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Health - January, 2015

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• Insurer Off The Hook For Medical Malpractice Defense
• UAW Ponies Up $355M To End Row Over Retiree Plan Changes
• Fla. Nursing Home Seeks To Nix US Appeal Of Ch. 11 Plan
• UT Wants High Court Review In $11M Tax Refund Suit
• Some Insurers Use Drug Prices To Discriminate, Report Says
• CMS Extends Bans On New Providers In 6 States
• Health Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• House GOP Chairmen To Devise Obamacare Replacement
• Aveta Demands Whistleblower Fork Over Docs In Fraud Row
• Rep. Demands Answers On HealthCare.gov Data Sharing
• 'Whac-A-Mole' Health Fraud Plagues Fla., US Atty Says
• Avoid Myopia While Maneuvering The ACA Employer Mandate
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Tips On Calif. Wage-And-Hour Law
• FTC Halts Phoebe Putney Merger Challenge To Talk Deal
• Partners' Hospital Deal Nixed Over Competition Concerns
• Obama Proposes Sequester-Smashing 2016 Budget
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Epstein Becker Green
• Bills Would Fix Medicaid Care For Kids With Complex Illnesses
• Calif. Court Says No Proof Company Favored H-1B Workers
• Quest Diagnostics Accused Of Building Calif. Monopoly
• False DaVita Testimony Jeopardizing Privilege In FCA Suit
• CMS To Give Ground On EHR Implementation
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: SMGQ Law's Emilia Quesada
• Access Communications Ex-CEO Pleas In Kickbacks Case
• OIG Showed Commitment To Senior Health Care In 2014
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Health Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
• Reinsurer Needn't Cover Suit Over $7M Malpractice Judgment
• Tobacco Laws Should Cover E-Cigs, Calif. Dept. Of Health Says
• CVS To Pay $500K For Selling Warmed Meds In NJ
• Ala. Chief Justice Faces Ethics Case Over Marriage Letter
• ACA Mandate Penalties May Apply To 6M Taxpayers: Gov't
• 2 Health Care Whistleblowers Can't Hide IDs, Court Rules
• Democrats Rip ACA Subsidies Suit At Supreme Court
• House GOP Takes Another Stab At Repealing ACA
• Illinois Hospital Execs Paid Kickbacks For Patients, Jury Hears
• HHS Asks DC Court To Nix PhRMA's 340B Orphan Drug Suit
• Bill To Exempt Vets From ACA Employer Mandate Clears Panel
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Accretive's $14M Shareholder Deal
• PE-Backed French Laundry Co. Targets €700M IPO
• RACs Won't Audit Inpatient Admissions In 2015
• Concierge Medicine Market Offers Investment Opportunities
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Ex-COO Of Fla. Psychiatric Hospital Gets 6 Years For Fraud
• McDermott Snags Health IT Pro From Mintz Levin
• New Medicare Demands Spell Doom For Old Payment System
• Mass. AG Will Fight Partners Merger If Settlement Nixed
• Indiana Latest GOP State To Back ACA Medicaid Expansion
• Obama Officials Say House GOP's ACA Suit Lacks Standing
• House Panel Takes Up DEA Drug Approval, Enforcement Bills
• Inova, NLRB Take Last Jabs In DC Circ. Adverse Action Row
• IRS Finalizes Regs On Nonprofit Insurer Tax-Exempt Requests
• New Medical Marijuana Plan Sparked In Pa.
