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Health - September, 2014

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• ACA Neglected To Fund Insurance Risk Corridors, GAO Says
• Humana Underpaid For Medicare Advantage Care, Suit Says
• Novartis' FCA Suit Discovery Request Slammed By States
• Gordon & Rees Continues To Grow With New Tampa Office
• US Urges 11th Circ. To Toss Claims In ACA Contraception Suit
• UnitedHealth Snaps Up Texas Management Firm MedSynergies
• Noel Canning Can't Halt New Vista Appeal, 3rd Circ. Told
• And Now A Word From The Panel: ABCs Of JPML Practice
• Okla. Judge Rejects ACA Tax Subsidies On Federal Exchanges
• ACA Database Shows Pharma Paid $3.5B To Docs, Hospitals
• Dealmakers Q&A: O'Melveny's Jennifer DePalma
• Undoing MICRA
• 11th Circ. Says Use Of Patient's Info Doesn't Violate TCPA
• Judge Backs FCA Extrapolation In Nursing Home Fraud Suit
• Medicare Plan Launches $500M Suit Over Bad Finance Advice
• Maine Hospital Sues HHS Over ACA Residency Payments
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• NJ High Court Sides With Hospital In Doc Disclosure Row
• GAO Dismisses Protest Of Task Order Under $10M Threshold
• Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against PharMerica Passes Muster
• Administrator Gets 68 Months For $6M Fla. Health Care Fraud
• Sabra Offers Millions Of Shares To Bankroll Property Deal
• Murky Crime Policy Has Arch Facing HIV Scam Coverage Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says Horizon Wrongly Denied Inpatient Bulimia Care
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nossaman's Charles Fiedler
• Are NY Practitioners, Pharmacies Ready For E-Prescribing?
• Judge Denies Sanctions For Shipping Co. In Humana Suit
• Execs Get Over $7M Slashed From Tax Damages Set By Jury
• Attys Hit With $1.7M Suit Over Medical Partnership Row
• Caremark Inks $6M FCA Deal Over Medicaid Billing
• Medical Co. Owner Charged In $24M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• 'Puzzle Pleading' Kills Accretive Shareholder Complaint
• Ala. Hospital Can't Escape Data Breach Class Action
• CORRECTED: Universal Health Pays $335M For UK Company Cygnet
• Medco Can't Escape Latest FCA Claims Over Hemophilia Scam
• Firm Says Insurer Must Produce Docs In Malpractice Row
• Dealmakers Q&A: Phillips Lytle's Asaf Hahami
• Dealmakers Q&A: Saul Ewing's David Antzis
• Will DC Circ. Sidestep Dispute A Decade In The Making?
• Abbott Labs Wins Nix Of RICO Claims In Humira, AndroGel Suit
• 26 Cos. Object To $30M Blue Cross Deal In Antitrust Suit
• Nursing Home Fired Pregnant Worker On First Day, EEOC Says
• Insurers Off Hook For UnitedHealth's $350M AMA Settlement
• HHS Awards $211M For Chronic Disease Prevention
• CVC Makes Back Most Of SPi Global Investment In Spinoff
• FOIA Is Not Freedom For Plaintiffs To Drug Trade Secrets
• Dealmakers Q&A: Proskauer's Richard Zall
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dorsey's Matthew Knopf
• Fed. Claims Court Extends Reach Of Nonmanufacturer Rule
• Blue Shield, Cigna Accused Of ACA Plan 'Bait And Switch'
• ACA Could Cut Hospitals' Uncompensated Care By $5.7B: HHS
• REIT Drops $210M On Data, Healthcare Assets
• VA Wins FOIA Dispute With CREW But May Be Sanctioned
• Pa. Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
• FDA Eyes Cybersecurity Campaign On Medical Technology
• Ontario Gov't Pays $59M To Up Stake In Toronto Tower
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Max Berger
• Boehner Pushes VA Chief To Launch Health Care Audit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreen, Starz, Actavis
• Surgery Service Claims Blue Cross Affiliate Owes It $26M
• HealthCare.gov Gets Positive Report On Privacy Protections
• McElroy Deutsch Adds Former NJ Insurance Official
• DOJ Jabs At Humana In Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• Wal-Mart Made Robocalls To Ex-Pharmacy Patrons, Suit Says
• FCA Particularity Requirements Are Relaxed Further
• Dealmakers Q&A: Loeb & Loeb's Ross Emmerman
• WikiLeaker Manning Demands DOD Give Gender Treatments
• Community Health Systems Escapes EEOC Suit In Mississippi
• Hospitals Trim Claims In $66M Blue Cross Underpayment Suit
• Health Insurers Suffer Blow As ERISA Shield Is Reinforced
• Pa. Senate Committee Advances Medical Marijuana Bill
• Ex-Official Faces Perjury Charges Over $200M La. Contract
• Hospitals Rip DOJ's FCA Suit Over 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• Dentons Snags Locke Lord Labor Partner In NY
• HCA Shareholders Win Cert. In $4.3B IPO Suit
• 80 More Insurers To Participate In ACA Exchanges Next Year
• Baker Donelson Snags More Waller Lansden Real Estate Attys
• Pa. Court Nixes Union Suit Over County Privatization Plan
• Bankruptcy Sale Of Hospitals: 4 Questions Before You Begin
• Insurance Groups Tell High Court ERISA Liability Unjustified
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Dealmakers Q&A: Butler Snow's James Lawless
• The Rise of Coordinated Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Care One Denied Bid For Atty Sanctions In TCPA Class Action
• Destroyed-Sperm Plaintiffs Can Be Anonymous, Ill. Court Says
• Life Science Groups Chide CMS Over Sunshine Data Context
• Kelley Kronenberg Turns Focus To Medical Marijuana In Fla.
