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Health - February, 2015

243 articles

• Ex-Hospice Exec. Indicted In Medicare Fraud Scheme
• FCA Suit Lacks Physician Wrongdoing, Hospice Says
• $3M Medicare Billing Scheme Gets NY Man 7 Years
• China Connected To Anthem Data Breach, Report Says
• Same-Sex Couples Lay Out Equality Case In Supreme Court
• Bad Buys Drive Houston Health System Into Bankruptcy
• Takeaways From High Court's NC Dental Opinion
• A Means To Stave Off Medicare Termination
• A Brief History Of The FTC's State Action Battles
• Oracle Hits Ex-Gov.'s Staffers With $33M Cover Oregon Suit
• PhRMA Seeks Quick Win In 340B Orphan Drug Suit
• Faegre Baker Daniels Lands Former Federal Prosecutor
• TPG Bites Off $146M Stake In Indian Hospital Operator
• GOP Voices Doubt On Lack Of ACA Backup Plan
• Catamaran Inks $405M Deal To Boost Workers' Comp Biz
• St. Joseph Demonstrates Challenges For Breach Plaintiffs
• Olswang Snags 4 Ex-Winston IP Attys For London Office
• NC Senate Absolves Judges From Gay Marriage Duties
• Unmasking Justice Roberts' Umpire Metaphor In ACA Fight
• Texas Pol Files Judicial Complaint Over Austin Gay Wedding
• 6th Circ Says Audit Not Public Disclosure In Reviving FCA Suit
• NC Dental Gives State Boards Map To Avoid Antitrust Trouble
• $327M Risperdal Fine Against J&J Unit Cut In Half
• Attorneys React To High Court's State Board Antitrust Ruling
• ACA Backers Take Heart In High Court's SOX Ruling
• Hospital Mergers Cut Competition, Efficiency, FTC Panel Says
• IRS Clarifies Exemption Calculations For ACA Insurance Fee
• NJ Bill Eyes Bias Protection For Contraception Coverage
• Olympus Sued Over UCLA 'Superbug' Scope Exposure
• Hospital Fights Privileged Docs Release In Texas High Court
• Express Scripts Avoids Class Cert. In Misclassification Suit
• Bankrupt Ambulance Co. Seeks Stay of Medicare FCA Suit
• Medical Marijuana Advocates Again Push For Pa. Bill
• DOJ To Tailor Antitrust Actions For Health Care Market
• Feds Say Ex-Consultant Helped Himself To $8M From Clients
• Behavioral Health And Other Rumblings From JPMorgan 2015
• Justices Say State Boards Need Review For Antitrust Shield
• In Signal To High Court, HHS Denies Having ACA Backup Plan
• FTC Panel Sees Choices In Altered Health Insurance Market
• Full 3rd Circ. Won't Review Deepening Insolvency Ruling
• FCRA Claims Nixed In $116M Suit Over Stolen Alere Laptop
• NJ Doctor Indicted For Fraudulent Medicare, Medicaid Bills
• IRS Seeks Input On Upcoming ACA Cadillac Tax Regs
• Novartis Says Doc Deadline In FCA Suit Not Feasible
• Employers Must Cover Hospital Stays Or Face Fines: CMS
• 11M Added To Medicaid Rolls Under ACA, HHS Says
• Antitrust Concerns Abound In Hospital Mergers, Ramirez Says
• ACA Rates Must Rise If High Court Axes Credits, HHS Told
• Lawmaker Calls For House Probe Of 'Superbug' Outbreak
• Ropes & Gray Adds Health Care Privacy Pro In San Francisco
• Legal Departments Are Ramping Up Revenue Searches
• Aetna Files $120M Kickback Suit Against Houston Hospital
• Epstein Becker Snags Cadre Of Health Pros From Sills Cummis
• DOL Finalizes Expanded Same-Sex Couples' FMLA Rights
• Texas Couples Urge 5th Circ. To Unblock Same-Sex Marriages
• Alaska Native Health Group Assails Premera Over Med Billing
• Supreme Court Told ACA Can't Block Maine's Medicaid Cuts
• Fla. Health Agency OKs 2,600 New Nursing Home Beds
• Medical Marijuana Cards: A New Scarlet Letter?