• EHealth Accused Of Failing To Warn Investors Of Shortfall
• Pa. Superior Court Should Change Its Publishing Policy
• Continental Owes $16.5M In Dental Malpractice Row, Jury Says
• Fla. Bill Would Open Medical Marijuana To More Patients
• Ohio Sues Feds Over ACA-Mandated Reinsurance Payments
• Joan Rivers' Daughter Sues NY Clinic Over Mother's Death
• Insurer Can't Escape Health Benefit Co.'s Coverage Suit
• Dr. Oz-Touted Supplement Maker Settles With FTC For $9M
• HHS Sets 1st Timeline For Medicare Pay Reforms
• IRS Waives Penalties For Not Repaying Insurance Tax Credits
• The Future Of UK Pharmaceutical Best Practices
• LA County, Medical Billing Co. Off Hook For Stolen Records
• Kaiser Can't Duck Calif. Home Care Nurses' Wage Row
• DOL To Appeal Ruling That Cut Caregiver Wage Regs
• Needle Phobic Pharmacist Wins $2.6M Verdict Against Rite Aid
• Convicted Exec Says DC's Medicaid Scheme Wrecked His Biz
• Feds Start To Curtail HealthCare.gov Info Sharing
• Former HHS Deputy GC Departs For Hogan Lovells
• Kaiser Hit With Suit Over Doctor's Alleged Sexual Assaults
• Whistleblower Says Health Fraud Convictions Seal FCA Claims
• Health First Can't Dodge Docs' Monopoly Allegations
• China's Draft Foreign Investment Guidance Is Encouraging
• 11th Circ. Opens Up Cruise Lines To Malpractice Onslaught
• Gov't Fires Back In ACA Subsidies Case At High Court
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Whistleblower In Humana FCA Suit Fights Sanctions Bid
• US Asks 2nd Circ. To Reinstate Birth Control Opt-Out Plan
• Ark.'s New GOP Gov. Backs ACA Medicaid Expansion
• Egg Donation Payments Not Exempt Damages, Tax Court Says
• High Court ACA Subsidy Case Could Unravel Health Reform
• Mount Sinai Whistleblowers Deny Stealing Patient Info
• AHA Backs ProMedica's Merger At Supreme Court
• The Advisory Board Preps $202M Offering To Help Repay Loan
• Female GOP Reps Pull Support for Late-Term Abortion Ban Bill
• LabCorp Launches $2.9B Notes Offering To Back Covance Deal
• Medtronic Deal Highlights FTC Focus On Future Competition
• California Pols Float Aid-In-Dying Law To Match Oregon's
• Life Uniform's Estate Seeks Dismissal To End Ch. 11 Case
• Florida Can Deny Health License Despite Ch. 11, Judge Says
• What Legal Departments Can Expect If Buying Into E-Billing
• LabMD Says Tiversa Misled FTC With Data Breach Claims
• FDA's Eased Oversight Is Good Omen For Health IT
• China's Greenland Inks $660M Land Buy In Malaysian JV Deal
• HealthCare.gov Sharing Personal Info With Google, Others
• Target's Altered Junk Fax Suit Settlement Gets OK
• Northstar Healthcare Plans $500M Common Stock Offering
• Duane Morris Kicked Off Concierge Medicine Antitrust Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Botts' Alex Bourelly
• Standoff In New Congress Over Medicare SGR Price Tag
• Confusion Persists Over Medical Marijuana Enforcement
• Griffin-American REIT Makes $340M In Health Care Buys
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hillhouse, Orbitz, Salix Pharmaceuticals
• High Court Won't Hear Wage Dispute Over Foreign Doctors
• 3 In-House Management Strategies For 2015
• 11th Circ. Turns Away LabMD In FTC Data Security Row
• Embattled Hertz Revs Up Legal Dept. With Walgreens GC Hire
• Washington Ends $72M Medicaid Fraud Suit With $3M Penalty
• HealthSouth Makes $300M Offering To Fund Hospice Co. Buy
• CMS Fumbled HealthCare.gov Contracts, Watchdog Says
• Europe Plunks $115M Into J&J Ebola Vaccine Research
• Health Care Mergers In 2014: The Enforcers Strike Back
• Justices Poised To End Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage
• 11th Circ. Bumps Off Humana FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
• UnitedHealth Can't Sell On Calif. ACA Market In 2016
