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Health - June, 2014

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• Rite-Aid Settles Calif. Prescription Counseling Suit
• Corporate Religious Rights In Flux After Hobby Lobby Ruling
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Ruling
• Hobby Lobby Workers' Coverage Gap May Spur Regulatory Fix
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Union Fees Ruling
• Hobby Lobby Arms ACA Opponents For Future Battles
• Justices' Union Fee Ruling Sets Stage For Further Challenges
• Princeton HealthCare Pays $1.35M To Settle ADA Suit
• Examining Arguments Made (And Not Made) In Hobby Lobby
• 9th Circ. Says Judge Misread Medicaid Act In Row Over Cuts
• Obama Taps Former P&G CEO To Reform VA Amid Scandal
• Harris V. Quinn: Roadmap For The End Of Fair Share?
• Supreme Court Leaves Calif. Gay Therapy Ban Intact
• Carlyle, TPG Plan Healthscope Exit With $2.4B IPO
• Medical Pot Bill Sparks Full Support Of Pa. Senate Committee
• Crist Backs Challenge To Fla. Gay Marriage Ban
• Justices Say For-Profits Can Skirt ACA Contraception Mandate
• High Court Nixes Union Fee Rules In Narrow Decision
• Highmark, UPMC Ink Deal To Smooth Contract Termination
• Fresenius Grabs $600M Stake In Sound Inpatient Physicians
• LabMD Wants Issa Letter Admitted To Data Security Case
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Dechert, Skadden
• DOJ Joins FCA Suit Over 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• Philly Archdiocese Loses Bid To Halt Contraceptive Mandate
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Stryker's Hospital Bed Patent Win
• NAACP, Lawmakers Call On NY Officials To Block LICH Sale
• Medicare Part D Prior Authorizations Come Under Fire
• Trustee Targets MedLab Ch. 11 Plan For Excessive Protection
• 4 Things Every Law Firm Should Do Upon A Cyberbreach
• A Look At HHS' Newly Proposed Exclusion Rule: Part 2
• 5 Big NLRB Cases Up For Review After Noel Canning
• IRS Issues Final Rule On ACA Small Business Tax Credits
• HHS Floats Auto-Renewal For ACA Insurance Plans
• Gentiva Escapes Some Claims In Home Health FCA Suit
• CORRECTED: Omnicare Seals End To Insurer's FCA Suit
• Consent Defense Saves Calif. Hospital From Robocall Suit
• PhRMA, AHA Urge Supreme Court To Curb FCA Penalties
• Pa. Judge Axes Pittsburgh's Tax Exemption Battle With UPMC
• VA Loses 2 More Top Officials, Brings In New Adviser
• A Look At HHS' Newly Proposed Exclusion Rule: Part 1
• Supreme Court Nixes Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone
• SUNY Trustees Approve $240M Hospital Sale
• Partners HealthCare, Mass. AG Strike Antitrust Deal
• Pa. High Court To Weigh Nursing Home Arbitration Row
• 9 Takeaways From Enforcers On Medicare Fraud Priorities
• LabMD Makes 3rd Appellate Bid To Stop FTC Data Case
• St. Luke's To 9th Circ.: Hold Off On Doc Group Sale For Now
• Kline & Specter Sued For Botching Misdiagnosis Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Del Taco, China Post Group, Aetna
• DOJ Signs On To $124M Omnicare FCA Kickback Settlement
• Fla. AG Moves To Intervene In 2 Same-Sex Marriage Cases
• House Will Sue Obama For Executive Failures, Boehner Says
• Lexington Escapes NY Health Centers' Coverage Claims
• 6 Objectives China Has Set For Itself On Pediatric Drugs
• Mont. Health Dept. To Disclose Server Hack To 1.3M People
• Cigna Beats Suit Claiming It Cut ERISA Benefits
• Rural/Metro Investors Want RBC To Cough Up Full Damages
