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Health - October, 2013

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• 5th Circ. Grants Stay On Block To Texas Abortion Law
• J&J Gouged $2M For HIV Meds, Health Care Nonprofit Says
• Townships Aren't Judicial Districts Under FDCPA: 7th Circ.
• Tobacco Cos. Lose Bid To Oust Counsel In Canadian Suit
• HHS Blasts Catholic Diocese Contraception Coverage Suit
• Appeals Court Kicks $6M Health Contract Row To NYC Board
• Risky Business Of FDA Mobile Medical Apps
• White House Downplays Security Warning About ACA Site
• Issa Subpoenas Sebelius Over ACA Website Glitches
• Bipartisan Medicare Doc Pay Overhaul Emerges In Congress
• HCA To Buy Back $500 Million In Shares From Bain, KKR
• Health Exchange Developer Warned Of Problems: Report
• Legal Demand Is Up — How Are Law Departments Managing?
• Critical Questions To Consider About The ACA
• 4 Compliance-Focused Reforms That Would Improve FCA
• 6th Circ. Says Travelers Can Ditch $6M Junk Fax Settlement
• Okla. Supreme Court Gives Harsh Take On Abortion Drug Law
• Pa. Justices Nix Appeal In Atty's $4.5M Referral Fee Dispute
• ACA Enrollment 'Very Small' So Far, Sebelius Says
• Convicted Rite Aid Exec's Bid To Sue Duane Morris Revived
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms New Trial In Patient Death Suit
• Allina Says Data Breach Affected Thousands Of Patients
• Issa Subpoenas Contractor Over ACA Website Rollout
• HHS To Finalize ACA Exchange Financial Oversight Standards
• UK To Ban Hospitals' Use Of Many Metal Hip Implants
• Judge Trims Suit Over Aegis' Alleged Medicare Overbilling
• Fla. Hospital Calls Patient Record Destruction 'Accidental'
• Texas Seeks Emergency Stay Of Judge's Abortion Ruling
• Highmark, UPMC Tentative Deal To End Antitrust Suit Hits Snag
• Testing Co. MedLab Gets Interim Nod For $5M DIP
• UAW Challenges Detroit's Bid For Bar Date
• Medicare Chief Pushes Back On GOP's Health Exchange Jabs
• Takeaways From McPhee V. DePuy's Preemption Pronouncement
• Honigman Miller Adds Patent Pro To IP Practice Group
• NY Bill Would Require Hearings On ER Closure Plans
• Hedge Fund Ups Healthways Stake, May Jostle Management
• Pa. Health Systems Settle AG's Antitrust Suit Over Merger
• AvMed's $3M Pact Blazes New Path For Data Breach Plaintiffs
• MedLab Seeks Ch. 11 Amid Medicare Reimbursement Cuts
• Medicare Premium Costs To Stay Flat In 2014
• 9th Circ. Urged To Nix Gay Marriage Bans In Hawaii, Nev.
• Texas Abortion Restriction Ruled Unconstitutional
• Fracking Secrets Still Vulnerable After Gag Order Ruling
• Calif. Couple Bilked $1.6M From Medicare, Jury Hears
• Catholic Media Co., Ala. Again Fight Contraception Rule
• ACA Exchanges On Mend After New Glitch Hobbles Enrollment
• Fed. Circ. Curbs Future Earnings Recovery In Vaccine Deaths
• Fla. Hospice's $3M FCA Settlement Gets Court OK
• Medicare Fraudster Can't Claim Double Jeopardy: 5th Circ.
• Medicare Finalizes New Conditions For Mental Health Centers
• Pitt Medical Center's Tax Suit Delayed Pending State Case
• NJ Transit Dodges Health Benefits Reimbursement Suit
• NLRB Says NJ Care Center Refused To Give Union Wage Info
• 2nd Circ. Says Ex-Quest Attorney Can't Blow Whistle
• NY Law Gives Antitrust Immunity To State Health Care System
• NJ Justices Won't Weigh In On Medical Malpractice Jury Form
• Senate Dems Call For Extension Of ACA Enrollment Deadline
• 6th Circ. Nixes Food Co.'s Religious Challenge To ACA
• 6th Circ. DQs Firm In Bias Suit, Defines 'Substantially Related'
• Nurses Win Class Cert. In Hospital Training Pay Suit
• Va. Medicaid Fraud Suit Against Quest Gets Booted
• NYC Can't Sue Architects Over Hospital Damage
• Regulators Vow To End ACA Exchange Woes By December
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Telefonica, ING
• The Good, Bad And Ugly Of HIPAA-Compliant Texting
• US Chamber of Commerce Calls For False Claims Act Reform
• CMS Finalizes ACA Insurance Exchange Oversight Rule
• Senators Warn Of Possible Kickbacks Behind Back Surgeries
• Fla. AG Wants State Justices' Take On Medical Pot Proposal
• Health Fraud, Securities Prosecutor Joins Greenberg Traurig
• Shrinking US Inventory Pushes Health Care REITs Overseas
• Appeal Axed In Medical Malpractice 3rd-Party Discovery Row
• 6th Circ. Revives Wrongful Death Suit Against HHS
• The Inherent Risks In Purchasing Assets Of A Predecessor
• Pros And Cons Of Complex Outsourcing
• $3.5M Deal Ends Nurses' Meal Break Deduction Class Action
• Contractors Point Fingers At CMS For ACA Exchange Woes
• Fla. Appeals Court Lifts Partial Injunction On Insurance Law
• GSK Can't Sink Avandia Prescription Coverage RICO Suits
• Pa. Doc Loses Challenge To Fracking Gag Order Law
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, HP, Apax Partners
• McKesson Inks $8.3B Deal To Scoop Up German Peer Celesio
• 5 Calif. Laws Experts Say Could Use A Facelift
• Court Declines To Nix $10M Suit In Hospital Management Row
• Judges Tire Of Procedural Delays After Years Of ACA Suits
• CarePlus Can't Arbitrate Fla. Medical Center Contract Dispute
• Cancer Testing Co. Can't Kill Medicare Overbilling Suit
• Credit Suisse Off Hook For PE Firm's $12M New Century Deal
• UPMC, Highmark Agree To Drop Antitrust Dispute
• Couples Blast Corbett's Dismissal Bid In Gay Marriage Row
• States Urge High Court To Weigh ACA Contraception Mandate
• Texas Doctors Lose Bid To Curb Coal Plant Pollution
• ACLU Objects To Attys' Fees Reduction In Free Speech Case
• UT Hospitals Want $11M In Social Security Taxes Returned
• Va. Out-Of-State Provider Law Needs 2nd Look, 4th Circ. Says
• Sabra Health Care REIT Invests $300M In Texas Hospitals
• McDermott Miami Hire Bolsters International Trial Practice
• Omnicare Pays $120M To Settle Nursing Home Kickback Suit
• 3 Health Care Questions For Construction Employers
• Spotlight On The New US Cybersecurity Plan
• Judge Trims Doc's $2.2M Indemnity Suit Against Device Maker
• Arent Fox Can't Escape Malicious Prosecution Claim
• Nursing Home Liable For Fraudulent Bills, NJ High Court Told
• FDA's Stem Cell Oversight Faces Pivotal Test In DC Circ.
• High Court Sets Sights On Mandatory Union Fees
• 4 Hurdles For Hospitality Cos. Under The ACA's 30-Hour Rule
• GAO Rejects Bid Protest of $320M HHS Contract
• Health Care Co. Says Merger Partner Hid Facts In $222M Deal
• Detroit Retirees Say City Illegally Cut Health Benefits
• Pa. House OKs Bill To Let Docs Apologize Without Liability
• Top NY Court Affirms Medicaid Watchdog's Removal Power
• AvMed To Pay $3M To Settle Data Theft Suit With Customers
• UnitedHealth Must Pay MRI Scan Claims, Suit Says
• Cigna Can't Tag Its Insurers In ERISA Class Action, Judge Says
• Powell V. Kleinman Sets Worrisome Admissibility Precedent
• US Can't Duck Suit Over ACA Subsidies For Opt-Out States
• White House Eyes Delay Of ACA Individual Mandate
• HHS Urges 11th Circ. To Enforce ACA Contraception Mandate
• Kmart To Pay $2.6M To Settle FCA Suit Over Drug Billing
• New Walgreen Model Raises Privacy Concerns, Sen. Says
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Insurance Privacy Suit
• Ruling On Bid To Dismiss ACA Subsidy Suit Expected Tuesday
• Epstein Becker Snags 3 Ex-Dentons, CMS Health Care Pros
• Obama Downplays Glitches In ACA Insurance Marketplaces
• How To Prepare Witnesses To Make (Not Break) Your Case
• A Lesson On Liability Risks For Device And Pharma Cos.
• WebMD Puts Up $177M To Buy Back More Icahn Shares
• Texas High Court Rebuffs Injunction Against Hospital Buys
• Nursing Home Case To Clarify NJ Consumer Fraud Immunity
• More Secrecy Needed In St. Luke's Merger Trial, Judge Says
• Set The Right Tone For Risk Mitigation, Home And Abroad
• Keep An Eye On High Court's 2 Potential FCA Cases
• McKesson Inks $37M Settlement In Drug Price-Rigging Suit
• Court Of Fed. Claims Can Hear FLSA Dispute Against US
• Medicaid Expansion A Bright Spot In ACA's Rocky Start
• Ex-Kan. AG Sanctioned For Abortion Probe Ethics Violations
• GAO Urges Medicare To Cut Social Security Info From Cards
• Filed Rate Defense Retains Bite For Insurers
• NJ Gov. Signs Bill To Protect Elderly In Long-Term Care
• Ameritox Denied Atty Fees In Trade Dress Spat
• NY Appeals Court Reverses Insurance Amendments Decision
• Public Hospitals Exempt From NY Labor Laws, Judge Finds
• Sebelius Blasts Injunction Bid On ACA Tax Incentives
• BriovaRx Claims Ex-Salesman Stole Data, Trade Secrets
• Misbranded Drugs — A Danger To Physicians And Patients
• NJ Provider Protections For ACA Grace Period Provision
• UK Watchdog Blocks Hospital Merger
• St. Luke's Physician's Asst. Fights To Keep OT Action Alive
• FTC Loses Bid To Block St. Luke's Expert In Merger Trial
• Spotlight On State Urgent Care Regulation
• Jones Day Lands Health Fraud Prosecutor In San Diego
• GOP Urges Sebelius' Firing Over ACA Exchange Woes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Bain Capital, Rice Energy
• Dental Trustee Sues To Recover $1M From King & Spalding
• 2nd Circ. Frees Deloitte From $300M Malpractice Suit
• LeClairRyan Acquires Health Care Firm Adelman Sheff & Smith
• Univ. of California Wins Medical Privacy Appeal
• St. Jude Says Cancer Drug Research Infringes Patents
• Kaiser Can't Escape Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• HCA Says Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Claims Don't Stick
• Top NY Court Backs Oversight Of Nursing Homes' Cash Deals
• High Court Again Urged To Weigh ACA Contraception Mandate
• SUNY Plan To Close Ailing Brooklyn Hospital Ruled Invalid
• High Court Snubs Calif. Appeal In Inmate Health Care Suits
• Gov't Shutdown Impacts: Health Care Edition
• Maxim Healthcare In-Home Aides Get Early Cert. In OT Suit
• Detroit Nurses Urge 6th Circ. To Nix Class Cert. Appeal
• SEIU Draws Blood In Nursing Homes' RICO Suit
• Medtronic Surgery Advice Suit Not Preempted: Ind. Court
• The Best Question To Ask Your Potential Outside Counsel
• Quest Says It's Not Infringing Myriad's Gene Patents
• 8 Questions For HHS' Former Information Technology Guru
• Canadian Appeals Court Upholds Assisted-Suicide Ban
• Dr. Oz Ducks Suit Claiming TV Advice Caused Injury
• Making Refill Reminders: Not As Simple As You Think
• Ex-Fla. Health Dept. Worker Says Top Attys Sank Drug Probes
• Health Industry In Limbo As Shutdown Halts Rulemaking
• Greenspoon Marder Adds 2 Health Care Attys In Tampa
• De Blasio To Intervene In LICH Litigation
• Va. Can't Shake Abortion Clinic's Challenge To Health Laws
• Allergan Seeks Escape From Surgical Centers' Lap-Band Suit
• Ex-State Health Worker Admits To Illegal Data Breach
• Challenges Under The French Sunshine Act
• Whistleblower Wants Omnicare Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bill Expanding Abortion Access
• MediConnect Exec Says Partner Cheated Him Out Of $64M
• OIG Sounds Alarm On Medicare's $565M Sleep Study Bill
• Sanctions Unjust In WellPoint Case, Doctors Tell 11th Circ.
• Fla. Medical Institute Wants Opposing Counsel Disqualified
• High Court Sets Stage For Momentous FCA Ruling
• No Jury Right In Private Insurance Fraud Suits, NJ Court Says
• Post & Post Says Hospital Can't Sue Over Deal It Approved
• New Calif. Law Ensures Gay Couples Get Infertility Coverage
• FTC's Increasingly Aggressive Assertion Of Authority
• Francisco Partners Gives Boost To Medical Software Co.
• Device Maker Fights OIG's 'Inherently Suspect' Claim
• Maine Drug Importation Law Takes Effect Amid Controversy
• Calif. Gov. Signs Compounding Pharmacy Oversight Bill
• Pittsburgh Diocese Calls Gov't's ACA Promises 'Empty Words'
• Texas Program Will Give Patient Privacy Law Seal Of Approval
• Butler Snow Lands Litigation Ace To Bolster Pharma Group
• Hartford Can't Avoid Hospital Data Breach Coverage
• Employees Say West Penn Denied Meal Breaks
• Tenn. Screening Rule Halted For Groups Giving ACA Guidance
• Deals Rumor Mill: McKesson, Vodafone, Carlyle
• Jones Day Adds Ex-SDNY Civil Frauds Unit Chief
• Let's Really Consider The Idea Of A 2-Year Law Degree
• NJ Court Partially Upends Fee Award In Horizon Class Suit
• Gay Marriage Ban Offers No Federal Question, Pa. Gov. Says
• Nationwide Boots 3rd-Party Coverage Claim In TCPA Suit
• Judge Unveils Records In FOIA Suit Targeting Pfizer, Purdue
• Seattle Hospital Sues State Over ACA Exchange Marketplace
• High Court Declines Hospital's Appeal On SEIU Robocall Suit
• High Court Wants Government Input In Whistleblower Suits
• GCs Expect Regulatory Legal Bills To Keep Rising In 2014
• CSL To Pay $64M To Escape Blood Plasma Antitrust Suit
• Hospital Settles Religious Bias Suit Over Veganism
• Making Copies — Without Compromising Data Security
• State AGs Warn Of Affordable Care Act Scams
• Medicare Hospital Payment Appeals Skyrocketing, OIG Finds
• Liberty Medical Asks For SJ In $69M Whistleblower Claim
• Citing Shutdown, DC To Put A Hold On Medicaid Payments
• Hospital Ditches Appeal In Patient-Stealing Row With Rival
• The Best Cyberdefense Is A Good Offense
• Ariz. Asks High Court To Uphold 20-Week-Plus Abortion Ban
• Gentiva Looks To Quash Investors' Fraud Action
• NC Scrutiny Of Dental Practice Management Continues
• 11th Circ. To Hear Fla. Medical Malpractice Law Case
• Brach Eichler Debuts Criminal Practice With Former NJ AG
• 10th Circ. Shields Catholic Co. From Birth Control Mandate
• Walgreen Targeted In FCA Suit Over Medicare Overbilling
• OnCure Gets Green Light For Reorganization Plan, $125M Sale
• Considerations Before Counseling During Deposition
• What LabMD's Data Security Breach Tells Us About FTC
• News Outlets Push For Access To FTC Hospital Merger Trial
• FBI Investigating Privacy Breach At Iowa Hospital Chain
• Coventry Reaches $3.6M Settlement In ERISA Class Action
• Ariz. Gov. Urges Dismissal Of Medicaid Expansion Suit
• Rural Hospitals Protest Medicare Adjustments At DC Circ.
• Wash. Cardiologist Can't Beat $17M FCA Judgment
• Court Of Federal Claims Dismisses Suit Over NIH Contract
• Calif. Gov. Signs 10 Bills As ACA Exchanges Go Live
• Gay Spouses Promised ACA Exchange Credits, Not Medicaid
• Hospital To Pay $237M For Fraud After Clerical Error Fixed
• NLRB Hits UPMC With More Union-Busting Charges
• Bipartisan Pa. Bills Aim To Stamp Out UPMC-Highmark Fight
• Doc Can't Revive Antitrust Suit Against Calif. Hospital
• McDonald Hopkins Picks Up Ex-K&L Gates Health Care Pro
• High Court Case May Give New Weapon Against Patent Trolls
• Fla. Business Sues Gov't Over Employer Mandate Delay
• EEOC Went Too Far With HomeNurse Subpoena, Judge Says
• Doctors Accuse Health First Of Fla. Health Care Monopoly
• SC Hospital Must Pay $276M In Medicare Fraud Suit
• Shareholder Suit Over $45M Vocada-Nuance Merger Nixed
• ACA Exchange Marketplace Suffers Opening-Day Glitches
• Pharma Trade Group Seeks To Stop HHS Orphan Drug Rule
• Doctor's $1M Counterclaim Nixed In Suit Over Sandy Damage
• Shutdown Status Of Top 7 Gov't Antitrust Cases
• Medicare Insurer Can't Get AIG Coverage For $18M Scam
• Rainmaker Q&A: Chamblee Ryan's Bill Chamblee
• High Court To Weigh Union Fees For Ill. Home-Care Workers
• Pittsburgh Defends Challenge To UPMC Tax Exemption
• Frazier Healthcare Closes On $377M VC Fund
• Barnes Group Swings €275M Deal For German Manufacturer
• Don't Conflate Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Challenges
• Health Care Co. Acadia Gets Investor Challenge Quashed
• Epstein Becker Green Adds Health Care Pro To Newark Office
• High Court To Weigh Sanctions Rule For 'Baseless' IP Suits
• US Government Shuts Down As Funding Fight Goes Nowhere
• BigLaw Braces For Revenue Hit In Federal Shutdown