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Health - May, 2014

327 articles

• Humana Hits Medtronic With RICO Suit Over Infuse Claims
• Quest Diagnostics Gets FCA Kickback Claims Pared
• W.Va. Justices Revive Data Breach Suit Lacking ID Theft
• Veterans Would Get Non-VA Options Under Proposed Bill
• Pa. Medicaid Tax May Be Impermissible, OIG Says
• Ill. Agency Blasted For Not Protecting Mental Health Records
• Xerox Wins FTC Approval For $225M ISG Holdings Deal
• 6 Ways To Be A Go-To Firm For FCA Whistleblowers
• Fla. Health Care Agency Files FOIA Request For VA Records
• Ex-Omnicare Worker Tells Justices FCA Read Too Narrowly
• NYC Hit With $172M Verdict In Negligent EMT Suit
• LabMD Trial Delayed While House Panel Probes Tiversa
• Without Tech Support, Windows XP May Put Providers At Risk
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Mary Turke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hayley Hanson
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Shinseki Resigns Amid Veterans' Health Care Scandal
• Patton Boggs Alaska, DC Attys Find New Homes Post-Merger
• LabMD Takes 2nd Shot At Nixing FTC's Data Breach Suit
• Medicare Wrongly Paid $7B For Doc Office Visits, OIG Says
• State False Claims Act Enforcement Explodes In 2014
• Advice From Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook
• Insurers Accused Of Discriminating Against People With HIV
• Fla. Hospital Hit With Sanctions In Medicare Fraud Case
• Medicare Chief Vows To Release More Doc Billing Data
• Birth Of The Washington Medical-Legal Partnership
• Amsurg Pays $2.35B For PE-Backed Sheridan Healthcare
• Holland & Knight Snags Employment Ace From Jackson Lewis
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Whyte Hirschboeck's Gina Carter
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Stewart Bernstiel's Bernstiel
• Feds, Hospital Ink $41M Deal Over False Claims, Kickbacks
• Akin Gump Made Right Call In Reporting Client, Experts Say
• Hospital Can't Seek $1M From Doc On Error Claim: 6th Circ.
• Is It Time To Increase Your Billing Rates?
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Reinstate ACA Waiver Requirement
• High-Stakes Litigators Can Cost $1,500 An Hour
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• BigLaw Hourly Rates Dwarf Rivals' Across The Board
• Peebles Out At LICH, SUNY Begins Talks With Fortis
• 340B Reforms In Doubt After Judge Curbs HHS Power
• Fla. To Sue US Veterans Affairs Over Hospital Inspections
• Calif. Policymakers Take Steps To Ramp Up Data Security
• Hospitals Overbilled $20M For Post-Acute Transfers, OIG Says
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Hagel Orders Full Review Of US Military Health System
• Nonprofit's Realty Offshoot Is Charitable, Ind. Tax Court Says
• US Bank Hit With $50M Suit Over Involuntary Bankruptcy
• $4.8M HIPAA Fine Part Of Wider HHS Crackdown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Mehrnaz Boroumand
• Timing Is Everything: Disallowing Prepayment Premiums
• Akin Gump Accused Of Breaching Privilege In Trade Secrets Case
• Advocate Health Escapes Class Action Over Data Breach
• Gentiva Poison Pill Ignores Investors' Will, Kindred Says
• A Wake-Up Call For Cos. With Corporate Integrity Agreements
• 29 Hospitals Sue Medicare Over DSH Payment Formula
• Millennium Says Insurer Must Cover HIPAA Probe Defense
• Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Passes NY Assembly
• Pa. Hospice Owner Gets 14 Years For Medicare Fraud
• FTC's Consumer Data Probe Crippled LabMD, CEO Says
• And Now A Word From The Panel: What's Good For America?