• Pa. Paying $49M For Giving Ineligible Immigrants Medicaid
• 5th Circ. Won't Give Jailed Fen-Phen Atty New Hearing
• CMS Moves To Stop Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan
• High Court To Review Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• USCIS Decision On Medical Manager Job Nixed In Visa Row
• Mich. Must Legalize 300 Same-Sex Marriages
• CMS Chief Tavenner Leaving After 3 Years
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-Neal Gerber Health Pro
• NantHealth Accused Of Axing Execs Over Product Red Flags
• FDA Says Dozens Given Nonsterile Simulated Saline
• Hospital Giant HCA Boosts Notes Offering To $1B To Trim Debt
• BigLaw Sees Green With Legal Pot Despite High Ethical Risks
• CMS Vows Less Mess In New Round Of Open Payments
• Payer-Provider Consolidation Comes With New Risks
• Judge Axes Controversial DOL Caregiver Wage Regs
• Express Scripts Using FCA Deal To Destroy Rival, Suit Says
• Pharmacy Tells Texas Justices It's A Health Care Provider
• American Laser Skincare Reaches Ch. 7 Financing Deal
• HHS Appeals OK Of Nursing Home's Preventative Ch. 11 Plan
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Greenberg M&A Veteran For Atlanta Site
• FDA Clears First-Ever Anti-Obesity 'Pacemaker'
• Medicare Audit Reforms Raise Hospital Hopes
• Catholic Teacher Seeks Fees After IVF Firing Award Slashed
• Hatch Introduces Senate Bill To Repeal Medical Device Tax
• CMS Eyes New Anti-Fraud Steps Against Hospices
• 2014 Health Care Enforcement Year In Review: Part 2
• Wells Fargo Ruling Does Little To Deter Relator Misconduct
• Pa. Faces Second Class Action Over Medicaid Changes
• Top HIPAA Enforcer Sees Cyber Breaches Rising
• Thomas Thomas & Hafer Wants Expert's Defamation Suit Axed
• State Farm Hid Evidence From Own Attys, Doctor Says
• Calif. Judge Enforces Oral Settlement In Medicaid FCA Suit
• Eisai Pushes 3rd Circ. To Revive Sanofi Antitrust Suit
• CVS Balks At Discovery Docs In Novartis Kickbacks Suit
• War-Zone Workers Ask DC Circ. To Revive $2B Insurance Suit
• Clinic Involved In Joan Rivers' Death Loses Federal Funding
• Hospital Giant HCA Unveils $750M Offering To Refinance Debt
• 2014 Health Care Enforcement Year In Review: Part 1
• Of Broken Leases And 'Broken Windows'
• High Court KBR Fight Could Lead To Endless FCA Litigation
• High Court Won't Review La. Same-Sex Marriage Decision
• Crowell & Moring Partner Tapped To Head Pa. Insurance Dept.
• NJ Gov. Signs Encryption Requirements For Health Insurers
• Disability Rights Group Sues For Access To NY Agency Docs
• AIDS Nonprofit Ducks LA County's $5.2M Overbilling Claim
• Justices Scrap Latest Suit Over ACA Individual Mandate
• Repeal Of Medical Device Tax Could Imperil Other ACA Taxes
• $2B Steris Inversion Could Be Delayed By Deeper FTC Probe
• Making Sense Of Delaware's Cigna V. Audax Decision
• Life Alert Rival Tells 9th Circ. No Harm Done In IP Spat
• Health Plan Leaders Still On Hook For Missing $4.7M
• Pharmacies Face Greater Med Mal Risk In Texas Case
• Judge Hints At Vacating Disputed DOL Caregiver Wage Rules
• Jury Nails Insurer For Millennium Lab's False-Ad Coverage
• Troutman Sanders Says Bankruptcy Deadline Extension Invalid
• Gossipy Judge Admits To Being Bought In Nursing Home Row
• Health Care Co. Claims Ex-CEO Diverted Millions
• Planned Parenthood Gets Ind. Abortion Law Scrapped
• Feds Launch Plans To Minimize ACA Tax Headaches
• Schumer Wants HHS To Foot NY Hospitals' Ebola Prep Bills
• Home Health Groups Warm To New Medicare Conditions
• State Farm Policyholders Denied Class Cert. In Billing Suit
• Ex-US Contractor Looks To Ditch Prison In Transplant Fight
• Post & Schell CEO Steps Down After 14 Years
• Daiichi Sankyo Pays $39M To Settle FCA Suit With Feds
• Lexington Settles With United Health Cos. In Coverage Row