• Signature MD Fights To Keep Duane Morris In Antitrust Suit
• Insurer Exempt In $10M Settlement Of TCPA Fax Blast Case
• FordHarrison Partner Joins Ogletree Deakins' Dallas Office
• UPMC Discrimination Audit Suit Is Moot, DC Circ. Hears
• Dealmakers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kevin Hein
• Dealmakers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Kevin Ryan
• When Taking Health Information Is 'Protected Activity'
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Ominous Outlook For Physician-Owned Distributors
• 7th Circ. Says Doctor Group Lacks Standing In ACA Tax Suit
• Lawmakers Call On HHS To Clarify Health App Privacy Rules
• RE Rumor Mill: Hines, Goldman, Claremont
• $10M Suit Against Johnson DeLuca Over Hospital Ch. 11 Pared
• HHS Watchdog Warns Of Coupon Kickbacks In Part D
• BakerHostetler Out, Quinn In For Obama GOP Suit
• Breaking Down California's New Sick Pay Law
• Ex-Vanderbilt Worker Class Certified In WARN Act Suit
• IRS Finalizes Rules On Health Insurer Deduction Limit
• CVS Escapes EEOC Suit Over Severance Pact
• HIPAA Privacy Rule Extends To Same-Sex Spouses, HHS Says
• Gov't Says Doctors Group Misrepresents FCA Allegations
• Criminal Division Wants In On FCA Whistleblower Complaints
• NYU Backs Out Of LICH Deal As Nurses' Lawsuit Grows
• Dealmakers Q&A: Crowell & Moring's Bryan Brewer
• White House Gears Up To Combat Drug-Resistant Bacteria
• W.Va. Seeks Quick Win In ACA Policy Renewal Suit
• Issa Blasts CMS For Impeding HeathCare.gov Security Review
• 3i Continues Exit Streak With $139M Sale Of Vedici To CVC
• Ropes & Gray Advises Welsh Carson In $400M CCHN Sale
• Shumaker Guides Health Care REIT In A $1.1B Public Offering
• TAA Case Is Study On Contractors' FCA Vulnerability
• The State Of America's Home Health Care Workers In 2014
• Oracle Adds IP Claim Against Oregon In Health Exchange Row
• DOJ Urges FCA Attys To Aid Criminal Fraud Cases
• Former Florida Judge Pereyra Joins JAMS In Miami
• Reckitt Says Suboxone 'Product-Hopping' Didn't Harm Buyers
• Pa. Lawmaker Pushes For State Fracking Health Registry
• Medicare Should Ax Hospital Billing Settlement, Rep. Says
• Lawmakers Probe HealthCare.gov Security After GAO Report
• AHA Can't Sue Over Rejected Inpatient Payments: Judge
• PE-Backed Civitas Raises Just $199M After Shares Price Low
• When Does An Insurance Co. Waive Atty-Client Privilege?
