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Health - July, 2014

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• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Senate Sends $17B VA Reform Bill To Obama's Desk
• CMS Official Says HealthCare.gov Will Continue To Improve
• ACA Challengers Ask High Court To Take Up Subsidy Fight
• NJ Judge Dismisses 2nd Challenge To Gay Conversion Ban
• Calif. Trumpets 4% Rate Rise For ACA Insurance Plans
• Indian Harbor Can't Shield Reserve Info In Coverage Battle
• 2nd Circ. Says ERISA Doesn't Preempt Insurance Laws
• FTC Tells High Court Dental Board Lacks Antitrust Immunity
• Rite Aid Beats Applicants' Background Check Suit
• Different Health Care M&A Get Same Rigorous FTC Scrutiny
• J&J Unit Recalls Hysterectomy Device Over Cancer Fears
• GAO Slams CMS Planning For Glitchy HealthCare.gov Rollout
• 11th Circ. Ruling On Gun Gag Law Could Affect Speech Rights
• Plaintiffs Seek Consolidation Of 2 Fla. Gay Marriage Cases
• W.Va. Sues Feds Over ACA Policy Renewals
• Lawmakers Weigh Business-Friendly FCA Reforms
• Extended Medicare Bans Hint At Entrenched Fraud
• House Gives Boehner OK To Sue Obama Over ACA Delay
• Pa. Medical Suppliers Can't Duck Antitrust Class Action
• Study Finds Calif. Firms Dominated US IPO Market In 2013
• NYU Langone Gets $1.1B In Sandy Recovery Aid From FEMA
• After Hobby Lobby, Business Revives Contraception Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Moses & Singer's James Alterbaum
• Twists And Turns For Texas' Health Care Employers
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• NJ High Court Cases Could Limit Whistleblower Protection
• Fla. Appeals Court Reverses Ruling On Medicaid Lien Formula
• Texas Doubles Down On Same-Sex Marriage Fight In 5th Circ.
• Fla. Medical Association Backs Medicaid Expansion
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Top 10 Venue Arguments
• Highmark, Allcare Spar Over High Court Fee-Shifting Cases
• Suit Alleging Shareholder Caused ProxyMed Bankruptcy Is Cut
• FedEx Denies It Illegally Distributed Generic Valium, Xanax
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Ex-Atkinson Employment Partner In Calif.
• Calif. Justices Told Insurer Can Deny Eating Disorder Care
• Fla. Appeals Court Told Voided Clauses Nix Arbitration Pact
• HHS Urges End To Suit Over Erratic Medicare Payments
• DC Circ. Rejects ACA Origination Clause Challenge
• Not A Federal Question: ACA Fund Dispute Is For States
• Classic Issues Face Cutting-Edge Neurofeedback Practices
• Obama, Insurers 'Colluded' To Create ACA Provision: Report
• Fla. Cancer Victim's $16M Award Against LabCorp Slashed
• Jones Morris Sued For $6M Over Bungled Wrongful Death Case
• Wash. Insurance Official Cleared In Row With Judge
• Lawsuits Over Narrow Insurer Networks Threaten ACA Goals
• CMS Expands Wheelchair Fraud Prevention Program
• Docs' Groups Ask CMS For Preview Of Sunshine Data Context
• SC Hospital Reveals Stolen Laptop Contained Patient Info
• Express Scripts Asks High Court To Review Calif. Speech Law
• Medicare's Long-Term Outlook Improves Slightly, Report Says
• 9th Circ. Halts St. Luke's Doc Group Sale During Appeal
• Gay Marriage Plaintiffs Want Cases In Fla. Supreme Court
• Committee Chairmen Agree To $17B VA Reform Compromise
• McGuireWoods Beats Hospital's Suit Over Suspect LBO
• Dealmakers Q&A: Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• EU Rule Sets Higher Standard For Medical Devices
• VNA V. Jupiter Reflects Dramatic Shift By Fla. Courts