• What To Look For When Litigating Elder Abuse Cases
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• American Casualty Off The Hook In Pharmacy TCPA Row
• House Backs 40-Hour ACA Employer Mandate
• Sens. Float Bill To Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices
• FTC Slams House Docs As Ploy In LabMD Data Security Row
• Genesis Hit With Suit Over No-Notice Background Checks
• Immigration Partner Bolsters Fox Rothschild's Miami Office
• IRS Unprepared To Tackle ACA Confusion: H&R Block Prez
• 6 Industries Primed For M&A This Year
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Wash. AG Can Sue Florist In Gay-Marriage Bias Row: Judge
• House Locks Down Law Prof. Who Replaced Quinn In ACA Suit
• 2nd Circ. OKs Plan Reformation In Cigna ERISA Class Action
• 2nd Circuit Rules NY Can Keep Mandatory Vaccine Law
• CVS Gets FCA Claims Of Novartis Kickbacks Trimmed
• Mount Sinai Docs Don't Have To Testify In WTC Dust Trials
• Tenn. Sen. To Lead Senate HELP Committee
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Tossing Entire Texas Abortion Law
• Jersey City Sells Property For $24M To Barnabas Health
• Post-Windsor, Lawmakers Look To Do Away With DOMA
• Obama Vows Veto Of Bill To Weaken ACA Employer Mandate
• House GOP Begins Assault On ACA's Medical Device Tax
• 3rd Circ. Urged To OK Limits On Doctors' Use Of Fracking Info
• US Seizes $18M From NECC Owners Charged In Outbreak
• The Advantages Of Calif.'s Medical Foundation Clinics
• Activist Elliott's Founder Lifts Stake In Swiss Health Fund
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Hueston, Hennigan Ditch Irell To Form White Collar Boutique
• Liberty Medical Creditors Push To Sue Brass Over Pay
• Hospital Manager Inks $6M FCA Deal Over Drug Abuse Care
• 8th Circ. Says Nurse Fired For Shoddy Work, Can't Sue
• Pa. Settles Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmates
• Calif. Watchdog Targets Skimpy Health Insurance Networks
• Immunity Grant Restarts LabMD, FTC Data Security Battle
• Houston Freeze Stifling Health Care Fraud, DOJ Atty Says
• Ex-Doctor Gets 12 Years, $2.4M Fine For Blue Cross Fraud
• Relator Fights Fee Award In 'Frivolous' Medicare FCA Suit
• Expect TCPA Suits Over Prescription Messages In 2015
• McDermott Lands Former HHS Atty For Health Group In NY
• ProMedica Seeks Supreme Court Overturn Of Nixed Merger
• GOP Plans Votes On 2 Bills To Weaken ACA Employer Mandate
• GOP Presses High Court To Curb ACA Tax Credits
• CVS Slapped With OT Suit By Pa. Pharmacists
• Safeway To Pay $9.9M To Settle Waste Disposal Claims
• SEC's In-House Court Is 'Unconstitutional,' New Suit Says
• DOJ Joins FCA Medicare Billing and Kickback Suits
• Same-Sex Marriage Starts In Fla. After Judge Lifts Stay
• Shifting Industry Options For Paying Physician Educators
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Fla. Medicaid Care For Children Inadequate, Judge Says
• DOD Rule Expands Tricare To Reserve Members Under 60
• Skin Grafting Co. Sues Rival Over Pulled VA Contracts
• Walgreen Beats FCA Claims Over Prescription Refills
• Health Care Cases To Watch In 2015
• Health Care Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Ariz. High Court Allows GOP Suit Over Medicaid Expansion
• House Panel Fires Back At SEC Over Subpoena Demand
• Ex-Highmark Officials Can't Challenge Profits, Court Says
• Health Care Analytics Co. To Offer Up To $500M In IPO
• HHS Watchdog Seeks Ideas On New Health Fraud Safe Harbors
• Fla. Nursing Home's Bold Ch. 11 Play Pays Off
• IRS Finalizes Charitable Hospital Patient Protection Regs
• Pa. Gov.'s ACA Medicaid Expansion Plan Goes Into Effect
• Same-Sex Marriage In Florida To Proceed After Ruling
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice