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Health - February, 2013

235 articles

• DOL Issues Final Rules To Stop Fraudulent Health Pools
• Calif. Insurance Dept. Pushes For Greater Autism Coverage
• Beth Israel Stalled NYC Whole Foods, $100M Suit Says
• Union Opposes HealthBridge-Run Centers' CBA Change
• GOP Moves To Repeal ACA Employer Penalties
• Medicare Paid $5B For Subpar Nursing Home Stays, IG Finds
• New Reimbursement Policies Paying Dividends, CMS Says
• La. Insurance Regulator's Emergency Powers Upheld
• CMS Escapes DME Bidding Dispute Despite Judge's Rebuke
• Coming Soon To SCOTUS: Technicalities Of Saying 'I Do'
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• GAO Nixes Protests Over $373M Medicare Contract
• Lawmakers Slam DOD, VA For Calling Off $4B Database Plan
• Health Providers Brace For Medicare Spending Cuts
• Liberty Univ. Asks 4th Circ. To Kill ACA Employer Mandate
• GSK Not Immune To Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit, Clinic Says
• Employers Ask Supreme Court To Find DOMA Unconstitutional
• Allstate Opens Fraud Trial Against Chiropractor Network
• HHS Urges Court Not To Block Medicaid Cut In ACA Suit
• GOP Reps. Attack CMS Over Fraud-Fighting Efforts
• Nationwide Must Defend Ventilator Failure Suit, Judge Says
• ACA Success May Require Immigration Reform
• Doc Says Providers Are Misreading FCA In Kickbacks Case
• Doc Says Blue Cross Punished Him For Patient Advocacy
• NJ Gov. Chris Christie Backs Medicaid Expansion
• AmerisourceBergen Faces FCA Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Judge Axes $500M FCA Suit Over Public Info-Based Claims
• Hospice Must Return Medicare Overpayments, 10th Circ. Rules
• Obama Tells 9th Circ. States Can Cut Medicaid Payments
• Ex-Steelers Doc's Pharmacist Gets 2 Years For 'Roid Scheme
• Pa. Court Says Nonspecialist Experts OK In Malpractice Suits
• How Developers Can Score In Suburban Office Markets
• The Next Big Thing In Securities Litigation
• Highmark, UPMC Contract Stiffs West Penn, Pa. Officials Say
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• 9th Circ. Reinstates Sonoma Retirees Health Benefits Case
• GCs Brace For More Whistleblower Suits
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• Catholic Co. Says Religious Rights Rebuff Birth Control Rule
• CVS Must Pay Up In Fight Over $34M OT Settlement
• Medicare Could Save $14M With Drug Price Controls: Report
• 5 HealthBridge-Run Centers Hit Ch. 11 As Union Row Simmers
• CORRECTED: Whistleblowers Want Medco's Counsel-Advice Defense Blocked
• Ignorance On $1.25M Deductible Isn't Bliss: Miss. High Court
• High Court Won't Weigh UnitedHealth ERISA Preemption Case
• Firing Employees Who Refuse Flu Shots Has Hidden Risks
• Providence Unfairly Denied Medi-Cal Payments, Suit Says
• Hospital Group Asks CMS To Clarify Medicaid Enrollment Rule
• Texas High Court Nixes Public Workers' Whistleblower Suits
• GOP Govs. May Find Medicaid Expansion Hard To Pass Up
• Compounding Group Open To Oversight Talks With FDA
• Warner Chilcott Falsely Promoted Drugs, FCA Suit Says
• DOL Rule Outlines Handling Of ACA Whistleblower Complaints
• HHS Finalizes ACA Rule Eliminating Insurance Bias
• Travelers Dodges Coverage For Anesthetist's Sex Assaults
• HIPAA Final Rule: What's A Covered Entity To Do? — Part 2
• Calif. Lawmaker Floats Genetic Privacy Bill Again
• LabCorp Ducks Some Stanford Claims In Prenatal Test IP Row
• 35 States Ready For Medicaid Enrollment Changes Under ACA
• Texas House OKs $4.8B Bill To Plug Medicaid Funding Gap
• HHS Doles Out $300M For New Medicaid Models
• 6th Circ. Says Union's Robocall Campaign Didn't Break Law
• Medco Funneled Kickbacks To Nonprofits, Exec Says
• McDermott Adds Health Transaction Pro In Chicago
• NJ Lawmaker Wants State Oversight Of Health Exchange
• Sen. Pushes Change To Medicare Rehab Payment Clause
• Clinics Can't Seek Legal Fees In Car Accident Coverage Rows
• Maine Residents Say Medicaid Cuts Breach ACA
• Cigna Overbilling Is Legitimate, Clinics Claim
• More Inconsistency In NYC Human Rights Cases: Part 2
• In Turnaround, Fla. Gov. Agrees To Medicaid Expansion
• McGuireWoods Denies Representing Bankrupt Hospital In LBO
• Essential Health Benefits Rule Puts Pressure On Insurers
• Medicare Heavily Overpaid For Infusion Drugs, Report Says
• Birth Control Rule Spurns Religious Rights, Republicans Say
• FEMA Needn't Pay $20M For New Hospital Gear: 7th Circ.