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Jeryl Bowers
• Chancery Won't Nix Claims Over $3B Jefferies Leucadia Deal
• Del. AG Again Shut Out Of Fla. Hospital Trust Row
• Medicare Accountable Care Groups Saved $372M, CMS Says
• King & Spalding Nabs Ex-Cox Smith Health Care Ace In Texas
• NJ AG Wants Doc In Insurer Outsourcing Case Sanctioned
• AMA Calls For Overhaul Of Electronic Records Systems
• Fla. Medical Marijuana Plan Faces Challenge From Nursery
• Judge Recused From Noncompete Row After Bias Accusations
• Senator Asks 7th Circ. To Wade Into ACA Subsidy Battle
• Differing, Changing Pleading Standards For FCA Suits
• Developers Seek Clarification On HHS Mobile App Regs
• Humana Doubles Share Buyback Program To $2B
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jackson Walker's Michael Taten
• Brace For This Brief's Impact On The Supreme Court
• 7th Circ. Puts Indiana Same-Sex Marriage Ruling On Hold
• Aetna Can't Close Book On Underpayment Saga, Class Says
• Feds Get Heat For Oversight Of Ark. Medicaid Expansion
• Fla. AG Moves To Join 4 Gay Marriage Suits To Cut Confusion
• Epstein Becker Seeks Toss Of Oncologist's Malpractice Suit
• Noel Canning Halts NLRB's Appeal, New Vista Tells 3rd Circ.
• Data Issues Threaten ACA Coverage For 500K Consumers
• ACE Won't Pay Amerisource's Attys' Fees After Pa. Appeal
• Apple Watch Data Raises Privacy Concerns, Conn. AG Says
• Alibaba To Overshadow Debuts Of 6 Health Care Cos.
• Pa. Auditor To Probe Corbett's Medicaid Waiver Spending
• Walgreen Blasts 'Chutzpah' Of Attys' Fee Bid In Pfizer MDL
• No Industry Is Safe From TCPA Litigation
• Kirkland, Latham Guide $2.7B Cognizant-TriZetto Merger
• ACA Tax Subsidy Dispute May End Up Before High Court
• States Ask High Court To Overturn 7th Circ. Marriage Ruling
• OIG Rips 15-Year Delay Of Medicare Rural Clinic Pay Rule
• Antitrust Group Decries Mass. AG's Partners Hospital Deal
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Suit Over Fatal Meningitis Outbreak Hits Health Providers
• Fla. Firm Blalock Walters Opens Office In St. Petersburg
• Citigroup Can't Keep Lawyer's Contract Suit In Fed. Court
• Home Depot Probe Can Offer HealthCare.gov Lesson: Rep.
• HHS Urges End To Hospitals' Appeals Backlog Suit
• Epstein Becker Green Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Health Care Ace
• Indian Health Service Recovery Efforts Are Overreach
• DOJ Names New Acting AAG For Civil Division
• Doctors Fight To Join Blue Cross Antitrust Class Suit
• AARP Asks 7th Circ. To Reconsider Nursing Home FCA Suit
• Novartis Whistleblower Trims FCA Claims Against CVS
• Unwieldy Quest Overbilling Class Denied Cert. At 3rd Circ.
• 5 Measures To Watch Before The Midterm Elections
• 3rd Circ. Upholds NJ Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy
• Sealing The Deal: Kaye Scholer Guides Skilled-Genesis Merger
• House OKs Sales Of Pre-ACA Policies To Small Businesses
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• FCC Health Fund Points To Next-Generation Network Growth
• Moses & Singer Gave Bad HIPAA Advice In Merger, Suit Says
• Disabled Children's 2nd Class Cert. Bid Denied In Fla. Suit
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Bias Suit Against Mich. Hospital
• Surgical Chain Pays $5M To End FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Fed. Claims Axes Health Co.'s Contract Over Supplier Status
• Kaiser Accused Of Dumping Mentally Ill Patients
• Fla. Judge Vacates His Gay Marriage Ruling On Technicality
• HHS Ditches Plan For Separate E-Record Standards
• Medical Supplier Wants TCPA Suit Axed After $9M Deal Halted
• FTC Dodges LabMD's Sanction Bid In Data Security Row
• IRS Chief Foresees Headaches Arising From ACA Queries
• 7th Circ. Springs Jailed Sav-Rx Exec, Finding Entrapment
• Cigna Disputes Fraud Exemption In ERISA Coverage Fight
• 7th Circ. Limits FCA 'Worthless Services' Theory
• Best Business Planning Practices For Lawyers
• Judge To Wait For Texas Prompt Pay Ruling In Aetna Case
• Psychiatric Solutions Settles Shareholder Suit For $65M
• Advocate Health Dodges FCRA Claims In Data Breach Row
• EmblemHealth Unit Settles NY Probe Of Out-Of-Network Costs
• 5th Circ. Told Texas Gay Marriage Ban 'Defies Logic'