• Quest Contract With VA Tossed For 'Irrational' Pricing
• W.Va. Disability Care Provider Didn't Pay OT, DOL Says
• NY's Muddled Medical Pot Bill Making Investors Paranoid
• 5 Lessons From HIPAA Record-Dumping Settlement
• CareOne Says Union Blocked It From Deposing Dying Witness
• Tenet, HMA Can't Duck Feds' FCA Kickback Suit
• Miami Beach, Orlando Support Fla. Gay Marriage Suits
• MCB Nabs Employment Pro From Littler For Practice Group
• Medicare Supplier's Contract Breach Suit Gets Trimmed
• Quarles Beefs Up Health Bench With Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty
• NY Hospital Can't Duck Fraud, Other Claims In Tax Dispute
• Risks And Rewards From Hospital Premium Subsidies
• Alabama Is No Sweet Home For Vacating Arbitration Awards
• Vision Care Co. Hits Ch. 11 After Aggressive Buys
• Special Counsel Rips VA For Ignoring Whistleblowers
• Risky PIK Loans Emerge In DomusVi Nursing Home Deal
• Calif. Agency Seeking Inaccuracies In ACA Doctor Listings
• Ex-Wilentz Goldman Attys Launch Whistleblower Suit
• University of Miami Hospital Gets Wage Suit Trimmed
• Medicare Rejects AMA Call For Staffing Rule Delay
• Hospital Co. Inks HIPAA Settlement Over Dumped Records
• High Court Snubs Whistleblower Claim To $38M For Doc Fraud
• FTC Fights St. Luke's Latest Bid To Delay Divestiture
• Kaiser Pares Down Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• House Panel Gets Extension In SEC Suit Seeking Docs
• Pa. Diocese Wins Injunction On ACA Contraception Mandate
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Judge-Juror Talks
• 2nd Circ. Case Will Have Far-Reaching ERISA Implications
• House Panel Must Appear In Court After SEC Sues Congress
• Sutter Monopoly Suit Fails To Nail Down Geographic Market
• CalPERS Insurance Shorted Doctors, Class Tells Calif. Panel
• Ex-CVS Pharmacist Seeks High Court Review Of ADA Suit
• Agencies OK Exemption In ACA's 90-Day Coverage Wait Limit
• Va. Gov. Vows To Expand Medicaid Over GOP Objections
• HHS Beefs Up Staff To Avoid Another HealthCare.gov Fiasco
• NY Pot Law Will See Courts Ask, 'Were You High On The Job?'
• Transgender Medicaid Recipients Hit NYS With Class Action
• VA Pushes Forward On Scheduling System Procurement
• Supplemental Medical Review Contractors Are Ones To Watch
• Client Fabricates Evidence, Perjures Testimony — Now What?
• Miami's Jackson Health Reveals $1.4B Improvement Plan
• St. Luke's Can't Stay Doc Group Sale In Antitrust Case
• NJ Diagnostic Firm Owner Arrested In Medicaid Kickback Plot
• Bipartisan Bill Would Ease Hospital Readmission Penalties
• 11th Circ. Upholds 20-Year Payroll-Tax Conviction
• 3rd Circ. Decision Deepens Split On Crucial FCA Rule
• Cuomo Hashes Out Medical Marijuana Deal With NY Pols
• Appeals Court Clears Nautic Unit From Texas Jurisdiction
• GOP Panel Pulls FTC Watchdog Into LabMD Data Dispute
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams Mullen's McCarroll
• Telehealth: Great Promise, Uncertain Business Model
• Smartphone Forensics: Tips From The E-Discovery Trenches
• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections
• ACA, Health Insurance Exchanges And The Future Of COBRA
• House Panel Subpoenaed In Insider Trading Probe: Report
• Hatch Decries $3.9B In Reported Improper Medicaid Payments
• Idaho Justices Back $52M Hit For Hospital In Contract Fight
• ACA Insurer Payments Pose Risk Of Abuse, Lawmakers Hear
• Shrink Fired By Fla. Defender Gets 2nd Shot At 11th Circ.
