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Health - March, 2013

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• Universal Health Care Faces WARN Act Suit From Ex-Workers
• HHS To Finalize Basic Health Plan Rules Within 1 Year
• Rising Star: Proskauer's James Segroves
• ResMed Goes On Warpath Over Sleep Apnea Gear Patents
• Antitrust Scholars Back Eaton's High Court Bid In Price Case
• 6 Health Policies A Gridlocked Congress Can Get Behind
• UPS To Fork Over $40M To End Online Pharmacy Probe
• HHS Vows To Cover Medicaid Expansion To Sway Holdouts
• Pension Plans Shorted $438M By Catholic Health East: Suit
• VA Can't Dodge DaVita's Dialysis Contract Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Reading The Labels Of Par And Harkonen
• Pa. High Court Won't Review Family Medical Bills Liability
• FTC Bares Teeth As Hospitals Buy Doc Groups
• Reps. Ask Medicare To Up Home Dialysis Training Payments
• Investors Step Out Of Comfort Zone, Into Senior Housing
• Sens. Ask HHS To Justify Exchange Grants Under Sequester
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Michael Paulhus
• Nixon Peabody Boosts Albany Team As NY Health Field Shifts
• $160M Mixed-Use Project Slated For Colo. Medical Area
• Walgreen FCA Suit Over Drug Kickbacks Dropped
• NJ Appeals Court Says Experts Can Testify On Same Subject
• Pharmacies Lose Suit Calling CMS Rule Anti-Competitive
• Blue Shield Says Lab Testing Monopoly Suit Falls Short
• Medicare Asleep On $70M Equipment Overpayments, OIG Says
• Psychologists Group Sued Over Misleading Membership Fees
• W.Va. AG's Pill Mill Suit Kicked Back to State Court
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• Pricey Land Complicates Options For Ailing NYC Hospital
• Flimsy FCA Claims Doom Omnicare Securities Suit
• 7 Steps To Get HIPAA-Compliant Now
• Dem Sen. Highlights 'Family Glitch' In ACA Coverage Options
• Ogletree Adds Procopio Cory ERISA Pro To San Diego Office
• UC Regents To Pay $1.2M Over Faulty Anesthesia Supervision
• Rising Star: DLA Piper's Joshua Kaye
• Tenet Healthcare Can't Dodge Doc-Referral Kickback Suit
• Tenn. Gov. Rejects Medicaid Expansion After Plan Setback
• Nordic Capital Rolls In $782M In Sale Of Wheelchair Co.
• 6th Circ. Upholds HHS Disproportionate Share Payment Rule
• Allscripts Drops Suit Over $300M NYC Hospitals Contract
• Walgreen, Insurer End Avastin Eye Injury Coverage Suit
• Fired Exec Slaps NY Hospital With $30M Defamation Suit
• Doc Gets 6 Years, To Pay $4.5M For Fen-Phen Settlement Fraud
• Express Scripts Sued Over Drug-Delivery Robocalls
• A Cautionary Tale For Transactional Lawyers
• Acadia Unit Beats Retaliation Suit Over Nurse's FCA Claims
• 9th Circ. Backs SEIU's $1.4M Award In Rival Union Fight
• Health Reform Law Doesn't Nix Suit Over Fla. Medicaid Rates
• Doc-Owned Device Cos. Carry Fraud Risk, Inspector Warns
• Class Cert. Granted In TCPA Suit Over Medical Debt Calls
• The 5 Litigators Sure To Drive Judges Mad
• ND Gov. Signs Nation's Strictest Abortion Laws
• Rehab Cos. Want Sanctions Against US In FCA Fight
• HHS Wants NY To Refund $27M In Improper Medicaid Claims
• Perkins Coie Expands Dallas Office With 5 New Attys
• Gentiva Beats Medicare Billing Fraud Securities Suit
• NY State Labor Law Exempts Public Hospitals, Judge Finds
• FCA Allows Treble Damages — 'But Treble What?'