• House Panel Won't Budge In Face Of SEC Subpoena
• 11th Circ. Rules In Favor Of Fla.'s 'Gun Gag' On Doctors
• Fla.'s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down By 2nd Court
• 3 Tips For Workable FCA Release Programs
• FTC Urges 11th Circ. To Ax LabMD's Data Security Challenge
• Hospital System Alleges Insurer Withheld Medicare Payments
• Tips For Recovery Under Mandatory Victims Restitution Act
• Profs Urge Judge To Block Partners' Hospital Takeovers
• Feds Set ACA Tax Credit Exceptions, Fine Caps
• Sen. Floats Bills To Guarantee Tribal Contract Payments
• 2 NY Cases Highlight Medical Expert Disclosure Disparity
• Litigator's Perspective: 5 Tips On Arbitration Provisions
• CORRECTED: LabMD Says FTC, Witness Conspired In Data Security Suit
• Miami Home Care Co. Owner Cops To $74M Medicare Fraud
• Walgreen Wins Dismissal In Pharmacy Buyout Suits
• APS Ducks Most Of Universal's $222M Soured Merger Suit
• Duane Morris Nabs Ex-Benesch Health M&A, PE Pro In NY
• House Panel OKs Republican-Led ACA Suit Against Obama
• Watchdog Finds HHS Lacking In ID Security Controls
• 6 Years In, Why Haven't FRE 502(d) Orders Caught On?
• Your State Contract May Prohibit Offshore Outsourcing
• Amid M&A Uptick, Bidders Must Heed UK Code Changes
• ACA Nets $4.3B In Consumer Health-Premium Savings: HHS
• Sen. Durbin Confronts Walgreen CEO Over Proposed Inversion
• ACA Birth Control Mandate To Get New Opt-Out Process
• Mass. AG, Hospital Strike Deal On Unencrypted Data Loss
• Medical Dispatchers Stay Certified In Calif. OT Row
• Fla. Appeals Court Won't Lift Stay On Gay Marriage Ruling
• Tenn. Residents Sue State Over Delayed Medicaid Coverage
• Health Care Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2014
• Select Medical Hit With FCA Suit Over Length Of Patient Stays
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-CMS Official To DC Office
• Employers May Have Opportunity In ACA Legislative Flaw
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's John Haggerty
• Healthfirst Will Help Define '60-Day Rule' For FCA Cases
• Government Seeks To Outsource Criminal Enforcement
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• Care1st Tells Judge Lost Data Didn't Harm Patients
• ACA Subsidies Likely To Survive Despite Circuit Split
• Walgreen Says Rival Pharmacy Poached Ex-Employees
• Texas Court Says State Workers Can't Be Served Via AG
• Fla. Gay Marriage Ban Will Remain Intact During Appeal
• GrayRobinson Forms Group To Target Medical Marijuana
• 9th Circ. Snubs $200M Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• Brooklyn Residents Sue To Block NY Methodist Expansion
• 4th Circ. Contradicts DC Circ. In ACA Subsidies Debate
• Noel Canning Has No Bearing On 3rd Circ. Ruling, NLRB Says
• Loblaw Sells 4 Stores In Antitrust Deal For $12B Drugstore Buy
• Summit Partners Nabs New Vet Business After Selling Another
• Hinshaw Expands Its Phoenix Office With Ogletree Hire
• Judge Axes Sen.'s Suit Over ACA Exemptions For Congress
• The Promise And Problem Of Genomic Marketing
• ACA Exchanges Dealt Blow As DC Circ. Limits Subsidies
• Humana Looks To Toss Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• The Biggest Health Care Cases Of 2014: Midyear Report
• LA Sues Hospital For Spinal Implant Overbilling Scheme
• HHS Formalizes 340B Policy As Court Fight Continues
• Sutter Health Beats Patient Data Theft Claims On Appeal
• Minn. Appeals Court Tosses UnitedHealth Exec's Fraud Claims
• Johns Hopkins Settles Pelvic Exam Suits For $190M
