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Health - April, 2013

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• Wells Fargo To Pay $105M Over MedCap Ponzi Scheme
• NC Assembly Clears Ban On Favored Nations In Health Deals
• Aetna Skirts Docs' False Ad Claim In Reimbursement Fight
• Rural/Metro Board Reaches $6.6M Deal To Settle Buyout Claims
• Compounding Bill May Hand FDA New Power Over Health Care
• Nursing Home Co. Says $25M Buyout Loan Wasn't Funded
• States Look Beyond Medicaid With Latest FCA Expansions
• 6th Circ. Gives ProMedica Another Shot At FTC Suit Coverage
• Fla. House Democrats Stall Session Over Medicaid Fight
• CVS Tells 5th Circ. Patient Info Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Insurers Get More Time To Apply For Health Exchanges
• Paramedics Ask 5th Circ. To Revive OT Suit
• Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bracewell Employment Pro In Dallas
• Bipartisan Bill Would Expand ACA's Religious Exemption
• What To Know About ACA Collective Bargaining
• Fla. Senate Stands Firm Behind $50B Medicaid Alternative
• 4th Circ. Upholds Forfeitures In Health Fraud Case
• Bankrupt Rotech Seeks To Sack Equity Committee
• Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Merck Escapes Suits Over Prescription Copay Coupons
• Ex-Patient Drops DaVita FCA Suit Over Nurse-To-Patient Ratio
• Justices Urged To Eye Sanctions Rule For 'Baseless' IP Suits
• Union Can't Block Gov.'s Plan To Close Health Centers
• Highmark's $1.1B Deal For West Penn Clears Final Hurdle
• UPMC Can't Avoid Remand In Tax Status Suit, Pittsburgh Says
• DC Circ. Rips NLRB's Take On Exec's Union Remark
• CMS Offers Hospitals Bigger Payments, Bigger Penalties
• LifeCare, Creditors Reach Deal Backing $320M Carlyle Sale
• SUNY Nixes Plan To Close Hospital After City Council Vote
• Lawmakers Question Whether HIPAA Hurts Mental Health Care
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, First Reserve, Mechel
• Insurer Balks At Defending Hospital In Dirty Endoscope Suit
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Bid For Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Novartis Faces Another DOJ Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• White House Names FTC's Shelanski To Lead Oversight Body
• Greenberg Fends Off DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
• Fla. House Passes Alternative To Medicaid Expansion
• UPMC Computer, Social Media Policy Violated Law, NLRB Says
• Watchdog Calls For IRS To Step Up ACA Implementation
• Bill Giving FDA New Power Over Compounders Unveiled
• FTC's $195M Phoebe Merger Row Remanded By 11th Circ.
• Mass. Demands Swift Action On Boston Bombing Claims
• Liberty Medical Settles $40 Million Feud With Alere
• National Union Off Hook For $350M UnitedHealth Settlement
• NJ High Court Limits Expert Pool For Med Mal Plaintiffs
• Foley Adds Former K&L Health Care Pro To Boston Team
• HHS Accused Of Playing Favorites With Health Reform Rules
• Attys See Teachable Moment In Greenberg Insider Probe
• Ex-Health Care Boss Found Guilty In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Military Counselors Win Class Cert. In Wage Dispute
• Fla. House Shoots Down Medicaid Expansion
• HHS Revokes Approval Of 2 E-Records Systems
• Greenberg Traurig Grilled On Ties To Political Intel Firms
• Ill. Chronic Pain Bill Will Cost Patients Proper Care, FTC Warns
• Moelis To Pay $5M To End Claims Over Rural/Metro Buyout
• Michael Jackson's Family Seeks Full Medical Records
• Medicare Wage Adjustment Flawed, Hospitals Tell 6th Circ.