• Pharma Group Beats Orphan Drug Discount Rule In 340B Fight
• High Court Turns Away Suit Over Worker's Facebook Posts
• GrayRobinson Lures Back HMA Atty To Chair Health Group
• NLRB Says HealthBridge's Union Flier, Sticker Nix Unlawful
• Coordinating Conundrum: COBRA, ACA And Severance
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Barnes & Thornburg's McGee
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Obama Administration Will Not Force New Cybersecurity Rules
• Tardy Whistleblowers Want Cut Of Docs' $38M Restitution
• AHA Sues Medicare Over Huge Appeals Backlog
• GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill To Restrict ACA Risk Corridors
• NJ Casino Guest's Suit Says Medical Pot OK Under State Law
• Premera Blue Cross Settles Autism Coverage Suits For $3.5M
• NC Dental Board Stumps For Antitrust Immunity In High Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shearman's Antonia Stolper
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Keating Muething's Rachael Rowe
• Brazilian Drug Store Chain Spurns $2B CVS Offer
• How Legal Same-Sex Marriage In Pa. Will Affect Employers
• HHS To Invest $840M In Health Care Delivery
• CMS Expands Prepayment Scrutiny For Medical Equipment
• SUNY, Brooklyn Groups OK Tentative LICH Succession Deal
• Pa. Hospitals Urge 3rd Circ. To Revisit Medicare DSH Suit
• US Files Suit Against Pa. Hospice Provider In FCA Row
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• From Sea To Shining Sea: French And US Sunshine Laws
• Huron Consulting Wins Toss Of $50M FCA Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Specialty Hospital Of America Enters Ch.11 With Sale Plan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cohen & Gresser's Bromberg
• Calif. Panel Narrows Reach Of Medical Record Secrecy Law
• Bankrupt MedLab Floats Ch. 11 Plan, $5.5M Unit Sale
• House OKs Bill To Speed Up Firings At VA Amid Controversy
• Employers Must Rethink Policies After Gay Marriage Wins
• Squire Sanders Holds Jones Day Defectors To Notice Period
• Ex-Hospital CEO Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Whistleblower Suit
• NJ High Court Orders New Trial In Duragesic Med Mal Suit
• UHC Mental Health Coverage Denials Violate ERISA, Suit Says
• How An Antitrust Case Changed The Gay Marriage Debate
• Akin Gump Says Client Faked Evidence In Trade Secrets Case
• HHS Proposes Extending Time To Meet E-Record Standards
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• Will NY Set A Trend For Mental Health Parity Enforcement?
• Drugmakers, Insurers Battle Over Surging Big Pharma Prices
• Clayton Dubilier Inks $910M Deal For Wound Care Firm
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Pacific Health Seeks Toss Of Psych Care FCA Suit
• Pa. Gov. Won't Appeal Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
• Oregon's Failed Health Exchange Under Federal Scrutiny
• DOJ Scores $4.7M Deal Over False Billing Claims
• Rite Aid's Rx Alert Texts Violate TCPA, Suit Says
• Committee Sends HHS Chief, Trade Nominees To Full Senate
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Linsey Bozzelli
• Polsinelli Adds Trio From Manatt, Alston, Jones Day
• CVS Faces TCPA Class Action Over Cellphone Autodialing
• Nev. Moves To Dump Xerox, Join Federal Exchange
• 11th Circ., FTC Send LabMD To Trial In Data Security Row
• Mass. AG Allows Partners' Hospital Tie-Up With Price Caps
• LifeWatch Duped Customers Into Paying Device Fee, Suit Says
• Case Over Skelaxin 'Sham' IP Suits Heads To State Court
• Hospitals Sued For Forcing Work On Meal Breaks Without Pay
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 3 Ex-WellCare Execs Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Judge Details ERISA Protections For Blue Cross Clawbacks
• NY Insurers Can Avoid Arbitration Over Medical Fraud
• Chicago Insurer Stiffs Policyholders On Profits, Suit Says
• Medicare May Split Pay Difference On Outpatients, Inpatients
