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Health - November, 2012

216 articles

• Reimbursement Case Could Swamp Medicare With Appeals
• Sunshine Rule For Physician Payments Moves Forward
• Docs Must Disclose Risk Of Unseen Conditions: Texas Court
• Ex-Penn State Prof. Gets 41 Months For $3M Grant Fraud
• Fla. Court Calls Trauma Center Rule Outdated, Invalid
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• Texas Hospital Can Sell Discounted Drugs, FTC Staff Says
• HHS To Charge Insurers Fees For Using ACA Exchanges
• Carlyle Cuts Stake In Brazilian Insurer Qualicorp To 6%
• SEC Recommends Civil Suit For West Penn Accounting Errors
• Hospital Tech Indicted For Allegedly Causing Hep C Outbreak
• SEC Won't Charge Gentiva Over Medicare Reimbursement
• Highlights Of The New EU Framework For Medical Devices
• Calif. High Court Snubs Price-Fixing Case Against Pfizer, Others
• HHS Data-Scrubbing Guidance Backs Strict Privacy Definitions
• Catholic Group Lobbies 1st Circ. To Revive Aid Contract
• FDA Urged To Give Troubled Compounders A 2nd Look
• Chicago Hospital Hit With Suit Over Refusing Charity Care
• CMS Too Lax On E-Records Program, HHS' OIG Cautions
• Medicaid Spending Report Shows Billions Wasted, Senator Says
• Hospital Mergers Drive Up Prices, Insurers Tell 6th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Shields Holding Co. From ACA Contraceptive Rule
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• Genesis Case Puts Employer FLSA Strategy On The Line
• NECC Fails To Win Stay In Mass. Meningitis Suits
• HHS Panel Seeks Input On Stage 3 E-Records Recommendations
• Amerigroup Sheds Unit, Winning OK For $5B WellPoint Deal
• HHS Inspector General Recovered $6.9B In FY2012: Report
• McGuireWoods Says Hospital's Malpractice Suit Still Falls Flat
• Exemption Renders Pa. Diocese's ACA Suit Moot: Judge
• HHS Wants Input On Health Exchange Quality Checks
• US Health Insurance Market Lacks Competition, AMA Says
• Lawmakers Consider 'Smart Cards' To Cut Medicare Fraud
• Bloomberg Risks Public Opinion With Soda Limits, Atty Says
• NJ Insurance Regulator Won't Delay PIP Rules
• New ACA Rules Foggy On Drug Coverage, Multistate Plans
• DaVita Hit With FCA Suit Over Alleged Medicare Violations
• Baylor Hospital Inks Medicare FCA Settlement With DOJ
• HHS Explains Data Scrubbing For HIPAA Privacy Compliance
• Acadia Puts Up $258M For 2 Rivals In Acquisition Blitz
• Judge Balks At $4.8M Deal In Highmark Antitrust Suit
• Columbia Casualty Settles Coverage Row With UnitedHealth
• FDA Floats State Enforcement Of New Compounder Standards
• Health Care Providers Launch Suit Over Fla. Insurance Law
• Texas AG Blasts Subpoena In $421M FCA Suit
• Medtronic Says Off-Label Marketing FCA Claims Fall Short
• PE Opportunities In Health Care Real Estate Investing
• Justices Scrutinize Immunity Claim In Hospital Merger Case
• Anthem Blue Cross Can't Force Arbitration In Health Plan Suit
• Supreme Court Allows ACA Religious Challenge At 4th Circ.
• Expanding Medicaid Will Save States $10B, Study Finds
• Nursing Homes Can Face Negligence Liability, Pa. Court Rules
• AIG Unit Will Pay Up To $51M To States For False Marketing
• Overview Of Oral Argument In FTC V. Phoebe Putney
• DC Circ. Blocks CVS Challenge To DEA License Suspensions
• Mass. Health Panel OKs Free Meals From Drug, Device Makers
• Humana Settles Pharmacy's Medicare Payment Suit
• State Dental Agency Urges 4th Circ. To Curb FTC Powers
• Ex-NY Hospital Exec Appeals Conviction In Kickback Case
• Fla. Hospitals To Pay $10M In Medicare Overbilling Suit
• Court Limits Contract Claims In Medicare Billing Disputes
• Texas Docs Can't Toss Chiropractor Rule Yet, Court Says
• Pfizer Calls Out Kaiser Over Contradictory Neurontin Claims
• NJ Mulls New Compounding Pharmacy Law Following Outbreak
• FDA's Push For Compounding Oversight Meets Skepticism
• Eisai Says Zurich Policy Covers Off-Label FCA Suit
• 1-Year Doctor Payment Extension Will Cost $25B, CBO Says
• Diabetes Test Strip Suppliers Should Expect Audits
• Ob-Gyns Back Over-The-Counter Birth Control Sales
• Medical Co. Says Adviser Misled It On Risks Of Going Public
• High Court To Weigh Antitrust Immunity Rule In Merger Fight
• 7th Circ. Rejects EEOC Reading Of ADA Medical Records Rule
