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Health - December, 2014

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• Briefs Bolster Both Sides In Fla. Same-Sex Marriage Suits
• CMS Gets Heat On ACA Auto-Renewals
• Rite Aid Customer Seeks Class Cert. In Telemarketing Suit
• HealthCare.gov Nabs 4M Sign-Ups In One Week
• FDA Plans To Alter Lifetime Ban On Gay Male Blood Donation
• Health System Off The Hook For Unintentional Records Spill
• SEC Pushes For House Aide's Testimony After Resignation
• RE Rumor Mill: Beacon Capital, Polidev, Ashkenazy
• NY Gun Seizure Law Targeted Over Illegal Psych Reports
• Class Action Challenges New Pa. Medicaid Assignments Plan
• Senior Housing Properties Strikes $790M Portfolio Deal
• Pa. Hospital Will Pay $650K To Settle Gov't Fraud Claims
• DOJ Intervenes In FCA Suits Accusing Omnicare Of Kickbacks
• ACA Subsidy Opponents Kick Off High Court Fight
• 3rd Circ. Told NJ Gay Conversion Ban Thwarts Parental Choice
• Fla. Mayor Appeals 22-Month Sentence In Corruption Case
• Judge Axes DOL Wage Regs For Certain Domestic Workers
• 4th Circ. Strikes Down NC Abortion Ultrasound Law
• Boston Children's Hospital Settles AG's Suit Over Data Breach
• Inova Nurse Not Really Fired For Foul Mouth, NLRB Says
• Aetna's HIV Drugs Mail-Order Rule Is Biased, Suit Says
• Health Net Accused Of ACA Plan 'Bait And Switch'
• Oracle Gets 2nd Chance To Argue Oregon Waived Immunity
• CVS Hit With TCPA Suit Over Unsolicited Text Messages
• Supreme Court Won't Stop Gay Marriages In Florida
• Doctors Sue Fizer Beck Over 'Seriously Deficient' Contracts
• Fla. Nursing Home's Bold Ch. 11 Play Stays Unresolved
• FTC Section 5 In 2014: An Unexpected Attack, A New Frontier
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Fla. Doctors Near FCA Win After Whistleblower Goes MIA
• Navy Splits $194M Medical Services Contract Among 6 Firms
• Catholic Orgs Take ACA Challenge To High Court
• Medicare Penalizes Hospitals With High Patient Harm Rates
• CVS, Walgreen To Expand ACA Promotion Work
• Good Luck Guessing With The Gov't On Gainsharing
• Feds Won't Interfere With States' Medical Marijuana Laws
• AHA Suit Over Medicare Appeals Backlog Gets Junked
• Neb., Okla. Ask Supreme Court To Stamp Out Colo. Pot Law
• GI Partners Snaps Up Health Care IT Co. From OMERS
• Law Firm Topples FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Ernest Greer
• Cuomo Reveals Details Of New York's Medical Marijuana Regs
• IRS Guidance On Full-Time Status May Help Employers
• Mount Sinai Says Whistleblowers Misused Patient Info
• Former Rite Aid VP Cops To $15M Kickback Scheme Lies
• Mayo Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Former Exec
• Vermont Gov. Backs Off Single-Payer Health Care System
• Holland & Knight Adds Fla. Health Care Policy Coordinator
• Medical Marijuana Use Kills EEOC's ADA Claim, Co. Says
• USPTO Is Rejecting Potentially Life-Saving Inventions
• Fla. Ruling Clarifies Notice Rules For Med Mal Suits
• Trinity Health Adds 3 NE Hospitals To National Network
• VA Misled Congress On Patient-Wait Review, Watchdog Says
• Kline And Specter Take On Philly's Plaintiff-Friendly Rep
• CareOne Can See Law Students' Documents In Union Row
• SUNY Agency Strikes $4M Settlement In Medicaid Audit Case
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• NECC Prez Charged With Murder Over Meningitis Outbreak
• Product Liability In The Age Of Global Pandemics
• HealthCare.gov Notches 2.5M Sign-Ups In 1st Month
• CMS Clouds Stance On Open Payments Exemption
• Kiewit-Turner, VA To Discuss Reviving $1B Hospital Project
• Fla. AG Asks High Court To Extend Bar On Gay Marriage Ban
• Fed Circ. Overturns USPTO On Health Program Trademark
• GrayRobinson Atty Named General Counsel To Fla. Gov.