• DOJ Ends Blue Cross Antitrust Suit After Favored Nations Ban
• 5 Tips For Making It Rain
• Justices Scrutinize Arbitrators' Reach In Oxford Class Appeal
• Primary Health Gets $9.6M In Hudson Coverage Row
• UPenn Says St. Jude Cancer Therapy Patent Is Invalid
• House Rep. Targets ACA Exchange Forms' Voter Registration
• 8 Houston Attys Accused Of Chiropractor Kickback Scheme
• AHA Pursues Suit Over CMS Inpatient Billing Despite Ruling
• Senior Living REIT Buys 13 Facilities In $141.7M Deal
• Lasik For Farsightedness Not Illegal Experiment: 9th Circ.
• NJ Law Firm Claims Defamation In Insurance Work Row
• Quinn Emanuel Taps DOJ Atty To Lead Health Fraud Group
• 2nd Circ. Asks If Clinic Can Be Sued For Nurse's STD Gossip
• Broad And Cassel Nabs GrayRobinson's Health Care Leader
• Detroit Hospital To Pay $8.4M To Settle Wage-Fixing Claims
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 1
• CVS Worker Weigh-Ins Should Survive Lawsuits
• Judge Scolds Attys For Snubbing Whistleblowers In FCA Suit
• High Court's Oxford Ruling May Devastate Class Arbitration
• Whistleblower Blew Wrong Whistle, NJ Appeals Court Says
• MLB Says Clinic Hurt League By Hawking Drugs To Players
• Clinic Wants FCA Suit Tossed After $1.6M Deal Collapses
• NY-Presbyterian Gets Nod For $1B Projects, Hospital Merger
• Regional Medicare Pay Adjustments Won't Work, Report Says
• How To Read FTC's Recent Letter To Okla. Hospital
• NJ Hospital Trustee Blames Losses On Exec Negligence, Fraud
• Insurer Drops Suit Over ACA High-Risk Pool Enrollment
• Health Providers Brace For Tougher False Claims Statutes
• GOP Rep. Demands Details On IRS' Health Reform Spending
• DC Circ. Blasts DEA Shipping Ban On Walgreen Facility
• Sens. Seek Medicare Incentives For Telehealth Use
• GOP Wins Promise Of Light Medical App Regulation From FDA
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• Calif. Settles Class Actions Over Home Care Program Cuts
• Sens. Say Rural Docs Are Being Cut Out Of ACA Reforms
• Conn. Bill Would Boost Health Care Competition, FTC Says
• 5 Tips For Building Bridges With Whistleblower Clients
• Supreme Court Throws Out Medicaid Tort Recovery Law
• Pittsburgh Mayor Disputes UPMC's Tax-Exempt Charity Status
• FAA Contractor Off Hook In Worker Privacy Suit
• Health Care Providers, Be Prepared For Sequester Cuts
• Agencies Issue Rule On ACA's 90-Day Insurance Wait Limit
• Prime Healthcare Says It Was Muscled Out Of Hospital Deals
• Jones Day Lures Atlanta FCA Experts From Nelson Mullins
• NJ High Court Stresses Respect For Labor Arbitration Awards
• Reps. Want Tighter Controls On Medicare Audit Contractors
• McKesson Wages Suit Settlement May Harm Class, Judge Says
• Walgreen Inks 10-Year Partnership Deal With Amerisource
• Lawmakers Push FDA To Finalize Mobile Health App Rules
• Minn. OKs Health Exchange Over GOP Objections
• What You Should Know About PPACA Reporting Rules
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• 5 Ways HHS' New Rate Scrutiny Will Shake Up Insurers
• HHS Falls Short Of Improper Payment Goals, Watchdog Says
• House Panel Readies Attack On FDA App Oversight
• Religious Cos. Can Duck Contraception Rule, 7th Circ. Told
• McKesson-Affiliated Cancer Centers Hit With FCA Suit
• Sens. Want CMS To Delay Medicare Advantage Cuts
• Religious Freedom In The Workplace: UK Edition
• ND Lawmakers Pass Nation's Strictest Abortion Bans
• Allscripts Claims Investors Mistook 'Puffery' For Facts
• Bill Would Loosen Rule For Medicare Nursing Home Coverage
• Spotlight On Private Equity Investing In Urgent Care
• Lawmakers Press CMS To Abandon Medicare Advantage Cuts
• Medco Sanctioned In Whistleblower Medicare FCA Suit
• HHS Updates State Medicaid FCA Compliance Rules
• Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim At Impending Doctor Shortage
• We Need More Diversity In Mediation
• SUNY Can't Close Hospital After Hiding Decision: Judge
• 7th Circ. Backs Canopy Exec's 13-Year Term For $93M Fraud
• Medicare's Bid To Resolve Hospital Billing Fight Falls Short