• Union Denies Blocking CareOne's Access To Dying Witness
• Hair Transplant Doc Sues McDonald Hopkins Over Bosley Suit
• Lessons From Omnicare Settlement In 'Swapping' Cases
• Key Democrats Tell 5th Circ. To Nix GOP Donor's ACA Suit
• EPA May Threaten Reverse Distribution Of Pharmaceuticals
• High Court Puts Utah Same-Sex Marriages On Hold
• Sterling Can't Use HIPAA To Defeat Alzheimer's Testimony
• Lehman's Bond Fight With Nonprofit Kept In Bankruptcy Court
• Idaho Presses 9th Circ. To Restore Its Abortion Laws
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Simpson Thacher
• 10th Circ. Strikes Okla. Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• Affinity Health Plants HQ At New Bronx Development
• DC Circ. Says Temp Nurse Is 'Employee' In $3M Coverage Row
• Medicare Eases Controversial Part D Prior Authorizations
• Mass. AG Wins Delay Of Partners' Antitrust Deal Hearing
• Allen & Overy Leads Co-Op's $1B Pharmacy Biz Sale
• NY AG Says New Bill Will Protect Women From Hobby Lobby
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• Data Breach Dismissals Continue Post-Clapper
• FedEx Indicted On Charges Of Aiding Illegal Online Pharmacies
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Shire, Murphy Oil
• FTC Says St. Luke's Trying To Stretch Facts In Stay Bid
• NY Court Upholds Medicaid Reimbursement To Hospital
• Fla. Judge Overturns Gay Marriage Ban, State Appeals
• SEC Says Humana Trading Probe Involves 44 Funds, Entities
• Mild Financial Fallout From Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act
• 5th Circ. Denies UT Tax Refund For Medical Residents
• Feds Seek New ACA Site Contractor Before 2015 Enrollment
• Employers Directed To Disclose Birth Control Objections
• Dignity Health Settles Drug Mishandling Claims For $1.55M
• Bullish Behavioral Health Market Drives Investment
• Fighting 'Superbugs' With Next Generation Antibiotics
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• Del. AG Biden Loses Bid To Intervene In Hospital Trust Row
• Midyear Report: Biggest NJ High Court Decisions Of 2014
• Anatomy Of A Hospital Sale: Unpacking LICH
• Lap-Band False Ad Deal Still Hard To Swallow, Judge Says
• Latham & Watkins Lures Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Atty
• Concierge Medicine Co. Cut Deals To Corner Market, Suit Says
• Ex-Allscripts Audit Chief Can't Duck Inside-Trading Charges
• Nixon Peabody Lands DarrowEverett White Collar Partner
• House Can't Sue Obama For ACA Mandate Delay, Experts Say
• Senate GOP Blocks Bill To Override Hobby Lobby Ruling
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Calif. Drug Bill Would Frustrate Pharmacy Operations
• Irell & Manella Beats DQ Bid In Calif. Insurance Fraud Row
• St. Luke's Presses 9th Circ. For Stay Of Doc Group Sale
• NJ Must Redistribute $45M In Medicaid Funds, Audit Says
• Drug Distributor, Pharmacy Settle Contract Suit For $1.65M
• M*Modal To Emerge From Ch. 11 With $350M Less Debt
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• Lloyd's Freed From Covering Calif. Hospital In Rape Case
• House GOP Slashes IRS Funds As White House Threatens Veto
• Hobby Lobby Makes NY 'Boss Bill' Vital, Sponsor Says
• Halifax Hospital Strikes $1M Deal To End FCA Litigation
• Pass The Popcorn, It's The SEC Vs. Congress
• Loose Lips Sink Ships, Careless Emails Torpedo A Merger
• Watchdog Urges CMS To Assist Medicaid Data Match Program
• AHA Asks DC Judge To Force Medicare To Hear Appeals
• 5 Tips For Crafting Multistate FCA Settlements
• HHS Announces $100M Medicaid Improvement Program