• Fla. Agency Won't Appeal Rejection Of Medical Pot Rules
• Essential Health Benefits Rules Will Still Burden States
• Providers Score Class Cert. In UnitedHealth ERISA Row
• Senate Confirms Contentious Surgeon General Nominee
• High Court Clears Air On Class Action Removal Disputes
• Insurer Seeks To Duck Medical Product Retailer's TCPA Suit
• AMA Urges High Court To Review Barred WellPoint Claims
• Jacksonville Litigator Joins Fla.'s Gunster
• Calif. High Court Says MICRA Only Caps Noneconomic Awards
• Tenn. Latest GOP State To Back ACA Medicaid Expansion
• High Court Nixes Ariz. Appeal Over Medicated Abortion Law
• High Court Ruling Sets Low Bar For Class Action Removal
• FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• NJ Bill Would Apply False Claims Act Provisions Retroactively
• Owen Gleaton Playing Dirty With DQ Bid, Insurer Says
• Sony Breach May Inspire Slew Of Privacy, Employment Claims
• Texas Judge Won't Lift Gay Marriage Stay, Citing 5th Circ.
• Gruber Hit With Subpoena Demanding Details On ACA Pay
• Tenet Blames Regulatory Hurdles In Nixed Conn. Hospitals Buy
• HHS Says Medicare Payment Fight Doesn't Belong in Court
• Connecture IPO Reaps $53M But Goes Wide Of Target
• Clarity Comes To ACA's 'Minimum Essential Coverage'
• 6 Questions To Ask Before An Internal Investigation
• NY Tells Insurers They Must Cover Transgender Treatment
• Pols Pitch Law Barring Foreign Diplomats From ACA Benefits
• CMS Pushes For Hospitals To Recognize Same-Sex Spouses
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• FTC Gets OK To Grill Key LabMD Witness In Data Security Row
• Target Takes Another Shot At Junk Fax Settlement
• When A State Agency Strays Into Antitrust Liability
• Advisory Board Co. Pays $850M For Higher Ed Consulting Co.
• CFPB Tells Credit Bureaus To Name Bad Debt Reporters
• CMS Databases Increase Qui Tam Risk For Health Providers
• Fla. Med Mal Plaintiff Can't Access Doc's Communications
• Market Rumors: Kindred, RBS, Puerto Rico
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Hospital Workers' Kickback Convictions
• HHS Investigations Lead To $5B Windfall For Taxpayers
• EU Court Trims French Pharmacist Group's €5M Antitrust Fine
• Abbott Asks 7th Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Off-Label Use Suit
• Tracking HIPAA Liability Trends At The State Level
• CVS Pharmacists Lose Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Texas Mischaracterized Abortion Law Args, Providers Say
• Gruber Retreats On Damning ACA Jabs At Oversight Hearing
• Mental Health Nonprofit Pays $150K For HIPAA Data Breach
• Judge Rules Again To Allow 1st Same-Sex Divorce In Fla.
• Accretive Health's $14M Class Action Deal Wins 7th Circ. Nod
• Medical Testing Co. Slams Cigna's $84M Billing Fraud Suit
• Gov't Paying Close Attention To Patient Assistance Programs
• EEOC's 'I Love You' Bias Suit Falls Short, Health Co. Says
• Aetna Sanctioned For Keeping Docs Locked In Patent Battle
• Key FCA Developments For Health Care In 2014
• Justices Snub Whistleblower's Claim On Hospital FCA Deal
• Walgreen Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Alliance Boots Buy
• Holland & Knight Adds Florida Blue Veteran To Advocacy Team
• Ropes & Gray Leads Cressey In Closing $615M Health Fund
• Medical Groups Defend ACA High Court Challenge
• Medtox Admitted To Sending Junk Faxes, Clinic Says
• Foes Of NJ 'Conversion Therapy' Ban Seek High Court Review
• Fla. Appellate Puts Insurer On Hook In Doctor Defamation Row
• La. Backs Couples' Bid For High Court Marriage Ban Review
• Nursing Homes Cheated Medicaid Through Neglect, N.M. Says
• 2014 Insurance Coverage Litigation Year In Review
• AHA Urges Penalties For Overzealous Medicare Auditors
• Quest, Mayo Settle Trade Secrets Suit With Exec Resignation
• American Laser Skincare Shuts Clinics, Files For Ch. 7
• Who Is Responsible For Clinical Trial Informed Consent?
• Nursing Home Co. Hit With FLSA Suit Over Uniform Policy
• Ex-Multiplan Exec Gets 1 Year For $2.3M Kickback Scheme
• Kaiser Permanente To Pay $5.4M To End TCPA Class Action
• HHS Says $2B Hinges On New HealthCare.gov Policy Choices
• Lawmakers Urge High Court To Hear ACA Panel Challenge
• Calif. Same-Sex Benefits Suit Axed Due To New Rights
• Punish Contractors For Medicare Appeals Backlog, AMA Says
• FTC Settles With Billing Co. Over Health Data Collection
• NECC Ch. 11 Plan Sets Aside $135M For Outbreak Victims
• FaegreBD Can't See All Atty-Client Docs In Malpractice Row
• 7th Circ. Largely Tosses Pharmacy FCA Kickback Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Again Delay Bar On Fla. Gay Marriage Ban
• Rite Aid Inks $3M FCA Deal Over Gift Card Kickbacks
• Malaysian Health Care Co. To Expand Footprint With IPO
• CMS Backs Off $10M Anti-Fraud Awards For Whistleblowers
• 7th Circ. Weighs Objections To ACA Birth Control Mandate
• NLRB Slaps Philly Hospital With Union Suppression Complaint
• Medco Gets TCPA Suit Tossed Because Faxes Were Not Ads
• SEC Slams Assisted Living Provider Over Phony Fogie Scam
• SK Capital Rakes In $1B For Latest Chemicals, Health Fund
• Health Care Exchange Software Co. Sets Terms For $81M IPO
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• The Unique Risks Of Investing In Out-Of-Network Providers
• Health Care Reform: Where We Are And Where We Are Going
• Another Setback For UK Private Health Care Market Inquiry
• Omnicare Court Ponders 2 Middle Paths: 1 Rocky, 1 Smooth
• Los Angeles Sues Maker Of Medical Pot Delivery App
• Texas Officials Say No Proof Abortion Law Strains Providers
• Texas Lawmakers Say Medicaid Waiver Will Curb Costs
• Judge Slams Rite Aid OT Deal As 'Gamble' On Inattentive Class
• NJ High Court Asked To Upend Hospital's Charitable Immunity
• 11th Circ. Boots Suit Over ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• Bipartisan Bill Would Shake Up Medicare Fraud Enforcement
• Fla. Same-Sex Couples Ask 11th Circ. Not To Extend Stay
• Sophisticated Deals Attys Aren't Immune To Hackers' Guile
• Medicaid Subcontractor Rates Not IP, Pa. Justices Told
• NHI To Fund $476M Senior Housing Buy With Public Offering
• Del. Justices Say RBC's Rural/Metro Appeal Was Too Early
• Despite New Claims, Judicial Stacking More Myth Than Reality
• Omnicare, Dr. Reddy's Beat Medicare Insurer's FCA Suit
• Largest Health Care Insurers Dominated State Markets: GAO
• Aetna Accuses Highmark Of Improperly Axing Contracts
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Hospital Patient Safety Push Saved $8B, HHS Says
• CMS Proposes Pushing Back ACO Financial Liability Deadline
• Health MVP: Grant & Eisenhofer's Reuben Guttman
• Accused Pharmacy Servicer Wins Fees In 'Frivolous' FCA Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Scandinavian TG, Centerbridge, Fresenius
• Health Plan Leaders Found Liable For $4.7M In Lost Funds
• Wall Street-Savvy Hackers Targeting M&A Attys, Report Says
• Companies Can't Turn Blind Eye To Whistleblowers
• Jenner Adds Ex-DOJ White Collar Investigations Pro
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Mintz Levin Health Care Ace
• EEOC, Maxim Settle Suit Over Refusal To Hire Man With HIV