• Domino's Founder Exempted From Contraception Mandate
• Credit Suisse To Pay $400M To End Nat'l Century Fraud Suits
• 6th Circ. Releases Tenn. Medicaid From Youth Care Pact
• Alston Boosts DC Lobby Shop With Capitol Hill Health Vet
• High Court Urged By Doctors To Uphold Myriad Gene Patents
• Judge Won't Block Medicaid Cut For Maine Residents
• Justices Urged To Raise Bar For Worker Retaliation Suits
• Highmark Rips Class Members' Bid To Exit $5M Antitrust Deal
• How FDA Differs From CMS In Clinical Lab Test Oversight
• Mich. Appeals Court Shields Med Records In Malpractice Case
• Forest Labs Can't Escape Class Action Over Junk Faxes
• Health Reform Bill Didn't Follow Protocol, DC Circ. Hears
• 11th Circ. Urged To End Block On Ga. Health-Plan Pay Law
• Fla. House Panel Approves Bill To Beef Up State FCA
• Ariz. High Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Experts Law
• Therapy Cos. Can't Shake Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Suit
• Blue Cross Agrees To Refund $4M In Statement Fees
• Scripps Health Escapes Rival's Patient Poaching Suit
• IMS Health Inks $100M Deal For Marketing Software Firm
• Skilled Care Providers, Take Note Of Jimmo V. Sebelius
• $2B San Fran Hospital Project Wins Enviro Approval
• NJ High Court Says Bad Counsel No Excuse For Late Notice
• FTC Sues Idaho Health System Over Acquisition Of Doc Group
• Ariz. Gov. Unveils Medicaid Expansion Legislation
• Texas Bill Would Let Chiropractors Make Diagnoses
• 4 States To Work With Gov't On Federally Run ACA Exchanges
• NJ Health Provider Sued Over Payroll Rounding System
• Polsinelli Nabs Health Pro With FCPA Chops From Mintz Levin
• House Bill Would Authorize Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
• Ryan Budget Plan Targets Obama Health, Energy Policies
• Diagnostic Co. Can't Punt Kickback, FCA Claims, Feds Say
• Tenet Says Agreement Voids Ex-Nurse's Meal Break Suit
• Fla. Senate Panel Says No To Medicaid Expansion
• HHS Details Federal Funding Cuts For State Programs
• UnitedHealth Shirking Mental Health Obligations, Suit Says
• 11th Circ. Demands Jail Time For Doc In $3M Fraud Case
• Doctor Claims Ex-Partners Duped Him In Sale Of Practice
• Blue Cross Seeks KO Of Spinal Center's Reimbursement Suit
• SUNY Hospital Closing Blocked As Judge Weighs Objections
• Collection Letters Must Clearly Convey Validation Notice
• Do's And Don'ts Of A Flu Vaccine Policy
• Medicare's Readmissions Cure Gives Hospitals New Headaches
• Texas Lawmakers Divided On Medicaid Expansion
• 2 More Plead Guilty In $63M Miami Medicare Fraud
• Insurers Lagging On ACA Essential Coverage, Report Says
• US Wants Lifecare Ch. 11 Sale Nixed Over $24M Tax Bill
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Ill. Gov. Plans To Greenlight Physician Licensing Fee Hike
• Clinics Dispute Quest's Claims In Lab Testing Monopoly Suit
• Troutman Sanders Dodges Ex-Partner's $20M Fee Suit
• Takeaways From FDA's 1st Waiver Decision
• Providers Unlikely To Share E-Records Despite Medicare Push
• Adult Day Care Facilities Wasted Tax Dollars: NJ Watchdog
• BCBS Alabama Broke Antitrust Laws, Class Action Says
• AFL-CIO Off Base In Lobbying Expenses Fight, NLRB Told
• CVS Can't Duck Pharmacists' Civil Theft Claims In OT Case
• Doc Accuses Malpractice Insurance Exchange Of Fraud
• HHS Puts Finishing Touches On Health Exchange Picture
• Blue Shield Rate Increase Slammed By Calif. Watchdog
• Off-Label Drug Coverage Bill Clears NJ Assembly Panel
• Idaho Abortion Ban Axed As Arkansas OKs Tougher Law
• DaVita HealthCare Hit With Suits Over Dialysis Deaths
• How To Defend Your Co. From Gov't Health Care Claims
• 2013 Employment Law Housekeeping
• Epstein Becker Malpractice Suit Debated At Appeals Court
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO In Talks With Gov't To End Kickback Case
• Quest Forced Out Older Sales Reps, Court Hears
• House GOP Accuses Obama Of Leaving Sick Uninsured
• Rite Aid Pharmacists Seek To Revive OT Suit In 4th Circ.