• White House Releases ACA Rules On Exchanges, Wellness Plans
• Feds Slam Ex-Mayor's Deposition Bid In $100M Kickback Case
• Medicare Smackdown May Affect Hospital Payments For Years
• NJ Bill Targets Bias In Employer-Provided Health Benefits
• Hospice Provider Pays $1.3M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• Perkins Coie Guides Emeritus In $102M Home Health Co. Buy
• NJ Legislators Push For Medicaid Expansion Under ACA
• DOD, Tricare Claim No Harm, No Foul In Data Theft Case
• Highmark, West Penn To Resume Merger Talks
• UnitedHealth Taps Dorsey Managing Partner As Legal Head
• Judge Won't Revive FCA Medicaid Case Against Allergan, Novo
• Recent Trends In Rethinking Property Tax Exemptions
• Hobby Lobby Can't Block Health Law's Contraception Mandate
• Coventry Cuts $3M Deal In Medicare Records Probe
• Bill Would Allow Religious Exemptions To ACA Mandate
• NJ Toughens Penalties For Dumping Medical Waste
• ACA Limits Medicare Premium Increase To 5%, CMS Says
• FDA Gets No Compounder Oversight Without Doc Release: GOP
• Sidley Austin Lands HHS Counselor For DC Strategies Group
• Pa. Hospital Merger Killed After FTC Broaches Challenge
• Colleges Urge DC Circ. To Revive ACA Contraception Suits
• Wis. Latest To Defer Health Insurance Exchange To Feds
• Judge Shields Bible Printer From ACA Contraception Rule
• Takeaways From HHS Corporate Integrity Agreement Reports
• FTC To Challenge Pa. Hospital Merger Over Antitrust Worries
• Feds Net 2 Guilty Verdicts In $205M Medicare Fraud Case
• Boehner Says He's Not Giving Up On ACA Repeal Plans
• HHS Smacked Down Over Hospital Payment Calculations
• Judge Won't Block Tax Hike To Fund Austin Med School
• Calif. High Court Won't Review Nursing Home Staffing Suit
• House Committee Blasts HHS Over ACA Exchange Uncertainty
• Surgical Centers Lodge Antitrust Claims Against HCA, Centura
• Firm Fights For Slice Of $2.5M Fee Award In Blue Cross Deal
• Quest, Insurers Hit With Suit Over Testing Monopoly Scheme
• $77M CMS Anti-Fraud System Still Needs Work, GAO Says
• Doc's Whistleblower Case May Create Chaotic Hospital Disputes
• States Get Extra Month To Decide On Insurance Exchanges
• Psychiatrist Took Kickbacks From Teva, FCA Suit Says
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• Calif. Health Board OKs Blueprint For Insurance Exchange
• Medicare Judges Overturn Most Claims Denials, Report Finds
• Pa. Law Against Wrongful Birth Suits Struck Down
• Compounders Fault FDA For Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
• AdvancePCS Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Dispute, 3rd Circ. Rules
• GOP Lawmaker Subpoenas HHS Docs On ACA Promotion
• Texas Hospital Has Immunity In Ex-Worker's Contract Suit
• AvMed Can't Escape Class Claims In Data Theft Suit
• Lawmakers Urge Pa. Gov. To Set Up Insurance Exchange
• House GOP Seeks Info From HHS On $69M ACA Data Contract
• Medicare Settlement May Finally Uproot Reimbursement Myth
• Antitrust Suit Alleges Collusion Handed La. To Blue Cross
• House Reps. Want New Health Care Panel To Repeal ACA
• CVS Caremark Investors Urge 1st Circ. To Revive Merger Suit
• Troutman Helped RE Mogul Skim $40M Off Mariner Deal: Suit
• What To Expect From Fungal Meningitis Liability Cases
• FDA Wants Strong Authority Over 'Nontraditional' Compounders
• GOP Lawmakers Question Costs Of Health E-Records Push
• AEG's Doctor Hire Caused Michael Jackson's Death: Ex-Aide
• Horizon Skirts Chiropractors' ERISA Suit Over Claim Denials
• Fresenius Pays Nearly $1M To End Dialysis Clinic OT Suit
• FDA To Seek More Power Over Compounders At Hearing
• Hospital Pushes For $123M Settlement In Sex Abuse Case
• Millennium Sues Insurer For Coverage In 2 False Ad Suits
• Bill Would Bar Texas Insurers From Denying Gays Coverage
• Medicare Overpaid Nursing Providers $1.5B In 2009: Report
• Tribes' $2M Hospital Suit Not Time-Barred, Fed. Circ. Says
• Idaho Health System Sues Rival Over Physician Practice Buy
• West Penn Hit With Injunction In $475M Highmark Merger Row
• Relocation Steps For Wireless Medical Telemetry Users
• Weil Guides Leucadia On $2.6B Deal For Fellow Investor
• Metropolitan Health Investors Fight $850M Humana Deal