• CMS Chided Over Failure To Chase Medicaid Overpayments
• Troutman Dodges $40M Malpractice Suit Over Mariner Merger
• Adventist Health Can't Dodge FCA Claim Of ER Overbilling
• NJ May See Fewer Insurance Options Under Federal Exchange
• Ernst & Young Stole Trade Secrets, Express Scripts Says
• Justices Pare Antitrust Immunity In FTC Hospital Merger Win
• 3 Sentenced In $100M El Paso Health Plan Kickback Case
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Crowell & Moring Health Partner In DC
• Clarification From High Court On State Action Exemption
• Google Investor Can't Revive Suit Over Online Drug Sales
• Anthem Delays Mail-Order Rx Rule In Face Of Bias Suit
• High Court Won't Review HHS Test For Equipment Suppliers
• Hospital's Immunity Bid In FTC Merger Fight Nixed By Justices
• Carlyle Raises $308M For Peru Fund
• CVS Denies Underfunding $34M OT Settlement
• Wells Fargo Breached Trustee Duties, MedCap Investors Say
• 5 PPACA 'Play-Or-Pay' Compliance Techniques To Consider
• Texas High Court OKs Pared Medical Liability Reports
• Ore. Bill Would Ax Antitrust Immunity For Medicaid Groups
• Valeant Pays $12M To Settle Wellbutrin Antitrust Claims
• Liberty Medical Files Ch. 11 On Heels Of Execs' Buyout
• House Progressives Try Again For Single-Payer Health Plan
• NJ To Participate In Federal Health Care Exchange
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Indiana Univ. Health Misused Trade Secrets, Suit Says
• HHS Blasts Domino's Contraception Reprieve Request
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• GSK Wants Out Of HIV Drug Kickback Suit
• 6 HIPAA Rule Takeaways For Employers
• Ind. Gov. Seeks To Extend State Program, Not Expand Medicaid
• FTC Opinion Draws New Roadmap For Health Care Tie-Ups
• Former CMS Chiefs Urge Senate To Confirm Tavenner
• Cardinal Health Puts Up $2B For PE-Backed AssuraMed
• Sens. Fault HHS For Delays As ACA Exchange Deadline Looms
• Ex-Troutman Atty Loses Appeal Over Nursing Home Deals
• No Easy Fix For Loathed Doc Payment Model, Congress Told
• HHS Can't Shake FOIA Suit Over Formaldehyde Research
• An Information Security Preparedness Checklist
• Texas High Court Fails To Clean Up Law of Negligence
• MRI V. National Imaging May Signal New Litigation Trend
• Pa. Law Firm Facing Bankruptcy Or Merger After Client Loss
• Hospital's Medicare Woes Signal Shift In Feds' FCA Tactics
• Walgreen Co. Can't Trademark Store-Brand Zyrtec
• Drug Industry Warns Against Medicare Part D Rebates
• Wis. Gov. Snubs Medicaid Expansion, Touting Alternative Plan
• GAO Nixes Protest Over VA Home Oxygen Supply Contract
• Panel Centers NECC Meningitis Cases In Mass., Not Minn.