• Pa. Clerk Takes Gay Marriage Intervention Bid To 3rd Circ.
• Brooklyn Hospital's Contentious Expansion Clears Hurdle
• House Lays Groundwork For VA Reform Push
• Catholic Co.'s Suit Over ACA Contraception Mandate Clipped
• 11th Circ. Bars Docs' Antitrust, RICO Claims In WellPoint MDL
• HHS Keeps 340B Orphan Drug Policy Despite Court Ruling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bush Seyferth's Cheryl Bush
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Davis Wright's Kelli Sager
• HHS Touts ACA Tax Savings In Debut Enrollment Period
• 6th Circ. Sets August Hearing For 5 Gay-Marriage Cases
• House Panel Advances $48B Diplomacy Spending Bill
• AHA Urges CMS To Keep Hospital Fire Safety Rules Current
• US Slaps IPC With False Claims Lawsuit Over 'Upcoding'
• Faster FDA Approval For Medical Devices Coming Soon
• Boston Medical Inks $1.5M Deal With Nurses In Wage Suit
• Amerisource Relator Can't Ax Counterclaims Over Secret Info
• Wal-Mart, CVS, Others To Put Unit Pricing Online, NY AG Says
• Heller Ruling May Be Knockout Punch Against Jewel Claims
• Cuomo's 'No' Threatens To Vaporize NY Medical Pot Bills
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Monica Shilling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levine Sullivan's Gayle Sproul
• Foley & Lardner Adds White Collar, Health Pro To LA Office
• Hospitals Cheer Illinois Medicaid Rate Overhaul
• E&Y Arbitration Win In HealthSouth Case Upheld In Ala. Court
• Florida Legalizes Form Of Medical Marijuana
• Whistleblower Nurse Cited Wrong Standard: NJ High Court
• SUNY Beats LICH Bid Score Challenge, Inks $240M Fortis Deal
• Colo. Group Sues to Stop State Tax On Marijuana Sales
• HHS May Dig In Heels On 340B Orphan Drug Rule
• A Look At The UK's Private Health Care Market Inquiry
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe & Johnson's Flanery
• Expanding HHS OIG Exclusion Authority, Civil Penalties
• 8th Circ. Boosts Medical Expert Testimony For Plaintiffs
• St. Luke's Appeals Antitrust Order Killing Saltzer Deal
• Surgery Center Holdings Pays $792M To Scoop Up Symbion
• WellCare Loses Bid For Restitution Over Ex-Execs' Fraud
• Celgene Bid To Ax FCA Suit Is Premature, US Says
• The Problem Of Payment In A Delegated-Network System
• West Penn Wants Attys Sanctioned For 'Duplicative' Wage Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree Deakins' Melissa Bailey
• House Oversight Data Shows Low Enrollment In ACA Co-Ops
• Big Year Ahead For HIPAA Fines, HHS Atty Says
• IRS Needs 'Full Court Press' For ACA Compliance, Panel Says
• House Panel Slams FTC's LabMD Probe In Midst Of Trial
• Tax Foundation Rebukes Walgreen Inversion Report
• AMA Adopts New Telemedicine Standards
• NLRB Says Cos. Don't Have To Arbitrate Before CBO In Place
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Class Action Over Insurance Regs
• HHS Privacy Chief To Leave Post In July
• Shands Settles Remainder Of $26M FCA Suit
• Adopt Value Or Be Left In The Ash Heap Of History
• CVS, Rite Aid Dodge Mich. False Claims Suits Over Generics
• NY Medical Services Law Hits Out-Of-Network Providers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bryan Cave's Chris Cesare
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez
• LA Hospitals Sue State Over Medi-Cal Payment Denials
• AHIP Urges Subsidies For Bare-Bones ACA Plans
• OMB Nominee Defends Record Before Senate Panel
• Blue Cross Sues Takeda, Eli Lilly Over Actos Cancer Costs
• EEOC Sues Co. For Making Workers Say 'I Love You'