• Kindred Jacks Up Hostile Bid To $589M For Gentiva Stake
• BigLaw Rips OIG On Medicare Exclusion Time Limits
• Someone Else's Computer Glitch May Create Your False Claim
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibbons' Frank Cannone
• How Hobby Lobby Ruling Impacts Calif. Employers
• McCaskill Wants Firings For VA Whistleblower Retaliation
• Advocate Health Shakes Class Action Over Data Breach
• Roberts' Pass on Hobby Lobby Signals Alito's Rise
• Debevoise Reps Envision In 2nd Offering, Netting CD&R $1B
• PacifiCare Sues Calif. Insurance Official Over $174M Fine
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Telefonica, Cemex
• Wal-Mart Escapes FCA Suit Over Narcotic Prescriptions
• House Passes Permanent Bonus Depreciation
• Judge Reverses Coverage Ruling In EMT Sex-Abuse Suit
• Boehner Preps Obama Suit Over ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• States May Be Moving To Expand The Federal Sunshine Law
• Fla. Disagrees With Insurers' Trade Secret Claims On Rates
• Agent Costs Add Millions To Rebates Under ACA, GAO Says
• Fla. High Court Nixes Contract Legality Ruling In VNA Case
• MedLab Gets Judge's Thumbs-Up On Ch. 11 Plan
• Dialysis Clinic Sued By EEOC For Firing Worker With Cancer
• Pa. Court Favors Nursing Home In Arbitration Ruling
• Horizon Deal, $2.5M Atty Fees OK'd In Reimbursement Suit
• DOJ Scores $2B In FCA Settlements For 1st Half Of 2014
• Canada Urges Insurers Not To Ask For Genetic Testing Info
• Mass. Gov. Signs Law Reforming Compounding Regs
• Ex-Dickstein Partner Leads Public Policy Team To Greenberg
• Sen. Seeks More Public Input On ACA Preventive Care Panel
• Hospice Nurses Sue UPenn Health System Over Unpaid OT
• Insurer Beats Pharmacy's Bid To Ax Junk-Fax Coverage Suit
• DLA Piper Can't Duck Hospital's Claims About Dodgy LBO
• Employer Takeaways From High Court's Hobby Lobby Ruling
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• Reps Slam CMS, DOD Over 'Staggering' Improper Payments
• McKesson Beats Ex-Worker's Medicare FCA Suit
• Blue Shield Customers Seek Class Cert. In Mental Health Row
• Anthem Hit With False Ad Class Action Over ACA Plans
• Senate Dems Float Bill To Override Hobby Lobby Ruling
• Watchdog Says CMS Paid $1.7B In 'Questionable' Lab Claims
• Gay Conversion Therapists Ask 3rd Circ. To Repeal NJ Ban
• Pittsburgh To Keep Computer Report Secret In UPMC Tax Tiff
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Former Jefferson Health GC To Philly
• Deals Rumor Mill: Quiron, Televisa, Green Street Advisors
• EmblemHealth Pays $1.2M To Settle NY Mental Health Probe
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• Medicaid Act May Offer Cause Of Action Against Rate Cuts
• Senate Dems To Pitch Bill Forcing Contraception Coverage
• Fla. Loses Bid To Dismiss Medicaid Child Health Care Suit
• Manatt Scores Health Expert From Barger & Wolen
• Scalia May Be Wary Of Nixing Organizer Fees, Union Atty Says
• Legal Trends And Troubles Involving Medical Marijuana
• US Backs Broad View Of Liability In Omnicare Investor Row
• Jones Day Adds Weil Gotshal Atty To Miami Litigation Group
• Ala. Hospital Asks Judge To Nix Data Breach Class Action
• Classes At Odds In UnitedHealth ERISA Suit, Defense Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barclays, North Star Realty, SSP
• AHA Urges HHS Watchdog To Pare Medicare Penalty Changes
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• HHS Will Dole Out $100M To Open ACA Health Clinics
• DC Circ. Nixes HHS' 'Arbitrary' Capital Reimbursement Rate