• Illinois, HHS Join Forces For Health Insurance Exchange
• WebMD Accused Of Infringing Online Health Records Patent
• Gay Worker Sues ArcelorMittal For Denying Spouse Benefits
• 10 Things To Know Before Signing An IT Contract
• When Social Media Collides With Medical Practice
• States Ask 8th Circ. To Pause ACA Contraception Rule Appeal
• Skadden Reps JLL Partners In $115M Health Buy-And-Build
• UBS Can't Duck FINRA Arbitration Over $125M ARS
• Gov't Can Depose Guidant Workers In $726M FCA Suit: Judge
• NC Gov. Opposes Medicaid Expansion, Health Exchange
• CVS Can't Arbitrate Patient Info Dispute, 5th Circ. Says
• $1.6B Medicaid Cuts Crippled Nursing Home Biz, Suit Says
• KKR, Bain Could Reap $1.8B In HCA Selldown
• Arizona Law Defunding Planned Parenthood Overturned
• Fla. Doctor To Pay $26M Settlement In False Claims Case
• Scrapped Vet Health Database Highlights Contracting Woes
• HHS Advances Rules On ACA Benefits, Insurer Protection
• US Military To Award Some Benefits To Same-Sex Partners
• Feds Recover $4.2B In Health Care Overpayments In 2012
• Duke Hospital Can't Expand Coverage For Mishap: 4th Circ.
• Hospital's $8M Medicare Deal OK'd To Avoid Criminal Fallout
• Ruling Offers Cure For Health Contractors Chasing Coverage
• Deference To HHS On Medicaid Hurts Hospitals, 9th Circ. Told
• Brazil's Antitrust Head Wants Health Care Merger Barred
• 1st Circ. Won't Revisit Benefits Award For Drug-Relapse Risk
• Ex-Mayor Again Pleads Not Guilty In $100M Kickback Case
• Whistleblowers Win $29M Verdict In Nursing Home FCA Suit
• Apax Reaps $97M From Indian Hospital Co. Stock Sale
• Gentiva Board Escapes Medicare Fraud Derivative Suit
• Law360 Health Editorial Advisory Board
• Ready Or Not, Final Compliance Guidelines Are Here
• 3rd Circ. Says Mennonites Can't Block Contraception Mandate
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Ex-CEO Poulsen Can't Escape $3B Nat'l Century Fraud Suit
• White House Says Sequester Threatens Drug Approvals
• Calif. Bill Aims To Curb Bias In Worker Wellness Programs
• Obama's Straight-Shooting CMS Chief May Yet Win Over GOP
• Miss. Health Exchange Rejected Due To Gov.'s Opposition
• NJ Lawmaker Calls For BPA Ban In Kids' Food Containers
• Quest, Insurers Hit Back At Testing Monopoly Claims
• Facebook Vacation Pics Scuttle FMLA Suit
• Continental Sued Over Defective Mesh Defense Coverage
• HHS Improperly Let Ariz. Medicaid Copays Rise, Judge Says
• A Defendant's Guide To Approaching Head Injury Cases
• Reps. Jump At Chance To Kill Reviled Medicare Pay Method
• Aetna Defeats NJ Hospital In $39M Reimbursement Dispute
• Catholic Leaders Reject ACA Contraceptive Compromise
• Pfizer Notes Doctor Decisions In Appeal Of $142M RICO Award
• Whistleblower Urges Revival Of $2B Beth Israel FCA Suit
• Docs Fear For Reputations Under Final Sunshine Rule
• Basic Health Plans Won't Be Ready Until 2015, HHS Says
• UPMC Settles NLRB Complaint Over Union-Busting Claims
• Texas Rep. Backs Medicaid Expansion, Insurance Exchange
• VWR Can't Dodge Enviro Suit Over Lab Supply Facility
• Hospital Not Owed $21M For Writedown, CMS Tells 5th Circ.