• High Court Won't Review WellPoint Antitrust Suit
• Sen. Hatch To Propose ACA Insurance Tax Credit Backup Plan
• Texas' Top Court Asked To Eye Wal-Mart Optometrists' Award
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Clifford Barnes
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Judge Won't Force Ala. AG To Stop Same-Sex Marriage Suit
• FedEx Scores Partial Wins In DEA Subpoena Fight
• CMS Finalizes 2016 Policies For ACA Marketplaces
• CMS Eyes New Quality Goals For Medicare Advantage
• 3rd Circ. Says AWP Whistleblower Relied On Public Info
• Texas AG Files Petition To Void Austin Gay Marriage License
• 7th Circ. Urged To Revive Suit Over Abbott Off-Label Scheme
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• HealthCare.gov Sent 800K People Faulty Tax Info
• IRS Ruling Spells Good News For Captive PCs
• 6 Lessons From 9th Circ. St. Luke's Decision
• Hospital Staffing Co. Can't Beat FCA Overbilling Case
• FTC Pushes 9th Circ. To Lift Stay On St. Luke's Divestiture
• Texas High Court Stays 2 Orders Striking Gay Marriage Law
• Zurich On Hook For IMS Health's Antitrust Defense
• Bronx Hospice Pays $6M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• FDA Sounds Alarm Amid 'Superbug' Outbreak
• Express Scripts Escapes Jilted Rival's Monopolization Suit
• Philly Lawyer's $1M Sanction On Hold By Appeals Court
• DOJ Probing Humana's Medicare Advantage Billing
• 7th Circ.'s Reading Of 'Referral' Under AKS Is Expansive
• 8.6M ACA Sign-Ups Spotlight High Court Stakes
• ACA Foes Fight Back In High Court Subsidies Case
• Some Wolf Haldenstein Partners To Create 'Spinoff' Firm
• Texas AG Seeks Emergency Stay Over Gay Marriage Ruling
• Judge Won't Force Gov't Discovery In Life Care FCA Suit
• Holland & Knight Opens In Denver With 6 Ex-Lathrop Attys
• IRS Eases ACA Penalties For Small-Biz Reimbursement Plans
• Fla. Health Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To $14M Medicare Fraud
• Health First Faces FCA Suit Over Self-Referral Kickbacks
• Civil Rights Group Asks Ethics Board To Probe Top Ala. Judge
• DC Circ. Urged To Nix NLRB's Union Certification
• Pa. Senate Passes Bill To Determine Charities' Tax Status
• Novartis Improperly Withholding Docs, Whistleblower Says
• 3i Group Grabs $55.5M In Final Phibro Stake Sale
• Deducing Health Care Policy Priorities From 2016 Budget
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentences In Medicare Fraud Case
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear ACA Employer Mandate Delay Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Owens & Minor's Firing Of Haitian Not Biased
• Psychiatrist Agrees To Pay $3.8M In FCA Kickbacks Case
• Presidential Summit Reveals Cybersecurity Concerns, Trends
• Ala. AG Must Halt Same-Sex Marriage Suit, Couples Say
• Gay Couple Sues Indiana For Refusing Parental Recognition
• Pa. Court Affirms Sanction Against White & Williams Atty
• GAO Clarifies Task Order Protest Jurisdictional Issues
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Tyree Jones
• This Week In Congress: DHS Funding Looms In Recess
• House Panel Says Tiversa Held Out On FTC In LabMD Fight
• Market Rumors: Qualitas, Thailand, Lodha
• CMS Delays Overpayment Rule, Underscoring FCA Stakes
• Despite St. Luke's, The Efficiencies Defense Is Not Dead
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Kaplan, SolarCity, RelayHealth
• 6 IPOs Draw $833M As Cos. See Mixed Reviews From Investors
• 4 Arrested In Texas Over $11M Medicare Billing Scheme
• Cigna Hit With ERISA Suit Alleging Patient Harassment
• Arnstein & Lehr Adds Veteran Litigator In Tampa Office
• Big Pharma At FCA Crossroads, Philly US Atty Says
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Cleary
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel & Andress' James Ervin
• Bidding Farewell To Restrictive Legends On Checks
• Anthem Offers Free ID Theft Protection Amid Breach Criticism
• 4 Texas Bills Undertake To Expand Abortion Rights
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Chow Tai Fook, Stanford University