• Genesis V. Symczyk: A Win For Employers In The End
• Medical Board Cons Docs Into Recertification, Suit Says
• Senate Confirms Burwell As New OMB Head
• Justices Seem Split On Raising Bar For Retaliation Suits
• Democratic Sen. Blocks Vote On New Medicare Chief
• NY Turns To Insurers To Battle Meningitis Outbreak
• Omnicare Faces Probe Over Possible FCA Offenses, Kickbacks
• CMS Proposes $10M Incentive For Medicare Fraud Tips
• CMS Won't Delay Switch To Pay-For-Performance ACO Model
• Post & Schell Lands Medicaid, Health Care Pro In Philly
• GOP Reps. Blast Administration Over ACA Implementation
• Lead Attys Named In Blue Cross Antitrust MDL
• A Closer Look Into Medicare Part B Inpatient Billing
• A Look At The FCC's Action On RF Exposure Limits
• Fla. Senate Panel Clears Medicaid Expansion Alternatives
• Highmark Objects To Giving UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs
• Archdiocese Pulls Back Bid For Contraception Mandate Docs
• Feds Walk Away From FCA Suit Against Medical Supplier J&B
• SF City Attorney Probing Nevada 'Patient Dumping' Claims
• 7th Circ. Finds American Red Cross Sought To Bust Union
• Fla. Hospital Fired Doctor Over Her Epilepsy, EEOC Says
• Ensign Group To Pay $48M To Settle DOJ's Overbilling Probe
• NYC Can't Flag Hospital Over Medicare Billing, Judge Says
• Sen. Wants Health Insurers' ACA Fees Disclosed To Patients
• Senate Panel Unanimously OKs CMS Chief Nomination
• Don't Let Your Plaintiff Get Away In CEPA Cases
• High Court Poised To Shape Landscape For Retaliation Suits
• Justices Mull Whether AIDS Funding Ban Harms Free Speech
• 6th Circ. Denies Hospital's Bid For $6M Medicaid Waivers
• Challenge To $373M Medicare Contract Award Falls In COFC
• FTC Looks To Speed Up $195M Phoebe Merger Challenge
• UCSF Doctors Shake Claims Over Unsupervised Procedures
• RE Mogul Can Use $25M Loan For Nursing Home Deal
• Saul Ewing's Pittsburgh Office Adds 4 Leech Tishman Attys
• UPMC Sues Pittsburgh, Mayor Over Tax Exemption Dispute
• Greenberg Ends Political Intel Biz Amid Insider Trading Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
• OIG's Alert Has Broad Implications With A Hint Of Warning
• 9th Circ. Says Medicare Plan Can't Sue Geico For Hospital Bills
• Obama To Increase Mental Health Reports In Gun Database
• Aetna Needn't Pay $13M Owed By Processor: Texas High Court
• Highmark Hospital Antitrust Suit Halted Amid Affiliation Deal
• NJ Pure Can't Quash Rival Malpractice Insurer's Ads
• $4M Caremark Deal Not Tied To Fee Row, Whistleblower Says
• FLSA Claims Push Highmark OT Suit Into Federal Court
• Universal Health Care Appointed Ch. 11 Trustee
• Fla. Medicaid Alternative Bill Advances Amid ACA Skepticism
• Caremark Can't Shred Junk Fax Suit
• Humana Fires Greenberg Traurig Amid Medicare Leak Probe
• Texas PE Firm Launches $150M Medical Real Estate Fund
• Proposed Texas Dental Bill Indicates Greater Regulation
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2
• Africa — Open For Business
• Calif. Lobs $101M Wage Suit At Embattled Hospital Chain
• Tribal Health Co.'s $9M Gov't Contract Suit Not Time-Barred
• Judge Wary Of Attys' Fees In Lap-Band Ads Settlement
• Prudential Policyholders Lose 2nd Round In 'Death Spiral' Row
• Fla. Senate Panel Votes To Cut $230M Insurers Tax Credit
• FDA To Survey Docs, Nurses On Drug Advertising
