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Health - December, 2012

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• Cigna Ordered To Reform Pension Plan In Long-Running Suit
• Texas Can't Stop Federal Defunding Of Women's Health Program
• NECC Buckles Under Meningitis Suits, Files For Ch. 11
• Push For More Animal Antibiotics Data Could Expose Secrets
• Jury Sides With CSX On Asbestos Lawyer Fraud Claims
• 5th Circ. Says US Botched $43M Medicare Fraud Calculation
• Allergan Rivals' Eyelash Treatments Are Drugs, Court Rules
• Judge Ends $2B Benefits Action Against Halliburton, Insurers
• 10th Circ. Won't Let Christian Cos. Duck Contraception Rule
• DOJ Drops $83M FCA Medicare Case Against Fresenius
• Judge Won't Halt Health System's Physician Practice Buy
• UPMC Accused Of Union-Busting Policies
• WakeMed To Pay $8M For Medicare Billing Misconduct
• Indiana Won't Sign Onto $48M Healthpoint FCA Deal
• HHS Backs 3 More States' Health Insurance Exchanges
• Cigna Fights Class Cert. Over Autism Coverage At 3rd Circ.
• Ala. City's Bid To Sue Bankrupt County Over Hospital Denied
• Critical Insurance Coverage Issues And Cases Of 2012
• Expect Increased Whistleblower Cases In 2013
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• States Push FDA To Hone Compounding Oversight Plan
• Sanofi Pays $109M For Fine Dining Kickbacks, Illicit Samples
• Study Finds No Clear Cancer Link For 9/11 Responders
• DC Circ. Shelves Contraception Suit To Await ACA Rule
• Last-Minute DOJ Hangup Scuttles $1.6M False Claims Deal
• AAA Tosses HealthSouth's Ernst & Young Negligence Claims
• Juror Replacements Must Be On Record, Pa. High Court Says
• Pa. Hospital Hits Cardinal, Owens & Minor With Antitrust Suit
• Plan To Share Clinical Data Could Stifle EU Drug Innovation
• Tobacco Cos. Recoup $1.65B In Payment Deal With States
• Seller Of Fake Diabetic Test Strips Gets 5 Years Probation
• NJ Lawmakers Zero In On Unscrupulous Physician Ads
• Ex-Takeda Contractor Loses Bid To Revive 2 FCA Suits
• Stryker, Others Face FCA Suit Over Pain-Pump Marketing
• New CMS Office Warned To Avoid Paying Twice For Services
• Ex-Congressman Joins King & Spalding
• Medicare Fraud Ringleader Faces 30 Years For $63M Scam
• Emerging Trends In Nucleic Acids And Human Genome Work
• Potential Emerging Risk Of Concussion Claims To Insurers
• GOP Lawmakers Keep Up Pressure In ACA Subsidy Probe
• Aviva Beats Class Action Over Benefit Plan's Tax Claims
• Domino's Pizza Founder Sues Over ACA Contraception Mandate
• Docs Urge Abolition Of Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate
• Up To 18 States And DC Will Run Insurance Exchanges
• O'Quinn Law Firm Botched Silica Exposure MDL, Suit Claims
• Lab Testing Co. Genelex Hit With DNA Patent Suit
• Private Health Care Opportunities In Latin America
• More Flexibility On Gift-Giving For Pharma Manufacturers
• UnitedHealth Unit Escapes $424M Medicare Repayment
• 6th Circ. Finds Navistar Violated Benefits Agreement
• Rite Aid Beats FLSA Suit Over Unpaid Leave Policy
• DC Circ. Orders NLRB To Revisit Offensive T-Shirt Ruling
• Texas High Court Takes Up Medicaid Reimbursement Dispute
• Texas High Court Will Rehear Malpractice Damages Dispute
• Texas Hospitals Scott & White, Baylor Plan Merger
• GAO Breaks Down Medicaid E-Records Participation, Bonuses
• Aetna Health Records System Infringes 10 Patents, Suit Says
• NJ Bill Would Bar Double Health Coverage For Gov't Workers
• ACA Contraception Rule Brings Lawsuit Risk, DC Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Lets Disabled Intervene In Pa. ADA Services Row
• Caronia And The 'New' 1st Amendment Safe Harbor
• 2012 Employment Law Year In Review: The End Of The World?