• Hospital Settles EEOC Suit Over Firing Worker With Cancer
• Medline Escapes Contract Suit Over ACA Tax
• REITs Raised Nearly $9B In January
• SF Cancer Patients, Doctors Sue Calif. For Aid In Dying
• Ala. County Must Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
• Sen. Floats Bill To Expand Injured Vets' Fertility Care
• Nixon Peabody, Windels Marx Guide $47M NY Medical Deal
• HHS Shorted Medicare Payments By $3.15B, DC Circ. Told
• Inovalon Rallies After Raising $600M In Upsized IPO
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Frank Emory
• St. Joseph Dodges Ex-Patient's Data Breach Class Action
• Dioceses Can't Stop ACA Contraception Mandate: 3rd Circ.
• Anthem Data Breach Suits Belong In Indiana, JPML Told
• CORRECTED: Feds Ordered To Return $90M Georgia Medicaid Overpayment
• Montana Tribe's Chairman Calls For Medicaid Expansion
• Lawmakers Want Same-Sex Marriage Laws In State Hands
• Vedder Price Hires Sheppard Mullin, Stroock Aces In LA
• High Court's Marriage Stance Won't Bend To Defiant States
• Texas Law Would Invoice Feds For Immigration Actions
• GE's Imaging Drug Deal Is Antitrust Abuse, 9th Circ. Told
• Judge Calls Bid To Nix Payment Patent Under Alice Premature
• Court Bars Meal Waivers For Health Workers On Long Shifts
• States Demand Anthem Contact Consumers Following Breach
• 2 Health IT Initiatives To Know In 2015
• Rite Aid Offers $2B For Pharmacy Benefit Manager
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• Gay 'Conversion Therapy' Violates Consumer Fraud Law
• 7th Circ. OKs Doc's Kickback Conviction For Care Approvals
• Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas In $29M Rite Aid Scheme
• St. Luke's Shows ACA No Panacea For Health Care Mergers
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Judge Urged To Nix Meth Makers' OTC Drug Privacy Suit
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• ACA Challengers Face Doubts About Legal Standing
• Specialty Physician Practice Acquisition Trends In 2014
• Duped Tech Co. Says Chubb Unit Must Cover $4.8M Fraud
• Fed. Judge, Wife's Suit Over Sperm Bank Row Can Be Moved
• Inovalon Boosts IPO Target To $578M
• 9th Circ. Backs FTC Hospital Merger Challenge
• Prime, Kaiser Strike Deal To End Contract, Competition Suits
• Icahn Hit With Insider Trading Suit Over Short-Swing Profits
• Kimberly-Clark Slams $500M Suit Over Surgical Gowns' Safety
• Fla. Hospital Takes Arbitration Row To US Supreme Court
• Ambulance Co. Boss Gets 6.5 Years For $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Squire Health Care Co-Chair In Boston
• Ala. Chief Justice Risking Seat With Same-Sex Marriage Stand
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lanxess, IHH Healthcare, Tesco
• Health Cos. Urge Better ICD-10 Outreach, GAO Says
• Meningitis Outbreak Suits Centralized In Massachusetts
• Pa. Axes Private Medicaid, Backs Traditional Expansion
• High Court Won't Block Ala. Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
• The Plot Thickens For The Medicare Narrative Requirement
• This Week In Congress: Keystone, Vaccines And DHS Funding
• Anthem Data Breach Spawns Email Phishing Scam
• CMS Finalizes Rule Changes For Medicare Advantage
• Investors Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Fraud Suit Against HMA
• Anthem Breach Shows Health Industry In Hacker Crosshairs
• 15 States Get Behind Puerto Rico Gay Marriage Ban Appeal
• Pa. Judge Defends $1M Fine For Atty's Witness Instructions
• DOJ Collected $5.7B Under FCA In 2014, Report Says
• Polsinelli Brings Aboard Chilivis Cochran Health Care Ace
• EEOC Defends Outreach To Workers In 'I Love You' Suit
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Olympus Enters Talks With DOJ To End Kickback, FCA Probe
• GAO Blasts Feds' Management Of Mental Health Programs
• 5 Ways Covered Entities Can Reduce Their HIPAA Liability
• 9th Circ. Rejects Rogue Marketing Defense In Rivals' IP Spat
• 11th Circ. Will Wait On High Court's Gay Marriage Ruling
• Anthem's Speedy Breach Detection Likely To Ease Liability
• Community Health Data Breach Suits Consolidated In Ala.