• UnitedHealth Verdict May Spur HMOs To Toughen Doc Reviews
• Travelers Says Hospital Billed $9M In Fraudulent Charges
• States Take Charge As ACA Threatens To Swamp Primary Care
• Insurers Win Bid To Return Avandia, Paxil Suits To Pa. Court
• 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
• GOP Reps. Blast ACA, Tell Sebelius It's 'Simply Not Working'
• Travelers Off Hook For Employee Theft Row, NY Court Says
• FTC's Opinion On Norman PHO — Significant But Unclear
• Fla. Senate Panel Passes Dueling Health Care Expansion Plans
• DC Circ. Won't Block ACA Rule On Medicare Referral System
• Feds Clear Path For Cos. To Come Clean On Medicare Fraud
• Gun Control Efforts, Background Checks Blocked By Senate
• Sen. Introduces Bill To Mandate Nurse Staffing Ratios
• Liberty Medical Can't Reject $40M Asset Deal, Judge Says
• West American Sinks Appeal Over MRI Kickback Suit Coverage
• 9th Circ. Weighs If Gay Conversion Therapy Is Free Speech
• Fla. Senate Panel Clears Bill To Strengthen State FCA
• Cooley Nabs Ex-Epstein Becker Health Practice Head
• High Court Urged To Revive Pfizer, GSK Price-Fixing Suit
• Health Insurer Dodges TCPA Suit Over Job Recruitment Calls
• Pharma Cos. Say Whistleblower's FCA Case Recycles Old Suits
• Clinics Win Class Cert. In Coventry Workers' Comp Dispute
• Greenberg Health Care Atty Faces SEC Insider Trading Probe
• Carlyle, Palamon Capital Purchase UK Health Services Co.
• Fragmented Workforces: A New Challenge For Employers
• Genesis Ruling Leaves Employer FLSA Strategy Up In The Air
• Medicaid Eligibility Is State's Call, NJ Appeals Court Rules
• Hospital Execs, Docs Arrested Over Medicare Kickbacks
• Scooter Store Gets Nod On $10M DIP Over Trustee's Protest
• Fla. Hospital Shakes Whistleblower's Kickback, FCA Suit
• Fla. Bill Limits Punitive Awards Against Nursing Homes
• Nobel Biocare To Pay Up To $1.3M To Settle Dental Implant Suit
• Plan B Should Be Over-The-Counter, Medical Groups Say
• Kaiser Triumphs In Union Campaign Pay Suit
• Cigna-Insured Judge Denies Conflict In Reduced Benefits Suit
• Fla. Nursing Home Development Bill Clears Senate Panel
• Medicaid Expansion Approved By Ark. House
• West Penn Says $1.6B Highmark Deal Will End Antitrust Suit
• Doctors Hit DOD With Tricare Underpayment Class Action
• Inside The Supreme Court Review Of Oxford Health
• Hospitals Must Re-Evaluate Subcontractor Status
• Offer Of Full Relief Doomed FLSA Suit, High Court Says
• Scooter Store Enters Ch. 11 Amid Medicare Billing Probes
• Psychiatric Hospital, Ex-CEO Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• Catholic Group's Suit Over Contraception Rule Nixed for Now
• Aetna Avoids Arbitration Of Suit Over $99K Ear Wax Removal
• Alere Says Patients Seeking $116M For Data Theft Weren't Hurt
• Judge Resigns From Review Of $120M Aetna Antitrust Deal
• Medicare Law Supports Pared DSH Payments, DC Circ. Hears
• 5 HIPAA Blunders To Avoid At All Costs
• 3 Trapdoors In Surgery Center Investing
• What To Know About CMS' Recently Proposed Rule
• High Court Won't Mull Double Avandia Damages For Insurers
• Liberty Medical Creditors Say $40M Asset Deal Should Stay Put
• Blue Cross Settles With Doctor In Network Exclusion Case
• 11th Circ. Ruling Charts HIPAA Preemption Road Map
• Millennium Disclosures Don't Nix All FCA Claims: 1st Circ.
• Meningitis Plaintiffs' Litigation Team Named In NECC Case
• Medco Bid To Duck Sanctions Meets Whistleblower Resistance
• $967B Proposed HHS Budget Receives Little GOP Pushback
• Fla. House Unveils Medicaid Alternative Plan
• Cigna Sued By Clinic Over Out-Of-Network Coverage
• Fake Doctor Gets 12 Years For Medicare Fraud, Records Theft
• Employment Litigation Forecast: Greater Challenges Ahead
• FTC Revamps Challenge To $195M Hospital Merger
• $2M Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Row Sent To Arbitration
• US Asks Justices Not To Raise Bar For Retaliation Suits
• Fla. Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Reform Bill
• Most Hospitals Use Compounded Sterile Drugs, HHS Says
• Med. IT Co. Can't Block $16M Stock Buy, Appeals Court Says
• Nurse's Gossip May Expose NY Hospitals To Privacy Suits
• Ares, Toscafund To Buy Rest Of Healthcare Locums Stock
• UPMC Hit With New Union-Busting Claims In NLRB Complaint
• Sen. Urges Support For States Pioneering ACA Exchanges
• Lessons From Intermountain's Stark Law Settlement
• Prime Healthcare's Conspiracy Claims Against Kaiser Fall Flat
• Hospitals Push Medicare To Drop Unique Staff Requirement
• Obama's Budget Plan Would Hit Hospitals' Bottom Lines
• Highmark Should Give UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs: Report
• Cooper University Health Picks Up Stake In AmeriHealth NJ
• Polsinelli Adds Ex-Quarles HIPAA Pro To Health Care Group
• NJ Cardiologist Cops To $19M Health Fraud Scheme
• Florida Hospital Co. Sued Over Scheme To Sell Patient Info
• Psychiatric Hospital Workers Denied Class In Wage Suit
• Health Insurance Co. Charged In $9M Va. Tech Fraud
• Va. Takes The Lead In Biosimilar Substitution Law
• UnitedHealth Hit With $500M Punitives Verdict In Hep C Case
• NJ Medical Lab Workers, Doctor Charged In Kickback Scheme
• 4 Industries Facing New Heat From The False Claims Act
• Medical Equipment Firm Wins $30M DIP Financing
• Verizon Must Provide Hospital Hacker Info: NJ Appeals Court
• HIPAA Preempts Fla. Medical Privacy Law, 11th Circ. Says
• CMS, OIG Propose Changes To E-Records Safe Harbor
• Nat'l Century Investors Drop $3B Fraud Suits Against Ex-CEO
• Hospitals Want NIH Research Grant FCA Suit Tossed
• Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bell Nunnally Health Care Litigation Pro
• Beware Pharmacy Record-Keeping Violations
• Senators Voice Strong Support For Confirming CMS Chief
• Blue Cross Hit With $3.8M Verdict for Excluding Doctor
• Human Egg Donors' Price-Fixing Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Hospitals Win Delay In Drug Discount Program Deadline
• 5th Circ. Blocks Contractor Claims Against Bankrupt Hospital
• Pa. High Court Could Strike Privilege For Expert Witnesses
• Ala. Won't Enforce ACA Insurance Protections, Gov. Says
• Military Contractor Fights Counselors' OT Class Bid
• HHS Wants Florida To Repay $2.3M In Medicaid Overpayments
• High Court Urged Not To Raise Bar For Retaliation Claims
• $1.6B Highmark-West Penn Merger Backed By Consultants
• J&J Vaginal Mesh Plaintiff Can't Remove Suit From MDL
• Home Medical Co. Checks Into Ch. 11 After Spinoff Struggle
• Cigna, Clinics Escape FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
• NY Hospital Chain Botched Tax Refund Notices, Suit Says
• Antitrust Lessons From Interplay Of Hospitals, Doc Groups
• 'Single Employer' Liable In Union Workers Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
• Miami Clinic Operators Sentenced for $55M Medicare Fraud
• Multiple Theories Not Needed In Expert Report: Texas Justices
• CenturyLink Workers Say They Lost Benefits For Unionizing
• Greenberg Blasts DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
• No Jurisdiction For $4B Medicare Underpay Suit, HHS Says
• Liberty's ACA Challenge Jumps The Gun, 4th Circ. Hears
• DOJ Official Pushes For Trustee In Fla. HMO Bankruptcy
• Lax Ga. False Claims Law May Threaten Medicaid Incentives
• Jury Orders UnitedHealth To Pay $24M Over Hep C Outbreak
• NLRB Dodges DC Circ.'s Reach In LabCorp. Union Suit
• Bausch & Lomb Fires Back At Eye Doctor's Trademark Claims
• FDA Must Make Plan B Available To All Women, Judge Rules
• Highmark Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' UPMC Antitrust Suit
• Doctor Seeks $6.4M For Exclusion From Blue Cross Network
• 9th Circ. Blocks Health Clinics From Recouping Medicaid Cash
• Robbins Geller Lands US Atty For FCA, Securities Team
• Pharmacists Urge Medicare Part D Plans To Follow CMS' Lead
• Military Contractor Can't Arbitrate Counselors' OT Suit
• IRS Details New ACA Rule For Tax-Exempt Hospitals
• Fla. Lawmakers Propel $74B Budgets As Medicaid Row Looms
• Magellan Health Says Rival's $2B Contract With Ariz. Invalid
• Hospital Workers Stiffed On Health Care Payments, Suit Says
• EU Is Ahead Of The Curve On Telehealth
• Wells Fargo Can't Skirt MedCap Ponzi Class Action
• DOL May Expand Bold Plan For Hospitals After Court Ruling
• Dignity Health Underfunded Pensions By $1.2B, Suit Says
• 1st Circ. Rules Against Pfizer In 3 Neurontin RICO Suits
• State Plans To Privatize Medicaid Face Price Pressures
• Lawmakers Flesh Out Medicare Payment Repeal Proposal
• CVS Puts Up $11M To End DEA Prescription Probe
• HHS Aims To Lessen Insurers' Sway In Exchange Outreach
• Intermountain Health To Pay $25.5M To Settle FCA Claims
• Hospitals Sue DOD Over Tricare Underpayments
• Trinity Health Pays $5M To End Nurses' Wage-Fixing Suit
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• Ex-Troutman Atty Loses Appeal Over $120M In Merger Funding
• Gov't Fails To Nix Carlyle's $320M Hospital Group Buy
• NY Hospital Contractor Dodges Prison In Bid-Rigging Case
• Ober Kaler Entices Ex-HHS Counsel To Return
• Medicare Miscalculation Cost Pa. Hospitals $1.8M, Suit Says
• NJ Looks To Promote Review Of Health Benefit Denials
• Nursing Home Can't Ditch $9M Medicare Fraud Verdict
• Battle Lines Drawn Over Delay Of ACA 'Employee Choice' Rule
• Pa. Gov. Sued By Union Over Health Center Closures
• The Next Big Thing For Medical Device Clinical Studies
• What Life Settlement Industry Should Know About HIPAA Rule
• 4th Circ. Wartime Tolling Case Cited In Pa. Kickbacks Suit
• NY Hospital's Closure Delayed Again After 2nd SUNY Vote
• Chamber Asks High Court To Hear Fight Over FCA Changes
• Ex-MoFo IP Partner Disbarred In NY Over Billing Fraud
• In Reversal, CMS Will Boost Medicare Advantage Payments
• Hospitals Ask DC Circ. To Overturn Adverse Medicare Rates
• 6th Circ. Nixes $11M FCA Medicare Violation Penalty
• Morrison & Foerster Nabs Privacy Pro From Foley & Lardner
• Breaking Down The Bartlett Oral Argument
• Jewish, Hindu Groups Back Contraception Rule In 6th Circ.
• Blue Cross Must Review Denied Autism Therapy Claims
• Medco Rips Sanctions In Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Suit
• Blue Cross Accused Of Monopoly In Calif. Class Action