• 6th Circ. Won't Stay ACA Mandate For Catholic Groups
• Blue Cross Of Calif. Wins Redo On Damages In Billing Row
• Walgreen Inversion Would Cost US $4B In Tax Revenue: Study
• Lessons For Contractors From The Medtronic Settlement
• The Hidden Costs Of Spreadsheets In Risk Management
• Legal Risks Of Mobile Apps: Rules, Standards And Gaps
• Pa. Republicans Back Clerk In Fighting Gay Marriage Ruling
• Senate Overwhelmingly Passes VA Health Care Reform Bill
• Polsinelli Adds 3 Shareholders To Health Care Practice
• IBM, Epic Partner For $11B DOD E-Record System Bid
• Bankrupt MedLab Gets Nod For $5.5M Unit Sale
• Insurer Can't Deny Eating Disorder Treatment: Calif. Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Kim Yelkin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Margaret Dale
• 3rd Circ. Backs Lighter FCA Standard In Dialysis Co. Case
• FTC's Brill Says Antitrust, Health Reform Goals Align
• 18 States To Delay ACA 'Employee Choice' Program
• Irell & Manella Fights DQ Bid In Insurance Fraud Row
• NJ Pot Dispenser Wants Law Firm's Fee Demands Smoked
• Sheppard Mullin Lands 2 Epstein Partners In Health Practice
• Pa. Sen. Committee Moving Toward Medical Marijuana Vote
• House Passes Bill To Improve Veteran Access To Health Care
• PhRMA V. HHS Scales Back HRSA Rulemaking Power
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thacker Martinsek's Martinsek
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Kathy Jenson
• Medicare Sued Over ACA Regulation On Home Health Pay
• 'Gay Conversion' Group Can't Pare Consumer Fraud Claims
• LA Marijuana Shops' Equal Protection Suit Sputters Again
• Omnicare Fires Opening Salvo Ahead Of Supreme Court Args
• Texas Court Clears PE Funds In $45M Hospital Buy Suit
• More Than 100K Veterans Affected By VA Delays, Audit Finds
• St. Luke's Says Rival's Stay Worries 'Grossly Misleading'
• The Purpose Of Proposed Rule 37(e)
• FCA Suits Over 'Worthless Services' On The Rise
• Gazit-Globe Plans $200M Deal To Sell 6 US Medical Offices
• Female Powerbrokers: WhatleyKallas' Edith Kallas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Kerryann Minton
• When IT Fails: Software Vendor Liability Is Expanding
• Don't Let Barko Bite Atty-Client, Work-Product Privileges
• W.Va. Case May Be A Setback For Data Breach Jurisprudence
• Fed. Judge Strikes Down Wis. Gay Marriage Ban
• Franken Bill Would Let More Families Get ACA Tax Credits
• Wyle, SAIC Renew Fight For $1.8B NASA Health Contract
• Wash. Warns Employers, Insurers Against Same-Sex Bias
• Diagnostic Testing Fight Puts FDA In A Pickle
• HHS Calls For Integrated Health IT In 10 Years
• Pa. Court Revives Suit Against Eidelman Crossley Atty
• HHS Faces Suit Over Medicare Denial Appeals Process
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Bowditch & Dewey Lands Edwards Wildman Employment Pro
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Waller's Katie Stenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hanaway
• Omnicare: The Other Securities Case To Be Worried About
• Catholic Employers Win ACA Mandate Waiver From Okla. Court
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive $200M Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• 21 McKenna Long Toxic Tort Attys Defect To Polsinelli
• Dental Clinic Operator Fights $72M Wash. Medicaid Fine
• FTC's McSweeny Sets Early Focus On Health Care, IP
• Philly Archdiocese Joins ACA Contraceptive Mandate Fight
• DOJ Placing 'Renewed Emphasis' On FCA Compliance Fixes