• EU Plan Forces More Cos. To Reveal Data Breaches
• State AGs And Data Privacy: A Review And Look Ahead
• Takeaways From OIG's Recent Opinion On Co-Management
• Blood Bank's Deal With Clients In Data Theft Suit OK'd
• CORRECTED: High Court Scraps 2nd Appeal Over NLRB Recess Appointees
• GAO Nixes Protest Over $330M Medicare Services Contract
• FDA Warns Clinics About New Bogus Batches Of Avastin
• Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Repeal Medicare Doctor Pay Rate
• Pentagon, VA Call Off Interagency Health Database
• Mich. Gov. Backs Medicaid Expansion Under ACA
• Patient Data Suit Must Be Arbitrated, CVS Tells 5th Circ.
• Texas High Court Asked To Set Award In Malpractice Case
• $300M Antitrust Suit Accuses Hospital Of Bullying Insurers
• Texas Must Recalculate Medicaid Rate, State High Court Told
• Best Employer Practices In Light Of Noel Canning V. NLRB
• EMR Adoption May Be Riskier Than Expected
• Farmers Insurance Hit With Class Action Over Skimpy Payouts
• Final Sunshine Rule Gives Doctors More Room To Experiment
• House OKs Bills To Boost Pediatric Training, Research
• Prudential Dodges Class Cert. In 'Death Spiral' Insurance Suit
• Pot Clinic Bans Violate State Law, Calif. High Court Told
• Barnes & Thornburg Hires Former Altisource GC In Indy
• Pa. Gov. Rejects ACA Medicaid Expansion, Calls For Reforms
• DOL Rules On Health Care Pools Poised To Take Effect
• Texas High Court Eyes Deadline For Medical Expert Reports
• Patton Boggs Lands Former US Attorney In Dallas
• Calif. Takes Stab At Its Own Essential Health Benefits
• 'Fast And Furious' DOJ Atty Returns To King & Spalding
• FPIC Must Provide Docs In $2M Malpractice Suit, Says Judge
• Justice Ginsburg Snubs Appeal Over NLRB Recess Appointees
• Cigna, Berkshire Hathaway Strike $2B Reinsurance Deal
• HHS Approves Fla. Medicaid Waiver For Long-Term Care
• Birth Control Compromise Hard Pill For Insurers To Swallow
• Ohio Gov. Backs Medicaid Expansion Under ACA
• Ex-Sen. Will Guard States' Turf In ACA Exchanges
• HHS Says Providers Will Save $3.4B Under Red Tape Overhaul
• FHA Finalizes Rule Expanding Hospital Loan Refinancing
• Kaiser Billing Class Wins Cert. In Emergency Services Suit
• Calif. Clinic Can't Duck HHS $15M Medicaid Overcharge Suit
• GOP Tells Pa. Gov. To Rebuke ACA Medicaid Expansion
• U Of Texas Hospital System Loses $11M FICA Tax Fight
• Sanofi, BMS Sued By W.Va. AG Over Plavix Marketing
• UnitedHealth Collective Action Waiver Doesn't Violate FLSA
• Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege: Learn From Halifax
• Challenging Ex Parte Communications With Physicians
• Chem Rx Trustee Urges 2nd Circ. To Consider Exec Fraud Suit
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive ACA Individual Mandate Challenge
• Obama's Compromise On Contraception Won't End Lawsuits
• Mich. Benefit Tax OK Under ERISA, Insurers Tell 6th Circ.
• Feds Unveil ACA's Long-Delayed Doc Payment Sunshine Rule
• FLSA Class Nixed In ManorCare Meal Break Suit
• States Slow To Pass ACA Consumer Laws, Report Says
• Eisai Beats Whistleblower's Off-Label Marketing FCA Suit
• New Year Brings New Rules To Del. Trial Practice
• Inside The Circuit Split Over FAA Section 7
• HHS Proposes Contraception Mandate Opt-Out