• NY High Court Allows Benefits For NYPD 9/11 Responders
• Walgreen To Pay $16.6M To Settle Calif. Toxic Waste Suit
• US Faces Tough Balancing Act On Multistate Health Plans
• NY Hospitals Overpriced Contract Bid By $500M, Suit Says
• Blue Cross Antitrust Lawsuits Combined In MDL
• HHS Accused Of 'Bait And Switch' On Medicaid Blended Rate
• Paperwork Errors May Suggest To The Gov't There Is Fraud
• HHS Gets Deference In Medicaid Cut Reviews, 9th Circ. Says
• BoNY Says Notices In $8M Bankruptcy Settlement Were Proper
• Lawmaker Asks HHS To Rethink Essential Benefits Rules
• Dems Accuse GOP Of Posturing On ACA Exchanges, Medicaid
• Why The FCC Matters To Medical Devices
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• Pa. Gov. Won't Establish State Health Insurance Exchange
• Pa. High Court Snubs Appeal Over Police Retiree Benefit Cuts
• Increase In Doctor Use Of E-Records 'Encouraging,' HHS Says
• NJ Court Preserves Anesthesiologist Requirements
• Accretive Says Stock Plunge Suit 'Cut, Pasted' Unproven Claims
• GOP Health Chairman Pitches Major Medicare Reforms
• Ga. Archdiocese Can't Fight ACA Contraception Rule, US Says
• Health Care MVP: Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk
• Utah Gov. Urges Obama To OK State's Insurance Exchange
• Noteworthy Lessons From FDA Suspension Of Sunland
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Texas Funding Exclusion
• Horizon Health Opens Texas Poaching Trial Against Ex-Execs
• Philips Can't Escape Consumer Class Action Over AirFloss
• Dog Rescue Group Can't Sue NYC For Damages, Top Court Says
• GSK Asks Supreme Court To Weigh Double Avandia Damages
• Carlyle's Hospital Group Heads To Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Chamber Wants Delay In ACA Exchange, Insurer Rules
• Meningitis Plaintiff Seeks To Bar NECC From Shredding Docs
• Chem Rx Trustee Sues Ex-Execs Who Profited From Faulty LBO
• Health Care MVP: Akin Gump's Robert Salcido
• US Must Give Medicare Info In $726M Heart Implant FCA Suit
• New FDA Guidance: What Review Boards Should Do
• 4th Circ. Says Hospital CEO's Forced Retirement Wasn't Bias
• Millennium Labs Sues Insurers Over Kickback Suit Coverage
• Lawmakers Turn Focus On Possible ACA Contractor Conflicts
• HHS OKs State Insurance Exchange Plans, Tenn. Bows Out
• WellPoint Defeats Final Claims In Premium Hike Class Action
• States Won't Get Full Pay For Partial Medicaid Expansion: CMS
• AHA Says Charitable Deduction Limits Would Hurt Hospitals
• Paul Hastings Aids PE Firm's Exit From Nursing Home Operator
• Health Care MVP: Sidley Austin's Paul Kalb
• Mass. Pharmacies Now Under Greater Scrutiny
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Standard For 'Unreasonable' IP Cases
• High Court Takes Oxford Class Arbitration Appeal
• Media Outlet Sues HHS For Minn. Medicaid Documents
• Lawmakers Want Compounding Group To Cough Up Docs
• Health Care MVP: Skadden's Gregory Luce
• RI Health Workers Sue To Block State's Flu Shot Mandate
• Law Firm Hits CMS With FOIA Suit Over Ky. Medicaid Waiver
• Aetna Reaches $120M Deal To Settle Underpayment Claims
• 5th Circ. Backs HHS Policy Restricting DSH Payments
• Circuits Split On Mooting: Supreme Court To Give Insight
• Kaiser Loses Bid To Toss Ex-Worker's False Claims Case
• Meningitis Plaintiffs Likely To Get Peek At NECC Facility
• Medicare Contractors Can Assess Overpayments, DC Circ. Hears
• Renal Care Group Settles Securities Action for $4M
• House Dems Float Compounding Oversight Bill
• NY Archdiocese Allowed To Fight Contraception Mandate
• Doctors Beg Congress Not To Ax Medicaid Fee Boost
• Cardinal, Owens & Minor Hit With $200M Antitrust Suit
• Christie Vetoes NJ Insurance Exchange, Citing Lack Of Info
• NJ High Court To Weigh Hospital Document Privacy Parameters
• DaVita Says Ex-Nurse Fired For Bad Attitude, Not FCA Claims
• Clinics Can't Dodge Varian Cancer Device Patent Claims
• OPM Details Multistate Health Plans On ACA Exchanges
• Don't Push Medicare, Medicaid Off Fiscal Cliff, AHA Says
• Fresenius Can't Bill Medicare For Overfill, Relator Says
• HMOs Needn't Pay When 3rd-Party Cos. Fail, Aetna Tells Court
• Pharmacy Manager Says Walgreen Broke Deal, Copied Biz Model
• Critical Issues For Post-Acquisition Physicians
• Altegra Health Accuses Ex-Sales VP Of Stealing Secrets
• FTC Official Justifies Tough Hospital Merger Enforcement
• Ex-World Health CEO Gets 130 Months For $40M Fraud
• Okla. Has No Standing For ACA Challenge, DOJ Says
• Mass. Hospital Network Accused Of Medcaid Billing Fraud
• NJ Court Backs Nondisclosure Of Draft Hospital Report
• FCA Recoveries Hit New $5B High In 2012, DOJ Says
• Texas Cancer Center Not Immune From Lead Dust Liability
• LHC Group Escapes SEC Medicare Probe Unscathed
• HHS Defends Medicare Appeal Deadline Before High Court
• Judge Won't Block Calif. Sexual Orientation Therapy Ban
• Hospital Tech Pleads Not Guilty In Hep C Outbreak Case
• 1st Circ. Set To Weigh In On FCA First-To-File Rule
• The Mediation Advocate's Bill of Rights
• Heart Docs Hit Forest Labs With Class Action Over Junk Faxes
• Texas Judge OKs $66M Award In Hospital Investor Suit
• High Court Weighs If Settlement Offer Can Moot FLSA Suit
• Republicans Say HHS Is Biased Against Fracking
• Nonprofit Fights Sanofi Subpoena In Antitrust Suit
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Contractor, Travelers Face Suit Over Gov't Construction Delays
• Blue Cross Can't Escape Suit Over Favored-Nation Deals
• Quest Accused Of Flouting ERISA On Severance Packages
• US Says Nursing Home Co. Scammed Medicare, Tricare
• Disturbing Findings On Atty-Client Privilege In FCA Case