• Judge In Okla. ACA Debate Denies Texas Co.'s Bid To Wade In
• Dems' Bill Would Empower HHS To Block Insurer Rate Hikes
• $200M Tobacco Funds Aren't For Pa. Coffers: Appeals Court
• Hospital Workers Ask 3rd. Circ. To Let Meal Break Suit Proceed
• Blue Cross 'Bait And Switch' Class Actions Trimmed
• Huron Dodges $50M Whistleblower Suit Over St. Vincent Scam
• Covington Lands Ex-Sen. Jon Kyl For Public Policy Team
• Kindred Hospital Workers Win Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• A Look At The Health Care M&A Horizon
• Texas Doctors Groups Pay $2.3M To Settle FCA Suit
• San Fran Advances $2.5B Hospital Project With Concessions
• Insurer Mandates Key To E-Health Revolution, Experts Say
• House GOP Bill Targets ACA's Contraception Mandate
• Express Scripts Says Class Action's Recall Bid Hits FDA Turf
• McKesson, Epic End High Court Induced-Infringement Fight
• DC Circ. Backs Kaiser's Medicare Staffing Reimbursements
• Allscripts Acquires 2 Health Care Technology Firms
• House Mental Health Reform Talks Spur HIPAA Criticism
• Ind. Asks High Court To Allow Law Blocking Abortion Funding
• LabCorp Says NLRB Lacks Authority For Union Election Ruling
• A New Trend In Health Care Fraud Settlements
• Fla. Lawmakers Face ACA, Insurance Crisis In New Session
• For Doctors, Fla. Medicaid Expansion Comes At A Price
• Businessman Cops To Kickback Plot Over Bandage Sales
• For-Profits Can't Duck Contraception Mandate, 7th Circ. Told
• US Not Immune From Medical Malpractice Suits: High Court
• UCSD Medical Center Sues HHS Over $1M Medicare Mistake
• NJ Health Exchange Oversight Measure Clears Senate Panel
• Va. Retirement Home Aims To Slash $84M Debt In Ch. 11
• CMS Overpaid Medicare Advantage Plans By $5B, GAO Says
• Jones Day Nabs ACA Expert From IRS For Health Care Group
• Calif. Anorexia Coverage Ruling Denied High Court Review
• UPMC Can't Use Highmark Merger Docs In Antitrust Row
• A Victory For State-Action Doctrine Critics
• Ind. Asks Supreme Court To Lift Block On Medicaid Dental Cap
• Best Practices Of Conducting An Accident Investigation
• The Pressure Is On For 340B Entities
• Calif. Lawmakers Vote To Bar Pre-Existing Condition Denials
• HHS Issues Final Reinsurance, Risk Rules For Exchanges
• IRS Unveils Details Of ACA Health Insurance Tax
• FLSA Doesn't Apply To Gap-Time Claims, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Union Suit Would Force Spying On Workers, Kaiser Says
• Cigna Seeks To Toss ERISA Action Over ACA Rebate Dodges
• Judge Won't Block Maine's Medicaid Cut
• Maranon Takes $65M Slice Of Linden's $314M Dental Co. Buy
• Law Firms Do Battle With Hacks, Leaks And The Reply-All
• Unforeseen Consequences Of The ACA