• Anthem Hit With Class Actions Following Data Hack
• Geico Launches RICO Suit Over $6M In No-Fault Claims
• NJ Bill On Retroactive FCA Claims Moves Forward
• Medtronic Unit To Cough Up $1.25M To Settle FCA Suit
• Fresenius Nurses Wage Suit Axed Over Noncontract Handbook
• ACA Backers Make States' Rights Gamble At High Court
• GOP Floats ACA Replacement As High Court Test Looms
• Product Liability Atty Kept Client's Death Secret, Court Told
• School Is Back In Session — And So Is ACA Compliance
• Anthem Reveals Data Hack Of 80M Customers, Employees
• Amid Measles Outbreak, Calif. Sens. Vie To End Vax Exemption
• Pa. Court Rules Against Cigna In ERISA Coverage Fight
• Jury Frees In Vitro Tester From FCA Claims Over NIH Grants
• Gov't Can't Duck Contract Suit, Fed Claims Court Rules
• Alabama Petitions High Court To Stay Gay Marriage Ruling
• Acadia Healthcare Plans $300M Offering To Fund CRC Deal
• Rakoff Says Whistleblower Owes Costs In Huron FCA Suit
• USA Water Polo Hit With Class Action Over Concussions
• 3 Patients, Doctors Sue NY For Right To Assisted Suicide
• NJ Just Set The Standard For Health Data Protection Laws
• HHS Head Ducks Questions On ACA Tax Credit Backup Plan
• Akerman Nabs Ex-Polsinelli Health Compliance Pro In Chicago
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• Religious Orgs Win Suspension Of ACA Abortion Coverage
• U.S. Appeal of Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan Lives On
• Walgreens Boots, CA Technologies Shake Up Legal Teams
• PTAB Nixes Transunion Health Care Database Patents
• House Backs Full Repeal Of ACA For The Fourth Time
• Shoddy HHS Calculation Cost NYC Hospitals $15M, Suit Says
• Health Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Contractor Backs Standing In Fed. Circ. Bid To Gut CMS Rule
• House Bill To Ban Data Sharing Through HealthCare.gov
• Cravath Guides Mylan's $800M Female Health Care Assets Buy
• 2nd Circ. Pushes Against Partial 3rd-Party Payor Payments
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford Heisler's Ross Brooks
• House Passes 3 Bills To Improve DHS Operations
• TPG-backed IASIS Healthcare Files For $100M IPO
• HHS Eyes $400B Savings In 2016 Budget Blueprint
• Whistleblower Fights For Cut Of Scan's $322M FCA Settlement
• Obama Drug Plan To Rein In Patents, Increase HHS Scrutiny
• Community Health Pays $75M To End Whistleblower FCA Suit
• UnitedHealth Calls To Nix Whistleblowers' Medicare FCA Case
• Health Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery
• OIG Reports Signal Movement On Medicare Hospice Payment
• Ireland's Icon Puts Up $120M For PE-Backed MediMedia