• CMS Audit Flaws Fueling Monster Backlog, Lawmakers Say
• Pa. Joins States Striking Down Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Amie Colby
• NECC, Tenn. Reach $5M Deal Over Meningitis Outbreak
• Ex-WellCare CEO Gets 3 Years For Medicaid Fraud
• Kindred Wants Workers Decertified In Unpaid Wages Suit
• NY Court Orders Lloyd's To Defend Huron Whistleblower Suit
• High Court Won't Mull Adverse Action Standard In Bias Suit
• Oregon Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
• Oncologist Hit With $90M Judgment In Whistleblower Case
• Payment Policies Finalized For Medicare Advantage, Part D
• Allscripts Hit With $10M Suit Over E-Records Collaboration
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• 2 Ex-Greenspoon Marder Attys Launch Fla. PI Boutique
• Terminating Advisory Opinions Is Fair Game For HHS
• Mount Sinai Accused Of Denying OT To Billing Employees
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Zelle's Judy Langevin
• Newly Finalized ACA Rules Include $250K Fine For False Info
• VA Official Steps Down As Lawmakers Push For Reform Bill
• Providers Need To Face Patient Portal Challenges Head On
• CORRECTED: Midland National Reaches $31M Deal With Annuity Class
• 5th Circ. Sides With Texas On Medicaid DME Coverage Spat
• NLRB Tells Clinic To Stop Drug-Testing Injured Workers
• LabMD Heads Back To 11th Circ. In FTC Data Security Row
• State Farm Back To Court Over Runaway Hospital Payment
• ABA Opens Doors For Reviewing Jurors' Social Media
• Judge Rethinks Whistleblower Claims In FCA Suit Against CHS
• SEC Warns Pot Investors Of Scams As GrowLife Execs Sued
• GOP Sens. Call For Probe Of Mo. ACA Processing Contractor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frost Brown Todd's Beth Naylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Genova's Kathleen Einhorn
• 9th Circ. Puts Temporary Hold On Idaho Same-Sex Marriages
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• Developer's Software Update Cost Co. In FACTA Action: Suit
• Health Fraud Whistleblowers Drive DOJ Agenda, Official Says
• More Health Cos., Execs To Face Fraud Charges, DOJ Says
• General Dynamics Nabs $63M Army Health Billing Contract
• AMA Slams Medicare's Handling Of Billing Data Release
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• Ind. GOP Gov. Backs ACA Medicaid Expansion
• Roetzel Adds Ex-GrayRobinson Atty To Orlando Health Group
• GAO Upholds $1.76B NASA Contract Protest Bid
• No End In Sight For Health Care Provider Bankruptcies
• Pa. Gay Couple Asks Judge To Honor Out-Of-State Marriages
• Lessons From An 11-Year Hospital Credentialing Battle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lowenstein's Sharon Levine
• Kindred Makes $533M Hostile Bid For Home Health Co. Gentiva
• 6th Circ. Backs $5M Blue Cross Judgment In Hidden Fee Case
• HHS Chief Nominee Breezes Through Second Senate Hearing
• Ariz. Gov. Asks State High Court To End Medicaid Challenge
• Express Scripts Shorted Medco Workers On OT, Suit Says
• Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealth To Launch Cost-Of-Care Tool
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, Carlyle, BWAY
• Dallas Boutique Picks Up Fulbright Appellate Pro
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Health Data Breach Settlements Cost More Than Money
• Insurer Owes Millennium Labs Coverage For False Ad Suits
• Wash. City Won't Delay Licenses For Marijuana Sales
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Audra Dial
• McKesson Cuts Offer Price To Finish $8.4B Celesio Takeover
• Dissecting The Medical-Legal Partnership
• Health Co. Trustee Targets K&L Gates In Negligence Suit
• La. Drops Trademark Suit Over MoveOn Parody Billboard
• Feds Charge 90 For $260M Of False Billings To Medicare
• LabMD Ruling Puts FTC In Driver's Seat On Data Security
• New Ariz. Abortion Limits Unconstitutional, 9th Circ. Told
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• Developer Can't Force SUNY To Continue Hospital Talks
• Highmark Settles Overtime Suit With Former Supervisor
• What To Expect When Your Employees Are Expecting: Part 2
• Quest, LabCorp Win Dismissal Of Va. Whistleblower FCA Suit
• Norwest Venture Partners Raises $1.2B For Latest Fund
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• AHA Aims To Tweak Congress' Post-Acute Care Reform Plan
• Challenge To Pa. Gay Marriage Ban Headed For Decision
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Butler Snow's Christy Jones
• LabMD's Suit Over FTC Data Breach Row Tossed
• GOP Lawmakers Say Medicare Changes Would Hurt Seniors
• When Your Health Care Fraud Case Is A Parallel Proceeding
• Fla. High Court Nixes Nursing Home Patient's $900M Award
• Short-Stay Medicare Pay Offers Hospitals Promise, Peril
• USF Overcharged HHS $6.4M For Grant Costs, Report Says
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Deals Rumor Mill: CalPERS, Carphone, Time Warner
• 5 NLRB Cases Nonunion Employers Need To Know
• Holland & Knight Adds Life Sciences Pro To Miami Team
• Health Care JV To Offer $1B For Major Stake In French Group
• What To Expect When Your Employees Are Expecting: Part 1
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Meyer Suozzi's Lois Schlissel
• Specialty Hospitals Hasn't Paid $4.2M FCA Fine, Feds Say
• Ark. Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, State Judge Rules
• Much Ado About Not Much: 6th Circ. Ruling In ProMedica
• Texas Sues Xerox To Recover Millions In Medicaid Payments
• Convict Doc Takes Beef With Judge-Juror Talks To High Court
• HHS OIG Looks To Limit Fraud Penalties, Add ACA Regs
• RE Rumor Mill: Etsy, Jewish Home, Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Feds, SAIC Win Near-Total Dismissal Of Data Theft Action
• CMS Launches Program To Improve Quality Of Care
• UPMC Slapped With Data Breach Class Action
• New Medicare Map Will Shake Up Hospital Pay, FCA Suits
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• Pro Bono Spotlight: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• University Of Miami Hospital Faces OT Class Action
• Class Action Counsel, Beware Conflicts Of Interest
• IRS Adopts Rules On Retirement Plan Insurance Payments
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kasowitz's Linda Kornfeld
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frandzel Robins' Pat Trendacosta
• House Passes Bill To Make R&D Tax Credit Permanent
• TRW Wants Rehearing Due To High Court Retiree Benefit Case
• Brooklyn Coalition Asks Judge To Void Some LICH Bid Scores
• DOL Announces Reprieve On Military Health Contract Audits
• DC Circ. Mulls Religious Exemption In Contraception Case
• Lifecare Pays $3M To Clear Drivers' Wage Claims
• Rule Overhaul To Save Health Industry $660M, Medicare Says
• IRS Says Reinsurance Subsidiary Qualifies As Insurer
• HHS Head Nominee Sails Through First Senate Hearing
• Walgreen's Out-Front Druggists Don't Risk Privacy, HHS Says
• Employers Must Comply With ACA Or Face Penalties, IRS Says
• Physiotherapy Case Shows Debtors Can Be Choosers
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Laura Beth Miller
• Contractor Rule Changes Coming Right And Left: 8 Highlights
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• Hospital Debt-Collection Robocalls Flout TCPA, Class Says
• 2 NY Health Orgs To Pay $4.8M In Largest-Ever HIPAA Fine
• Obama Threatens R&D Tax Credit Veto Before House Vote
• Alzheimer's Caregiver Didn't Assume Attack Risk, Panel Told
• CareOne Fights To Subpoena NYU Law Students In Union Row
• DC Council Approves Tax To Aid Health Exchange
• ACA Quality Reforms Saved $4B, Medicare Says
• Health Apps Need More Privacy Safeguards, FTC Panel Says
• Judge Won't Block Allergists From Contacting Insurers
• BHP Amends SUNY Complaint After Hospital Deal Dissolves
• Hatch Presses For Medicaid Patient Spending Limits
• Permanency Debate Delays 'Extenders' Implementation
• ACA Payment Rates Strong, Insurers Tell Congress
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munsch Hardt's Deborah Perry
• NJ AG's Office Outsourced Investigations To Insurers: Suit
• Undocumented Workers Gaining Protection In NY
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• Ballard Spahr Says Client Conflict Whipped Up By IMS
• 3rd Circ. Says Cigna Coverage Row Shouldn't Be Arbitrated
• Compounder Reaches $100M Deal In Meningitis Outbreak MDL
• Calif. Ambulance Co. Owners Sentenced In $7M Medicare Plot
• NY Judges Win Another Round In Premiums Fight With State
• Fla. Hospital Inks $2.5M FCA Deal Over Bogus Brain Care
• Miami Clerk Wants Same-Sex Marriage Challenge Delayed
• Iran Asks DC Circ. To Nix $40M McKesson Attys' Fees Award
• Paul Hastings Reps PE-Backed Firm In $225M Sale To Xerox
• Nev. Gambling Licensees Get Medical Marijuana Warning
• Arent Fox Adds 5 Hewitt Wolensky & McNulty Attorneys In LA
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• Retail Group Allowed Into EEOC Suit Over CVS Severance Pact
• Get Ready For More Medical Malpractice Claims In Florida
• Fla. Doctor Charged In $7M Medicare Surgery Fraud
• M*Modal Scores Tentative OK For Ch. 11 Deal To Slash Debt
• Alliance Boots Drops $638M On GCS' Pharmacy Retail Biz
• An Innovative Model For Collaborative Pro Bono
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Carol Joseph
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Think Like A Screenwriter: 5 Tips For Trial Lawyers
• Fla. Medical Marijuana Approval Prompts Akerman Task Force
• High Court Urged To Ax Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down Granite's Challenge To $1.2M Award
• Brooklyn Health Partners Dropped From LICH Redevelopment
• LeClairRyan Scores Ex-CMS Official For Md. Office
• Hospitals Harmed By FDA Glucose Meter Standards, AHA Says
• Medicare Eyes New Restrictions On Hospice Billing
• New French Class Action Law Could Span The Gamut
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• CVS Hit With False Labeling Action Over Vitamin E Pills
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bracewell's Dee Martin
• Fla. Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Governor's Desk
• IRS Finalizes ACA Exchange Info Sharing Rule
• CareOne CEO To Leave NYU Law School's Board Of Trustees
• FCA Wave Sparks Debate Over DOJ Power To Boot Weak Suits
• FTC Told To Reveal Data Security Expectations In LabMD Suit
• Obama Pushes Health Exchange As Cheaper COBRA Alternate
• Insurers' RICO Claims Cut From Pharmacy Billing Suit
• Ex-Fla. Hospital Director Gets 6 Years For $70M Medicare Fraud
• Circuit Splits Surrounding FCA Endure Post-Takeda
• NLRB Goes Negative On Positive Behavior Work Policies
• NLRB Strikes Down Nursing Home's Off-Duty Access Policy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hiscock's Connie Cahill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fine Kaplan's Bobbi Liebenberg
• Med Mal Insurers Duel On $31M Deal Over Brain-Injured Infant
• Medicare Floats 2% Pay Boost For Specialty Providers
• Rival Says St. Luke's $8M Fee Objections Baseless
• NLRB Backs Reversal Of NJ Hospital's Dress Code Changes
• Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Fla. House
• RE Rumor Mill: LICH, Neuberger Berman, Graceland
• NLRB Won't Nix Union Vote Over Employees' Joke Threats
• Workers Sue Miami Hospital Over Sudden Shutdown
• Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Aytan Dahukey
• NM AG's 'Severe Misconduct' Kills Medicaid Fraud Case
• Best In-House Practices To Mitigate Cross-Border Risks
• LabCorp Slapped With Calif. OT Class Action
• Polsinelli Nabs Health Care Labor Pro For Chicago Office
• Whistleblower Accuses Express Scripts Of Hiding Overcharges
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Sharon Kirsch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BatesCarey's Maria Enriquez