• NLRB's Subpoenas Survive In Suit Over Anti-Union Probe
• The ACA Still Has Its Day In Court, Now Over Subsidies
• Revisit Your Union Insignia Rules
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• Donald Sterling Has Alzheimer's Disease, Neurologist Testifies
• HHS To Pay Out $83M In ACA Community Residency Grants
• NJ Doctor Gets Two Years In $100M Kickback Scheme
• Patients Sue NJ Hospital Network Over Meningitis Outbreak
• Lab Testing Co. Hit With Suit Over Card Expiration Dates
• Pa. Clerk Asks High Court To Halt Same-Sex Marriages
• Novartis Says Gov't Can't Prove Kickbacks Influenced Docs
• Cuomo Says New Medical Marijuana Bill Delivers Balance
• House Panel Slams SEC Doc Request As 'Fishing Expedition'
• First Read On Same-Sex Spouse Health Benefits Post Windsor
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Andrew Weidhaas
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• CMS Seeks To Update Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• High Court Lifts Contraception Rule For School, Drawing Fire
• 3rd Circ. Nixes BNY's Ch. 11 Release From Hospital Creditors
• Insurance Group Says DC's ACA Exchange Fee Too Broad
• AHIP Nabs Ex-Epstein Becker Partner, CMS Official
• Regent Capital Closes $7.2B Global Buyout Fund
• House Dems Plan Counter To Hobby Lobby Ruling
• CMS Revises Medicare Pay Rules For Medical Equipment
• Morrison Cohen Snags Bingham Pro For New WC Group
• Investor Payback Plan OK'd In $500M Founding Partners Row
• 4th Circ. Per-Invoice Rule: Warnings For Gov't Contractors
• More Signs Of Telemedicine Moving Into The Mainstream
• Nonprofit Mergers And Collaborations: Watch This Space
• Fla. Gay Marriage Advocates Say No Rational Reason For Ban
• High Court's Recent Term Leaves Employers Sitting Pretty
• Fortis, SUNY Make $240M LICH Sale Official
• Health Co. Execs In Criminal Crosshairs, DOJ Atty Says
• High Court Could Rein In Old FCA Claims With KBR Case
• Texas Bar Sues Houston Atty Over Client Referral Scam
• Evanston Seeks To Stay Out Of Suit Over Posted DNA Results
• Accenture Division Wins $162M VA Health Records Contract
• NLRB Says Hospital Retaliated Against Dirty-Talking Nurses
• Former K&L Gates Tax Partner Joins Perkins Coie In Chicago
• Philly Archdiocese Nabs $145M In Sale Of 7 Nursing Homes
• Milbank Snags Jones Day Antitrust Partner In NYC
• Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Mental Illness Coverage
• National Surety Says It Doesn't Have To Cover TCPA Suit
• Modifying CMS Medicare And Medicaid Incentive Programs
• FTC Provides Useful Update On Antitrust And Health Care
• Pa. Jury Finds Blank Rome Was Wrong In 'Killer Nurse' Row
• CMS Eyes $58M Drop In Home Health Payments In 2015
• 6 Medicare Payment Proposals Firing Up Hospitals
• 4 Health Care Battles To Watch In Wake Of Hobby Lobby
• 11th Circ. Reverses $1M Fla. Wrongful Death Cap Decision
• HP Secures $147M Contract For Del. Medicaid System
• GrayRobinson Snags Health, Administrative Law Expert
• Halifax Can't Nix Medicare Fraud Claims As Time-Barred
• Partners HealthCare's Mass. Antitrust Deal Put On Pause
• High Court Sets Stage For Showdown On 2 Big FCA Issues
• Watchdog Says CMS Struggles With ACA Data Inconsistencies
• Walgreen, CalPERS Lobby FDA To Drop Biosimilars Naming
• Storming The Castle: Employee Whistleblowing Under ACA
• What Makes Florida's New Data Breach Law Unique
• How Nonreportable Mergers Can Pass Reg Muster — 10 Tips
• 3rd Circ. FCA Ruling Shows Need For High Court Guidance