• CMS Fleshes Out Settlement Terms For Hospital Appeals
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Fights Fraud Conviction On Appeal
• Overtime Claims Against CVS Unit To Go Forward
• Dealmakers Q&A: Baker Donelson's James Levine
• 9th Circ. Takes On Same-Sex Marriage With Hearing On 3 Bans
• Opponents Of ACA Birth Control Mandate Vow To Fight On
• 6th Circ. Gives OK To Medicare Wage Adjustments
• GAO Chides HHS On Price Of Ark. Medicaid Expansion
• FTC Backtracks On Phoebe Deal As Divestiture Seems Doable
• Jailed Sav-Rx Exec Was Victim Of Entrapment, 7th Circ. Hears
• Va. Hospitals Get Consolation Prize On Medicaid Expansion
• 7 Medicare Pay Proposals Firing Up Docs, Hospitals
• DOJ Names Schulte Roth Atty Head Of Criminal Appeals, Fraud
• 4th Circ. Set Stage For Endless FCA Suits, Justices Told
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bass Berry's Susan Foxman
• Jana Gets Walgreen Board Seats After Failed Inversion Push
• Carrots, Sticks And Insurance Premium Discounts
• Posner's Takedown Of Gay Marriage Bans May Sway Peers
• Perjuring Ex-Troutman Atty Denied Piece Of $2.2B Deal
• Allstate Fraud Suits Put NY No-Fault Reform On Front Burner
• Unions Aim To Bar Health Programs From Trade Deal Fights
• Fast-Food Worker Seeks Class Cert. In Alter Ego OT Suit
• Molina Healthcare Will Repay $19.2M To Wash. Authority
• DC Circ. Revives Fee Suit Against Psychologist Group
• Highmark Bid For $4.7M In Fees In IP Case Gets Another Go
• Class Accuses IOD, Hospital Of Overcharging For Records
• Fla. High Court Won't Take Up Same-Sex Marriage Appeal
• Supreme Court Must Rule On Gay Marriage, AGs Say
• Less Than Meets The Eye: Amicus Briefs In St. Luke's
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• 7th Circ. Axes Same-Sex Marriage Bans In Ind., Wisc.
• Fla.'s JFK Med Center Overbills PIP Patients, Class Says
• Document Storage Tips: Inside The Email Vault
• Medical Clinic Worker Can't Avoid 10-Year Term For Fraud
• Pa. Appeals Court Nixes Injunction In Doctor Hiring Row
• Accenture Gets 6-Month Extension Of HealthCare.gov Contract
• Hackers Broke Into HealthCare.gov, HHS Says
• PharMerica Can't Trim FCA Suit Over Painkiller Prescriptions
• CVS Chief Latest To Come Out Against Tax Inversions
• Health Services Co. Civitas Solutions Plans $252M IPO
• EEOC Trial Atty Can Argue 'I Love You' Suit: Judge
• Staffing Firm Escapes Suit Over Tech Who Spread Hep C
• 7th Circ. Ignored FCA Precedents, Whistleblower Nurses Say
• Abortion Foes Challenge Pittsburgh's Buffer Zone Law
• US Envoy Fires Back At Criticisms Of EU Trade Pact
• Full DC Circ. To Rehear ACA Tax Credits Case
• ACA Contraception Accommodations May Not End Strife
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bass Berry's Page Davidson
• WellPoint Subscribers, Providers Denied Cert. In Rates MDL
• Ex-Quest Manager's Severance Class Action Scrapped Again
• Hartford Escapes Insurance Suit Over Embezzlement Claims
• Feds Outline ACA Health Insurer Notice Obligations
• COFC Grants Stay In CGI's Protest Of Medicare Audit Services
• DOJ Launches FCA Suit Over Drugged Nursing Home Patients
• St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ. Doc Group Deal Followed ACA
• Ariz. Pushes Nonsurgical Abortion Law At Supreme Court
• Highmark Suit Says UPMC Overbilled $300M For Chemo Drugs
• CVS Stops Tobacco Sales One Month Before Scheduled End
• Hospitals Decry Federal Anti-Fraud Bill's Audits, Incentives
• FTC Promotes Attys Who Scrutinized ProMedica, Thermo Deals
• 8th Circ. Gives Whistleblowers Upper Hand On FCA Pleadings
• HHS Finalizes ACA Plan Auto-Renewal Rule
• Dentons M&A Atty Rejoins Weil Gotshal Dallas Office
• The Glass Slipper: Searching For The FCA Case That Fits
• Pot Stock Puffery And Regulating An Illicit Industry
• NC Dental Board Hits Back At FTC In Antitrust Fight
• Atty Must Comply With Limited Deposition In Insurer Ad Suit
• Simpson Thacher Nabs DOJ's Criminal-Fraud Chief
• Highmark, UPMC Finalize Coverage Contract Termination Plan
• COFC Ruling May Hasten Commercial Contracting's Decline
• New DSH Suit Joins Flood Of Medicare Pay Litigation
• Celera, PwC Hand Over $25M To Exit Investor Class Action
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gray Plant's Mark Williamson