• High Court Asked To Review HHS Test For Equipment Suppliers
• Tips For Quality Control In Technology-Assisted Review
• Christie May Spurn Health Exchange Bill Despite Obama Win
• Accretive Investor Sues Board Over Collection Practices
• Bible Printer Says For-Profit Cos. Also Deserve ACA Exemption
• Coalition Floats Ways To Save Medicare Payments From Cuts
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Aetna's $5.7B Coventry Merger
• Post-Election Onslaught Begins With 2 Big ACA Rules
• Specialists Take Issue With Medicare Payment Modifier
• TRW Retirees Must Arbitrate Health Claims, 6th Circ. Told
• Reasons To Keep Watch In Health Care Industry
• The Case For Compounding Pharmacy
• Diabetes Test Suppliers Overbilled Medicare, Watchdog Says
• TIG Settles With Regence In $19M RICO Coverage Suit
• CMS Urged Not To Include Diabetic Supplies In Bidding Program
• Texas Blocked From Defunding Planned Parenthood
• GOP Takes New Aim At Medicare Board Repeal
• Problems With DOJ's Aggressive View Of Anti-Kickback Law
• Humana Failed To Monitor Drug Refills, HHS Report Says
• Home Care Co. Wants Block On Patient Data Access Lifted
• Bill Relaxing Health Reform Rebates Would Cost $1B, CBO Says
• Employers Need ACA Guidance Soon, Retail Group Says
• Antitrust Developments To Expect In Obama's 2nd Term
• Humana Fights Pharmacy's Medicare Payment Suit
• Anti-Health Reform Measures DOA After High Court Ruling
• Health Providers Gird For Battle Over Deficit Cuts
• Mass. Official Fired For Ignoring Compounding Center Concerns
• Ex-Guidant Rep. Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Pacemaker FCA Suit
• FTC Resolves Price-Fixing Claims Against Pharmacy Group
• Medicare Staffing Reimbursements Need Consistency, HHS Says
• KV Pharma, Ill. End Medicaid Coverage Dispute Over Makena
• Ruling Bars Medicare Claim Reviewer Scrutiny, 9th Circ. Told
• 7th Conspirator Gets 41 Months In $45M Health Care Fraud
• DOJ Probes Novartis Ties With Specialty Pharmacies
• US Asks DC Circ. Not To Revive Contraception Rule Challenges
• Pharmacy Owner Subpoenaed To Testify On Meningitis Outbreak
• FLSA Suit Doomed By Failure To Log Hours, 6th Circ. Says
• AMA Supports Blocking Florida's 'Gun Gag' On Doctors
• Obama Win To Unleash Onslaught Of ACA Regulations
• What Obama's Re-Election Means For Health Care Policy
• CMS Regs Would Cut Home Health Payments, Up Other Funding
• Reed Smith Nabs Cozen Health Care Vet In Philadelphia
• FDA Head To Talk Compounder Oversight In Meningitis Hearing
• AHA Fires Back Against Software Firm With Copyright Lawsuit
• Small Pharmacies Seek Class Cert. In Caremark Antitrust Row
• Calif. Resolves Medicaid Contract Fight With Health Net
• Colo. Won't Expand Medicaid Without More Info, Gov. Says
• Faulty Referrals Cost Mo. Hospital Network $9M In FCA Case
• Crisis Management From The Board's Perspective
• Humana Inks $850M Deal To Buy Metropolitan Health
• Markey's Post-Outbreak Bill May Fall Short Of Desired Overhaul
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Marijuana Users' ADA Case
• Another Blow To OFCCP's Grab For Health Care Providers
• DC Circ. Rebuffs Attack On NLRB Health Care Rule
• FTC Denies Phoebe's Claim It Wants To Upend Antitrust Rule
• DOL Ruling Should Block Hospital Affirmative Action Regs
• Dallas College Aims To Stop ACA Contraceptive Coverage
• How The Presidential Election Could Curtail ADA Regs
• CMS Finalizes $11B Medicaid Pay Boost For Primary Care Docs
• NH Hospital Must Hand Over Hep C Outbreak Docs To State
• Gov't Won't Contest Bid To Revive Religious ACA Challenge
• Individuals Can Face Wrongful Firing Claims: Va. High Court
• NJ Court To Mull Whether CFA Applies To Nursing Homes
• Hospitals Air Contractor Grievances In Medicare Suit
• For Hospitals, Financial Health May Hinge On Gov. Races
• Catholic-Owned Co. Gains Shield From ACA Contraception Rule
• Markey Rolls Out Reform Bill In Wake Of Meningitis Outbreak
• Pa. Gov. Signs Bill Boosting Access To Community Pharmacies
• 6th Circ. Greenlights PPG Retiree Health Benefit Claims
• AHA Urges MedPAC To Back Off Rate Reductions
• Medical Groups Lose Challenge To ACA, Medicare Rules
• Pa. AG Says Doc Can't Challenge Fracking Medical Gag Rule
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape