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Health - July, 2013

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• States Follow Feds' Lead In False Claims Enforcement
• UnitedHealth Lax In Fraud Recovery: NJ Comptroller Report
• 3rd Circ. Backs Mazie Slater Fee Award In Delta Dental Row
• 3 Pitfalls To Avoid As ACA Sunshine Act Takes Effect
• Houston Doc Sues Husch Blackwell For Medicare Negligence
• 11th Circ. Won't Reduce Medicare Fraudsters' Sentences
• Aetna, UnitedHealth Escape Whistleblower FCA Suit
• Cardiologist Hit With $17M Judgment In FCA Case
• UPMC To Pay $1M To Settle Medicare FCA Allegations
• House Panel Votes 51-0 For Medicare Doctor Pay Overhaul
• Jackson Lewis Snags Former Epstein Becker Employment Pro
• IRG Brokerage Beats Claims It Sold Fake Health Insurance
• AmeriPlan Contractors Must Arbitrate Comissions Dispute
• ACA Employer Mandate Delay To Cost Gov't $12B: CBO
• Pa. Gov. Blasts AG's Refusal To Defend Gay Marriage Ban
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear NC Dental Board's FTC Challenge
• Northwestern Pays $3M To Settle NIH Grant Fraud Suit
• Pharmacy Owner Indicted Over $2.6M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Nurses Push For Inclusion In ACA Insurance Plans
• Beth Israel Deaconess Settles FCA Claims For $5.3M
• What To Know About Mass.' New Fiscal Year Budget
• Community Health Systems To Shell Out $3.9B For HMA
• IRS Asked To Review Enroll America's Nonprofit Status
• Medicare Floats 2.3% Pay Increase For Psychiatric Care
• Walgreen Pharmacy Customer Scores $1.4M Privacy Verdict
• Medicare Doc Pay Overhaul Needs Tweak, Groups Say
• Taft Stettinius Guides Zotec In $200M Medical Billing Unit Buy
• Consumers Slam UnitedHealth In Mental Care Class Action
• Telegraph Hill Closes Health Care VC Fund At $310M
• SEC's New Focus On Accounting Fraud: What's On Its Radar?
• Malaysia Sovereign Fund Pays $252M For Turkish Insurer
• What We Learned From Calif.'s Data Breach Report
• A-Rod's Cousin Tries To Duck Deposition In Drug Clinic Case
• Troutman Sanders Cheated Client In Merger, Suit Says
• Miami Health Center Sues Ex-CEO For $6.8M In Stolen Funds
• Medicare Change Heralds Easier Device Trial Reimbursements
• Texas Hospital Group Pays $8M To Settle Medicare FCA Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $29M Medicaid Scheme
• CMS' Anti-Fraud Push Targets Providers In Fla., Texas
• Bankrupt Life Uniform Secures Strategic $23M Sale
• Mich. Weight Surgery Clinic Settles HIV Bias Claims
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Chiropractic Copay Dispute
• NM Can Freeze Medicaid Payments To Mental Health Providers
• High Court Asked To Settle Circ. Split On Worker Timekeeping
• For-Profit Cos. Can't Exercise Religion, 3rd Circ. Says
• Flagship, Doctor Dismissed From Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• GOP Rep. Targets ACA Data Hub, Citing Privacy Worries
• Rainmaker Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Martin Lueck
• Things That Keep The Telehealth Community Awake At Night
• Fla. Insurer Says It Must Restructure For ACA Landscape
• Class Dismissed: Recent Lessons From The Supreme Court
• GOP Rep. Wants ACA Care Improvement Clause Nixed
• NECC Insolvency Ruling Will Pave Way For 3rd-Party Suits
• Sens. Introduce Revised Drug Compounding Bill
• Sacred Heart Kickback Scheme Caused Deaths, Suit Says
• Rival Drug Data Co. Hits IMS Health With Antitrust Lawsuit
• Tie Medicare Pay To Outcomes, Not Regions, Report Says
• Fla. Clinic Director Gets 11 Years, $24M For Kickbacks
• Medical Co. Denied Immediate Appeal Bid In Worker RICO Row
• Doctor Loses Bid To Block Bausch & Lomb's Slogan Use
• Employers, Know Your Benefit Issues In Puerto Rico
• Deals Rumor Mill: Japan Post, GlaxoSmithKline, Raytheon
• McKesson OK'd Fake Medicare Bills, Ex-Worker Claims
• Texas Medicare Schemer Gets 11 Years In Prison, $5M Fine
• WellPoint Premium Hike Victims Seek 7th Circ. Reversal
• NJ Doc Admits Taking $1.8M In Bribes In Lab-Referral Scheme
• Planned Parenthood Pays $1.4M To End Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Cigna Knocks $40M Hospital Reimbursement Suit In 5th Circ.
• Waller Lansden Snags Health Care Pro From McDermott
• New Outpatient Codes Threaten To Shortchange Hospitals
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bird Marella's Gary Lincenberg
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• Inpatient Billing Suit Threatens Medicare System, HHS Says
• Pepper Hamilton Hit With Malpractice Suit By TV Host
• Calif. High Court Again Refuses To Halt Gay Marriages
• NJ High Court To Clarify Nurse Whistleblower Standard
• HHS Can Delegate Overpayment Screening, DC Circ. Says
• Highmark Hits Back In UPMC Antitrust Settlement Battle
• NY Settles ADA Suit Over Poor Housing For Mentally Ill
• Texas Ex-Mayor Admits Role In $100M Kickback Scandal
• MLB Won't Balk In Fla. Drug Clinic Case
• Omnicare, Fla. Nursing Homes Settle Faulty Billing Suit
• Stryker Fax Recipients Urge Class Cert. Over TCPA Claims
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• HHS Warns Group Purchasers Against Equity Offers
• Medicare Doctor Pay Overhaul Clears House Panel
• Rainmaker Q&A: Miles & Stockbridge's Michael Brown
• Reilly Pozner Asks To Join GSK Avandia Class Action
• $9M Verdict Illegally Expanded FCA's Reach, 7th Circ. Told
• Saul Ewing Lands Health Care, Tax Pro In Philly
• Bankrupt Rotech Lines Up $358M In Exit Financing
• Lawmakers Mull Repeal Of Medicare Growth Rule
• Fla. Home Health Co. Accused Of Medicare Kickback Scheme
• CORRECTED: HHS Sets Final Rule For Orphan Drugs Under 340B Program
• UK Regulator Opts Out Of 3rd Trial Of Ex-ISoft Employees
• Too Many Disabled Fla. Children In Nursing Homes, DOJ Says
• CVS Unfair Competition Claims Go To Arbitration, Judge Says
• ND Abortion Clinic Wins Halt Of 'Troubling' Fetal Heartbeat Law
• Fla. Hospice Pays $1M To End Employee Whistleblower Suit
• Kidney Care Provider To Pay $3.4M To Settle OT Suit
• Anthem Exits Calif. Small-Business Health Plan Exchange
• Hospitals Ask CMS To Clarify Payment Rule For PCIP Plans
• Antitrust Claims Cut From WellPoint Reimbursement Rate MDL
• Pa. High Court Halts Health Centers' Closure For Now
• Cigna Can't Get Coverage For $140M Settlement: Pa. Court
• Rainmaker Q&A: Pachulski's Bradford Sandler
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kelley Drye's John Villafranco
• Debating The Ethics Of Children's Organ Transplants
• $2M Award Upheld In Malpractice Firm Funding Row
• NECC Victims Seek To Sue Others For Meningitis Outbreak
• FDA Reverses Course On Fecal Transplant Requirement
• HCA Faces False Claims Suit Over 'Fraudulent' Billing
• 11th-Hour Order Keeps Ailing Brooklyn Hospital Open
• Now Is The Time To Invest In Saudi Health Care Market
• Hobby Lobby Shielded From Birth Control Mandate For Now
• HHS Criteria For Medicaid Pilot Projects Outdated, GAO Says
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• Nurses Hit VA With Age Bias Class Action
• Texas Enacts Controversial Abortion Restrictions
• NJ Med School's Fired GC Loses Race-Bias Appeal
• NJ Home Health Provider Gets 2 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Hospital Urges High Court To Punish Union For Robocalls
• Feds Can't Reverse Fresenius' $95M FCA Tax Break
• DOJ Asked For More Details In Novartis Kickback Suit
• Mallinckrodt Pays $3.5M To Settle Kickback, FCA Claims
• NY Practice Settles For $1M In Medicare Fraud Suit
• Health Cos. Want Antitrust Cases Consolidated In Kan.
• Fla. Appeals Court Revives HMO Negligence Suit
• 6th Circ. Finds Blue Cross Fees To Self-Insured Violate ERISA
• Benefits Trade Group Seeks Quick Guidance On DOMA Ruling
• US Trustee Knocks Ex-OnCure CEO's Severance In Ch. 11
• 3 NJ Docs Plead Guilty To Cash-For-Referral Kickback Scheme
• Gibbons Nabs Litigation Pro From Coughlin Duffy
• House GOP Calls For ACA Individual Mandate Delay
• Skin Care Co. Can't Scrub Out Doc's Price-Fixing Suit
• Medicare Packaged Pay Will Squeeze High-Tech Hospital Care
• Morgan Lewis Snags Top Kaye Scholer Litigator
• Fox Rothschild Atty Accused In Plot To Freeze Out Doctor
• Post & Schell Brings Aboard 4 Hospital Defense Experts
• Choose Your mHealth Revenue Model Carefully
• 7 Arrested Over Mental Health Facility's $63M Medicare Fraud
• Calif. Regulator Approves ACA Insurance Exchange Rates
• Privacy Snafu At Kardashian Hospital Exposes HIPAA Hazards
• Boldest ACOs Deliver Mixed Results In Pivotal 1st Year
• Insurer Must Pay Merge $3M In Attys' Fees, 7th Circ. Says
• NC Dental Board Rips 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Immunity Ruling
• Blue Cross Blasts Steward Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• 11th Circ. To Hear Challenge To Fla.'s 'Gun Gag' On Doctors
• Hospital Isn't Owed $21M CMS Write-Down, 5th Circ. Says
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 3
• A Clear Guidance From OIG For Device Manufacturers
• Medicare's Doc Pay Plan Has Hospitals Eyeing Bottom Line
• GAO Nixes Protest Of Rotech's $68M Home Oxygen Contract
• Calif. High Court Refuses To Block Same-Sex Weddings
• 11th Circ. Backs HealthSouth Founder's Bribery Conviction
• A Picture Of Health: Medical Tech Private Equity
• NY Lawmakers Seek Fix For Brooklyn Hospital System
• Rotech Says Equity Holders' Delay Would Pad Attys' Bills
• Ill. AG Wants Leading Health Sites To Disclose Privacy Policies
• Dentist Says Mazie Slater Bullied Him To Drop Fee Challenge
• McCarter & English Snags Brach Eichler Health Pro In NJ
• US Trustee Rips Latham's Retainer In OnCure Ch. 11
• Rainmaker Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Stephen Immelt
• What Employers Should Know About Marketplace Notices
• Texas Senate Sends Abortion Restriction Bill To Governor
• PE Firm Says NJ Hospital Conspired To Undermine Sale
• Conflict-Of-Interest Rule Finalized For Exchange Outreach
• Reps. Seek Reforms To Preventative Health Bill Scrutiny
• Pharmacy Co-Op Loses Bid For Minimum Medicaid Rates
• 8th Circ. Backs Remand Of Walgreens Tracking Case
• Prop 8 Supporters Ask Calif. Judge To Halt Gay Marriages
• Hospitals Back Medicaid DSH Cut Rule, But Urge Delay
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Unlicensed Hearing Aid Sales
• 10 Personal Liability Pitfalls For Directors And Officers
• WellPoint Pays $1.7M Over Patient Data Breach
• Watch The Hot Spots For Pharma Self-Regulation
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Schwartz Junell Commercial Litigation Pro
• Arent Fox Quickly Expanding New San Francisco Office
• 4th Circ. Rejects Religious Challenge To Health Reform
• Ill. High Court Rules Abortion Notice Law Constitutional
• Cardiologist Gets 30 Months In Kickback Scheme
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Who Can Appeal Autism Case Denials
• Boehner Says 'Hell No' To ACA Mandate As GOP Preps Vote
• Health Care Workers Can Amend FLSA OT Claims: 2nd Circ.
• Senate Panel Clears $165B Bill Funding ACA, Job Training
• Mich. Doctor Enters $4M Deal Over 'Unnecessary' Procedures
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO Pleads Guilty In Kickback Case
• Pa. AG Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban Against ACLU Suit
• Omnicare Settles FCA Kickback Suit, After Yearlong Delay
• Insurer Dodges Counterclaim In TCPA Coverage Row
• Senate GOPs Worry Insurance Exchanges Can't Be Sustained
• Hospital Group Ducks Revival Of FCA Case Lacking New Facts
• NJ Doctors Should Face Stiff Prescription Regs, Report Says
• HHS Gives Health Centers $150M To Bolster ACA Enrollment
• Health Providers Press For ERISA Shield In Insurance Brawls
• Holland & Knight Picks Up Ex-White Collar Prosecutor
• Texas House Approves Abortion Restriction Bill
• Hospitals Fire Back In Defense Of 340B Drug Discounts
• 7th Circ. Backs Cuts To Wis. Disability Benefits
• GOP Lawmakers Probe Cost Of ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• Medicare Doc Pay Must Be Based On Quality, Official Says
• 9th Circ.'s Rare Gift Of Time To Remove Case
• Health Net's 'Medical Necessity' Definition OK'd By Judge
• Senate Panel OKs $165B Labor, HHS, Education Funding Bill
• US Joins $522M FCA Suit Alleging Hospital Kickbacks
• For Some, Saying 'I do' Remains Difficult
• NJ Medicaid Payment Proposal Violates Federal Law: 3rd Circ.
• ACA Is Employers' Biggest Regulatory Concern, Survey Says
• Kirkland Reps MidOcean, Vulcan In Water Pik Buy
• Rotech Equity Holders Allowed To Hire Financial Expert
• HCA, Partner Pay $1M To End Radiation Therapy FCA Claims
• GOP Leaders Want Answers On ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• Pennsylvanians Sue To Ax State's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• Support For Drug E-Labeling Mixed, GAO Says
• 7th Circ. Junks Overbilling Claims Against Walgreen, Par
• Medicare To Bundle Hospital Payments, Expand Doc Fees
• Lexington Says It Needn't Cover $500M UnitedHealth Verdict
• Clinic Accused Of Bilking Medicare By Pushing Drug Refills
• State Exchanges Won't Have To Verify Consumer Eligibility
• Policy Ambiguities Favor Insured, Fla. High Court Says
• Calif. Can't Cut Medicaid Services For The Poor: 9th Circ.
• Hospital Liens Not Subject To Trade Laws, Fla. Court Says
• US Government Says Fla. Hospital Can't Nix FCA Suit
• Nurses Union's Add-On To Printed CBAs Unlawful, NLRB Rules
• Delay Of ACA Employer Mandate Opens Door To Relaxed Regs
• 11 States Wrongly Restrict Medicaid Home Care, Report Says
• Adventist Beats Patient's Medical Records Breach Suit
• Providers Urge Judge To Reform Blue Cross ERISA Policies
• Private Equity JV Nabs $400M Senior Housing Portfolio
• Philips Hit With Class Action Over Unused Vacation Time
• AHA Seeks Changes To CMS Accreditation Overhaul Rule
• Shipping Drugs To Ga. Just Got More Complicated
• Pa. Diocese Atty Says Feds Won't Turn Over ACA Info
• Employers Given 1-Year Extension On ACA Health Coverage
• Ex-CEO Of Bankrupt Scooter Store Wants Legal Fees Covered
• Nursing Home RNs Cannot Unionize, 6th Circ. Says
• Florida Jump-Starts Public Projects With New Finance Law
• Miami-Dade To Vote On $830M Hospital Bond Program
• NJ Court Says ERISA Preempts Hospital's Payment Claims
• UnitedHealth Beats Starr Defense Over $350M Deal Coverage
• Chamber Challenges Pay Deduction Cap For Health Insurers
• GOP Says DC, Vt. Exchange Mandates Breach ACA
• CMS Plans 9% Cut To Dialysis Cos., Prompting Outcry
• CMS Must Improve Overpayment Recovery, Watchdog Says
• Medical Equipment Competitive Bids Start Despite Protests
• IRS Urged To Revamp Safe Harbor Rules For Hospital Bonds
• Dozens Of Hospitals To Pay $34M In Qui Tam Deal
• Rotech Investors Say Judge Erred By Nixing Financial Expert
• Calif. Assembly Rejects Medi-Cal Fine On Big Employers
• Fla. Lawyers Challenge New Medical Malpractice Law
• ACA Exchange Competition May Disappoint: Ex-CMS Director
• GOP Lawmakers Want ACA's 'Full-Time' Definition Reworked
• US Gives Health Benefits To Same-Sex Employee Spouses
• King & Spalding Adds Life Sciences, Health Expert In DC
• Medicaid Expansion Axed By Pa. House Panel
• NJ Gov. Christie Vetoes Medicaid Expansion
• Ex-Cook County Official Cops To Extortion, Bribe Schemes
• Fla. Jury Convicts 4 In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, BC Partners
• Beware Of Malware: FDA On Cybersecurity Risks