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Health - March, 2014

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• United Healthcare Accused Of Overstating Advantage Network
• ACA Exchanges See Late Surge As Enrollment Winds Down
• Senate Approves 1-Year Medicare 'Doc Fix' Extension
• Justices Leave FCA Pleading Dispute To Circuits, For Now
• How Changes To 'Dear Doctor Letters' Will Impact Industry
• Insurer Hits CVS With False Scripts Whistleblower Suit
• Treasury Watchdog Points Out IRS Shortfalls On ACA, Privacy
• High Court Won't Hear DC Archdiocese's Challenge To ACA
• High Court Won't Rule On FCA Liability For Universities
• Ex-Pittsburgh Mayor Denies Deleting UPMC Lawsuit Files
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• Miss. Hospital Gives Ch. 9 Bankruptcy Another Go
• ACA Tax Subsidies Hit $10B, Study Says
• Ex-Mutual Benefits CEO Admits To $837M Investment Scam
• IRS Partly Excludes Expat Premiums From ACA Fee Formula
• No Settled Answers On State Medicaid Waivers
• OIG Finds Slew Of 'New Patient' Coding Errors In Medicare Bills
• Health Insurer Ordered To Alter Payment Notice Process
• Feds Release Digital HIPAA Compliance Tool
• CMS Knocked For Missing Data On Terminated Providers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• 5th Circ. Upholds Texas Abortion Restrictions
• Comdata Sued For Stealing NexPay's Health Payment IP
• Affordable Care Act Enrollees Top White House Goal Of 6M
• BakerHostetler Nabs Ex-Davis Wright Data Breach Expert
• Buffalo Hospitals Dodge Class Cert In OT, Meal Break Suits
• Jury Charge Botched In Fen-Phen Fraud Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Fla. High Court DQs Attys In Medical Institute Fight
• 5 Ways To Avoid FCA Trouble In Hospital-Doc Lease Deals
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• Texas AG Wants In On Fight Over Medical Malpractice Law
• House Votes To Extend Medicare 'Doc Fix' By 1 Year
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• PE Investment In NY Hospitals — The Pilot And Politics
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• Aetna Seeks Info On Specialty Products Asbestos Claimants
• 2 Firms Steal GC Hearts In Health, Pharma
• House, Senate Leaders Agree To Extend Medicare Doc Fix
• Texas Rep. In Client Referral Probe Stiffed Clinic, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Revives Guilty Verdicts In Hospital Bribery Case
• Extra ACA Enrollment Time Boosts Health Care Industry
• Walgreen Shells Out $23M To Settle Wage Class Actions
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• Foley & Lardner Adds Ex-Nelson Mullins Health Atty In Fla.
• Calif. Lift On Med Malpractice Cap Gets Closer To Ballot
• DC Circ. Signals It May Revive ACA Subsidies Challenge
• 10th Circ. Lets Kansas Block Planned Parenthood Funds
• $100M Retiree Suit Faults Sarasota For Health Benefits Cut
• E-Records Systems Still Mired In Confusion, GAO Says
• Catholic Health East Is Exempt From ERISA, Judge Told
• US Failed To Pay $1.2M From FCA Settlement, Relators Say
• Justice Kennedy Holds Strings In ACA Contraception Case
• Leveling The Playing Field For Small Business
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Snow Day!
• GAO Denies Protest Of $34M Medical Record System Contract
• Deals Rumor Mill: Merck, BlackBerry, Jun He
• GAO Report Says VA Needs To Improve Information Security
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• Greenberg Traurig Flubbed Medicare Appeal, Suit Says
• House Committee Will Revisit Expired Tax Extenders
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Justices Mull Limits Of Religious Protection In ACA Case
• Hospitals As Employers: 10 Things Investors Must Know
• Watson Gets $17.8M Jolt For Medicaid Drug Pricing
• Duke Health Settles FCA Suit For $1M
• Colo. Justices Give Attys Way To Advise On Marijuana Law
• Docs Agree To Pay $3.9M In FCA Suit Over Suspect Tests
• Attys Size Up High Court's Stance On Contraception Case
• Pa. Levels Playing Field For Health Provider Compliance
• High Court Boots ERISA Coverage Row Against Aetna, United
• Aetna Slams Shareholder's Bid To Delay Meeting
• Kaiser Urges Judge To End Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• Dentons Grows Insurance Group With Former Steptoe Partner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Fla. Bill Reforming Nursing Home Suits Heads To House Floor
• VA Can't Use SBA To Cure Incomplete Bid, Claims Court Says
• DOL Audits Could Disrupt Military Health Contracts, DHA Says
• Saline Shortage Demands Faster Fix, Hospitals Tell FDA
• Gov. Brown Signs Bill To OK Finishing Of Treatment Post-ACA
• RE Rumor Mill: Time Inc., LICH, Mystery Tech Tenant
• Attys Bash Aetna's Bid For Garlock Asbestos Claimants Info
• Med Care Price Transparency Trumps Antitrust Risk, FTC Told
• 9 High Court Questions To Watch For In Contraception Case
• Stark Law Referral Exception For Docs Necessary, Groups Say
• Estimating Amount In Controversy Not 'Nuclear Science'
• Employers, Consider Refreshed Options Under ACA
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• FTC Wants Larger Role For Nontraditional Health Providers
• Blue Shield Sued Over Surgery Coverage Denials
• Judge Blows Smoke On LA Pot Shops' Equal Protection Suit
• FTC Urged To Probe Health E-Records Over Antitrust Concerns
• LabMD Slams FTC's 'Abuse Of Power' In Data Breach Probe
• Walgreen Pharmacy Model Breaks Fla. Law, Union Group Says
• GOP Questions Authority For ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• Fla. High Court Tweaks Jury Instructions In Med Mal Cases
• Fla. House Panel OKs $1M For Medical Marijuana Research
• United, HIV/AIDS Patients Settle Mail-Order Drug Dispute
• Wal-Mart, Others Dispensed Expired Meds, FCA Suit Says
• Tokio Unit Says Human Remains Cleanup Fraud Not Covered
• Walgreen Blasts Supplement Labeling Claims As Bogus
• NY's MVP Health Settles Over Mental Health Claim Denials
• Health Cos. Want Pa. Hospital's Antitrust Suit Dismissed
• Wis. AG Asks High Court to Uphold State Abortion Law
• JPMorgan-Backed Transcription Tech Co. Enters Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• IRC § 280E — An Albatross For Marijuana Industry
• Medicaid Enforcement: 10 Areas To Watch
• CORRECTED: Stanford, Contractors To Pay $4M To Settle Data Breach Action
• NJ Recovered $21M For Consumers, Health Providers In 2013
• St. Luke's Calls $8M Atty Fees Bid In Antitrust Case 'Shocking'
• Crowell Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Antitrust Chief
• Pa. Hospital Network Pays $1.5M For FCA Kickbacks
• Vandy Stuck With Whistleblowing Docs' FCA Claims
• E-Records Indictment Sends Shivers Through Health Industry
• NYC's Mount Sinai Inks Lease For 450K Sq. Ft. In Midtown
• Deals Rumor Mill: Michael Foods, Carlyle, Blackstone
• CMS To Test New Way To Balance Hospice And Curative Care
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• 5 Tips To Winning Coverage For FCA Suits
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• Lawmakers Eye Overhaul Of Medicare's Post-Acute Payments
• Docs Decry 'Bullying' Sanctions Bid In $26M ERISA Row
• AGs' Pressure On Tobacco Retailers May Lead To More Bans
• How To Avoid Labor Relations Headaches With ACOs
• Senator Can't Prove Any Injury From ACA Subsidy, OPM Says
• EEOC Sues Maxim For Refusing To Hire HIV-Positive Man
• Walk-In Clinic Co. To Pay $1.2M To End Medicare FCA Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• 'Weekend Wave' Brings ACA Health Care Enrollment To 5M
• 8 Lessons From Halifax's $85 Million Settlement
• Dilemmas Remain For Colo. Attorneys After Amendment 64
• Ky. Hospital Sues HHS Over Medicare Pay Rates For Needy
• LA County, Billing Co. Hit With Data Breach Class Action
• Kindred Whistleblower Claims Revived By Calif. Appeals Court
• PHMSA Allows Coal Tar, Medical Waste Shipping Alternatives
• NorthStar Puts Up $1B For Health Care Real Estate Assets
• AGs Push More Pharmacies To Ditch Tobacco After CVS Move
• HHS Aims To Plug Loophole On Health Insurer Rate Hikes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• Louisiana Sues MoveOn For Slogan-Mimicking Billboard
• CMS Says ACA Insurers Must Take AIDS Program Payments
• Gov't Extends Pre-Existing Condition Plan Another Month
• US Says ACA Insurers Must Cover Same-Sex Spouses
• Views Differ On Fla. Appellate Ruling Over Medicaid Pact
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Texas Bar Sues Injury Atty For Plundering Settlements
• Aetna Scraps $120M Class Settlement Of Underpaid Claims
• Eye Doc Pays $1.4M, Gets 20-Year Exile In FCA Case
• Comcast Doesn't Doom Avandia Insurer Class, Judge Told
• House Backs SGR Repeal, But Funding Is In Dispute
• HHS Is Too Stingy With Medicare Capital Rates, DC Circ. Told
• How Employers Should Prepare For ACA Whistleblower Claims
• Novant Health Sued Over Retirement Plan Fees
• Former BMS Unit Pays $6.2M To Bury Tax Evasion Case
• Pharmacists Get 42 Months For 15-Year Medicaid Scam
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• LabMD Gets Slap On Wrist In FTC Data Security Fight
• NY AG's 'Antitrust Boutique' Shows No Signs Of Slowing
• Holiday Retirement, Workers Ink $2.2M Deal In Wage Suit
• Fla. Justices Rule $1M Wrongful Death Med Mal Cap Unlawful
• Employer Tips For Managing FMLA Compliance
• Fla. AG Decries Proposal To Limit Drug Testing Coverage
• Pa. Auditor To Examine Funds From $206B Tobacco Deal
• Texas Jury Awards $25M In Cardiac MRI Trade Secret Suit
• Landauer Gets Nod To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• ACLU Backs Challenge To Fla. Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• Conn. Gov. Pushes $450M Tax Reform Package
• Hospitals Back Leeway On New Tax-Exempt Reporting Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• Obama Threatens Veto Of 'Doc Fix' Bill Over ACA Amendment
• Claims Cut From Suit Over American Surgical Merger
• The Never-Ending Debate Over Health Care Narrow Networks
• Doctor To Pay $1.5M To Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
• Texas Bar Sues Atty Over Client Referral Scam
• JPMorgan Unit In Talks To Grab Brazilian Health Provider
• 7th Circ. Blasts Personal Injury Atty, Suggests DOJ Action
• Former Duane Reade CEO Appeals $7.6M Restitution
• Pa. Can't Close Health Centers, SEIU Tells State High Court
• Sebelius Parries HHS Budget Criticism, ACA Attacks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• Calif. Plaintiffs Bar Sets Sights On Malpractice Cap
• Medicare Part D Defeat Shows Perils Of Agency Overreach
• House Votes To Narrow ACA Individual, Employer Mandates
• Youth Signups Stay Flat For ACA Exchanges In February
• Ending Physician Speaker Programs May Not Be A Good Thing
• IRS Loses Bid To Tap LifeCare Sale Funds For $24M Tax Claim
• British Abortion Provider Penalized For Data Theft
• NJ Supreme Court Won't Revive Nursing Home Class Action
• Alston & Bird Woos Back Cozen Partner, Adds Health Exec
• Quest Diagnostics Acquires Another Medical Provider
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chobani, TPG Capital, Disney
• CVS Says Trying 50K-Worker OT Suit Would Be Unwieldy
• Liberty Medical Blames Bankruptcy On Former Owner Medco
• 4th Circ. To Hear Va. Gay Marriage Ban Case In May
• Feds Scrap Controversial Medicare Part D Changes
• Cigna's ERISA Suit Against LA Health Center Tossed
• ACA Mandate Tweaks Give Employers Some Breathing Room
• Lawmakers Push For Health Coverage Tax Credit Extension
• CMS Finalizes ACA Basic Health Plan Rule
• Feds Probe Md. Insurance Exchange, Lawmaker Says
• 8th Circ. Backs Ban On Car-Accident Health Services Ads
• Barnes & Thornburg Faces $2.2M Malpractice Suit By Doctors
• HealthPort Bilked Patients With Med Record Fees, Suit Says
• In A 1st, HHS Settles With County Gov't Over HIPAA Violations
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• NY Court Rejects Joint Tax Break In Empire Zone Appeal
• ADR: A Silver Lining In The Legal Industry's New Normal
• FTC Urges States Not To Limit Nurse Practitioners
• Comcast Doesn't Doom Nurse Wage-Fixing Suit, Judge Says
• Charging For ACA Costs Is Legal Gamble For Restaurants
• Budget Creates Fertile Landscape For Gov't Contracts Work
• 1000s Target Medicare Part D Changes
• The Long, Winding Path To Medicare Physician Payment Reform
• We Won't See NY Fracking Impact Statement Anytime Soon
• ACA Doesn't Breach 5th Amendment, DC Circ. Rules
• Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims For 2-Midnight Rule Clarity
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• Investor Suing Aetna Moves To Delay Shareholder Meeting
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• HealthBridge-Run Centers' Ch. 11 Plan OK'd In NLRB Fight
• Latest ACA Extensions Add To Insurers' Financial Fears
• Pharmacies Fear Tort Fallout From New Drug Labeling Rule
• $100M Deal In Meningitis Outbreak MDL Nears Finish Line
• Carter Validus REIT Shells Out $99M For Texas Hospital
• OIG Finds Data Protection Weakness At Medicaid Agencies
• Sutter Health Rips Monopoly Suit's Geographic Market Theory
• Texas Justices Asked To Weigh In On Anti-SLAPP Exemption
• Restaurant Group Slams IRS' Latest ACA Reporting Rules
• Founders Fund Amasses $1B To Aid Startups With 'Vision'
• Pa. Court Says Philly Zoning Can't Preclude Meth Clinics
• Top ACA Marketplaces Official To Step Down
• GAO To Probe State Health Exchange Rollout
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• Important Conflict Being Overlooked In Omnicare Case
• Calif. Lawmaker Sues State To Reinstate Health Plans
• Atty Says NJ City Suspended Him For Whistleblowing
• Hospitals Can Sue Under Prompt Pay Law: NY Appeals Court
• Treasury Relaxes ACA Employer Mandate Reporting Rules
• Global Investigations Show Weak Private Health Competition
• More Contract Pharmacy Oversight For HHS 340B Program
• White House Gives ACA's Canceled Plans Another Reprieve
• Hunton & Williams Accused Of Bungling Client's Insurance
• Insurance Recovery Firm Anderson Kill Hits Dallas
• House Votes To Delay ACA Individual Mandate
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• St. Luke's Tries To Halt Saltzer Divestiture Amid Appeal
• NY 'Boss Bill' Would Ban Limits On Birth Control
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Venable Lures Consumer Products Atty From Arnold & Porter
• Fla. Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged In Federal Court
• Benefits Trust Seeks Sanctions In $26M Aetna ERISA Suit
• 13 Kennedy Childs Attys Head To Fennemore Craig, New Firm
• 8 Highlights From Obama's $77B HHS Budget Plan
• Judge Lifts St. Vincent Stay For $30M In AIG Arbitration
• House Bill Proposes New Malpractice Protections For Doctors
• HHS OIG Finds Inadequate Fraud Info Amid CMS Data Issues
• FCA Claimants Closely Watching For Direction On Rule 9(b)
• Tax Creativity Keeps Pot Industry Out Of IRS Hot Water
• Akin Gump Snags Former White House Adviser
• Baker Botts Adds 2 Gov't Contracts Attys To DC Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty To Co-Lead Paul Hastings' Tech Deals Team
• Fla. Hospital Strikes $85M Deal On Whistleblower Claims
• Justices To Weigh Antitrust Status Of Professional Boards
• 3 Ex-Prosecutors Form White Collar Litigation Boutique
• Securities Defense Bar Has High Hopes Riding On Omnicare
• Pressure Mounts To Scrap Medicare Part D Changes
• Preventable Hospital Returns Cost Medicare Billions: HHS
• Fla. Appeals Court Asked To Block $1B Medicaid Contract
• Health Plan Doesn't Need Cost Study For Drug Prices: Panel
• Sens. Push ACA Tax Credit Extension For Small Businesses
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• Justices To Hear NC Dental Board Antitrust Immunity Case
• Another Court Rules FCA Isn't For Regulatory Violations
• High Court Agrees To Hear Omnicare Securities Case