• Medical Boards Defend Antitrust Shield In High Court
• Fla. Health Care Agency Sues For Access To VA Hospitals
• Solicitor General Is Wrong On 2 Big FCA Issues In KBR Case
• Pa. Justices Will Hear $6M Blue Cross Tax Credit Row
• Gay-Marriage Foes Can't Intervene In Fla. Suit, Judge Says
• PE Firm Shore Capital Partners Raises $112.5M For Fund
• Sanders, McCain Compromise On VA Reform Legislation
• Akin Gump Freed From Bogus $25M Trade Secrets Case
• Patton Boggs, Squire Sanders Health Pros Head To Jones Day
• Keys To Successful Legal Outsourcing
• Atty Liable In Hospital Takeover Scheme, Panel Rules
• Senate Confirms Burwell To Lead HHS
• Walgreen To Hire Pricing Auditors In Deal With Missouri AG
• Donor Risks With Charity Patient Assistant Programs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brown Rudnick's Louise Verrill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duval & Stachenfeld's Terri Adler
• PhRMA Booted From Suit Over Maine Drug Importation Law
• Nurses Lose Fight To Certify 21K Class In Wage Suit
• Fla. High Court Mulls If Med Mal Cap Applies Retroactively
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• Cincy Hospital Sued Over Leak Of Patient's STD Info
• Medicaid Sign-Ups Top 6M Under ACA
• ACA Doesn't Lower Cost Of Most Expensive Meds, PhRMA Says
• Pa. House Committee Passes ACA Medicaid Expansion Bill
• 9th Circ. Knocks Down Arizona's Off-Label Abortion Law
• How Bitcoin Will Bring About A Legal Practice Revolution
• Medicare Advantage Is FCA's Next Frontier
• Senate Puts Burwell One Step Closer To Top HHS Role
• AHA Calls For Halt To HHS Medicare Audits
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hanson Bridgett's Linda Klamm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Mary Carroll
• DOJ Asks Justices To Reject Potential Landmark FCA Case
• LabMD Vows To Nail Tiversa Reps In FTC Data Security Row
• Nautic Unit Wants Out Of Swiped $45M Hospital Deal Dispute
• Calif. City Must Put Medical Pot On Ballot, 9th Circ. Told
• HHS Dangles $300M In ACA Cash For Safety Net Clinics
• VisionAmerica CEO Fights $5M Tax Judgment
• Fla. AG Says Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Voters' Will
• DC Circ. Cuts McKesson Attys' Fees By $13M In Iran Dispute
• GOP Sens. Want Health Coverage For Vets Outside VA System
• How To Control Your Law Firm's Real Estate Costs
• GAO Finds Mixed Results On Medicare PT Self-Referrals
• Acadia Drops $660M On UK Inpatient Care Provider
• 5 Insights From Nationwide Chief Legal Officer Pat Hatler
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fross Zelnick's Barbara Solomon
• FTC Official Won't Set Data Security Standard In LabMD Suit
• Ex-DaVita Staffers Fight To Keep FCA Suit Alive
• St. Luke's Rival Opposes Bid To Stay Sale In Antitrust Case
• High Court Told Arbitration Clause Also Applies To Heirs
• Creative Collaborations: Law Firms And Corporations
• Blue Cross Seeks To Toss $66M Hospital Underpayment Suit
• Engineers See Danger In FTC's NC Dental Board Action
• Pa. Gov. Team Wades Into Highmark, UPMC Contract Battle
• Ventas Inks $2.6B Deal For ARC Healthcare
• Medicare Unveils Latest Batch Of Hospital Billing Data
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sugarman Rogers' Chris Netski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Benesch's Megan Mehalko
• Top Physician Specialties For PE Investment
• 11th Circ. Pushback Against Ga. Prompt Pay Statute
• Del. Confirms High Pleading Burden In Merger Challenges