Health Care Law
• Grassley Asks Treasury To Answer AHA Over Hospital Taxes
• NJ Court Backs Approval Of Horizon Class Settlement
• Contractor Cops To Rigging Bids For NYC Hospital
• Hawaii Aligns Patient Privacy Laws With HIPAA
• GOP Bill Takes Aim At Obama's Contraception Mandate
• CDC May Have Encouraged Illegal Lobbying: HHS OIG
• 2 Get Jail Time For NY Presbyterian Hospital Kickback Plot
• Conservatives Warn Of New Tax Power After Health Ruling
• Study Links Medicare Fraud Investigators To CMS Contractors
• CVS Employees Say Sparse Staffing Prevented Meal Breaks
• NY Law Barring Foreign Pharmacists Found Unconstitutional
• Mass. Hospital Group Urges Gov. To Halt $40M Medicaid Cuts
• Orthofix Pays $7.5M To Settle Bribery Cases With SEC, DOJ
• Physicians To Pay $1.9M To Settle Insider Trading Claims
• HIPAA News: 3 Major Developments In Less Than A Week
• Fewer Texas Docs Than Ever Take Medicaid, Survey Shows
• WellPoint Grows Medicaid Biz With $5B Amerigroup Buy
• 89 More ACOs Jump Into Medicare Pilot Program
• Texas Gov. Says No To Insurance Exchange, More Medicaid
• Judge Says Ex-NY Sen. Espada Must Prove He's Poor
• HHS OIG Finds Nursing Homes Not Complying With Medicare Regs
• Mass. Loosens Ban On Medical Device Co. Gifts To Doctors
• Employers Will Rush To Comply With ACA Ruling, Report Says
• ACA Loss Ratio Rules Hurt Anti-Fraud Effort, Insurers Say
• Legal Challenges, Risks Of Rx Drug Adherence Programs
• Proposed CMS Rule Makes $20M Cut To Home Health Medicare
• $1.1B Buyout Undervalues M*Modal, Shareholder Claims
• Texas Cruise Ship Co. Ordered To Pay Employee's Hospital Bill
• Genesis Case Could Spell Trouble For Big FLSA Suits
• DOJ Seeks Blue Cross Docs In Mich. Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Group Backs FTC In 4th Circ. Teeth Whitening Fight
• CMS Rule Would Hike Family Docs' Medicare Pay By 7%
• Lawmakers Want Answers From Medicare Fraud Contractors
• Texas Dead Last In Health Care Quality, Federal Study Says
• House To Vote On 'Repeal Of Obamacare' Bill By Thursday
• Court Backs Toss Of EMT's Facebook Privacy Firing Suit
• Allergan Defeats Calif. Doctor's $4M Fraud Suit
• Aussie Hospital Exec Admits To Doctoring ER Records
• HHC Crafts Sabbath Time Off Policy After Nurses Complain
• PPACA Victory Sets Stage For New Wave Of Litigation
• 4 Drug Cos. Can't Exit FCA Suit Over Medicaid Rebate Prices
• Calif. Senate Panel OKs Pared Medical Privacy Damages Waiver
• Calif. Assembly Advances 2 Health Bills Expanding On ACA
• NY GOP Could Still Shape Health Insurance Exchange
• Medicare Competitive Bidding Needs Makeover, Study Says
• Calif. Insurance Head Vetoes Blue Shield's Policy Shutdown
• Medical Pot Groups' Challenge To LA Law Goes Up In Smoke
• Obama Says Health Care Law Is 'Here To Stay'
• Aussie Drug Cos. Will Have To Reveal Doctor Payments
• Walgreens Inks $438M USA Drug Deal In 2nd Summer Buy
• A New Prosecutorial Model For Health Care Fraud
• Health Insurer Says Computer Fraud Policy Covers $18M Scam
• Medicare Likely Pays Twice for Hospice Drugs, Audit Says
• House Panel Sees Tax Implications In High Court ACA Ruling
• Doctors In Calif. Sue Aetna Over Reimbursement Practices
• HHS Awards $971M In Public Health Emergency Grants
• NJ State Judge OKs $45.3M Sale Of Bankrupt Christ Hospital
• Accretive Health Calls Minn. AG's Claims 'Simply Wrong'
• JPMorgan PE Arm Bids $1.1B For Medical Transcription Co.
• SAP, Ariba Send More Info On $4.3B Merger To DOJ
• Retail Group Urges Obama To Fast-Track ACA Employer Regs
• Docs Convicted In $205M Medicare Scam Want New Trial
• Omnicare Asks For Protection From Expected FCA Suit Flood
• State-Action Protection For State Licensing Boards?
• How To Use Clinical-Trial Data In Court
• Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion Is Tough Call For States
• Judge Blocks Fla. Law Barring Docs From Asking About Guns
• 6th Circ. Revives Race Bias Class Action Against Humana
• West Penn Lambasts UPMC's 'Bogus' Antitrust Claims
• Judge Tosses Medicare Fraud Suit Against Amedisys
• GAO Denies TriWest Protest Over $20.4B Pentagon Contract
• Schiff Hardin Adds ERISA Pro After ACA Ruling
• NextCare Pays $10M To Settle Allergy Test FCA Suit
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revisit Ruling On Mandatory Mental Care
• Medical Liability Act Applies To Employees: Texas High Court
• Cravath Guides Linde's $4.6B Offer For US Medical Co.
• Q&A With Fulbright's Mark Kadzielski
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine
• Judge Puts Brakes on Miss. Abortion Law