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Health - March, 2015

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• Fla. Senate Panel Backs Changes To Medical Marijuana Law
• DOJ Urges Judge To Allow FMLA Same-Sex Rule Change
• FTC Commish Says High Court Win Won't Burden State Boards
• Ohio Health System Pays $10M To Settle FCA Allegations
• All Eyes On Feds After High Court Blocks Medicaid Suits
• Hospital Data Breach Invites FCRA Claims, 7th Circ. Told
• NJ Appeals Court Backs State's New PIP Rules
• 5th Circ. OKs Health Exec's Conviction In $100M Bribes Case
• Aetna Ignoring Key Claims In $120M Kickback Suit, Court Told
• Medicaid Contractors Slam Louisiana AG's Fraud Suit
• Providers Can't Sue Over Medicaid Rates, High Court Rules
• Unveiling Hidden Risks In The Medi-Spa Industry
• Don't Skip The Air Emission Credits In M&A
• Med Mal Arbitration Rule Waives Consumer Rights, Attys Say
• 11th Circ. Affirms 20-Year Sentence For $7M Medicare Fraud
• The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Justices Told To Defer To Voters On Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• St. Luke's Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear FTC Merger Challenge
• Dioceses Seek Another Birth Control Showdown In 3rd Circ.
• Calif. Surgery Centers Say Aetna Staged Boycott Of Services
• TTIP Won't Touch Data Laws, Public Services, EU Says
• NJ High Court Leaves Alone New-Immigrant Health Care Ban
• Gov't Escapes Suit Over Failure To Pay $1.2M FCA Settlement
• TRW, Union Spar Over Duration Of Retiree Benefits
• Following The FCA's Public Disclosure Bar
• Justices To Hear ERISA Reimbursement Case
• Premera Blue Cross Facing Five Lawsuits Over Data Breach
• UnitedHealth Unit To Pay $12.8B For Catamaran
• Mediation And The Thorny Issue Of Settlement Authority
• High Court Won't Hear Attack On ACA Cost-Control Panel
• This Week In Congress: A Few Hearings Outside Of DC
• 3rd Circ. Should Uphold Horizon Settlement, Attys Say
• Fizer Beck Says It's Not To Blame For $2M Arbitration Award
• 2nd Circ. Says NY Health Law Not Preempted By ERISA, NLRA
• NY Cuts To Judges' Health Plan Ruled Unconstitutional
• Aetna Rebuffs Judge-Shopping Claim In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• Hospice Loses Constitutional Fight Over Medicare Discharges
• Ex-Hospital CEO Asks High Court To Hear Whistleblower Suit
• Medical Products Distributor HSI Protests $68M Tax Bill
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Whistleblower Policies Could Create Contractual Rights
• Walgreen To Pay $11M To End Prescription Robocall Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Cravath, Skadden
• Senate Passes 2016 Budget After Marathon Debate Session
• What Experts Can Say About Inadmissible Facts During Trial
• 5 Key Privacy Considerations For All Companies
• Premera Blue Cross Sued Over Massive Data Breach
• Aetna Escapes Investor's Disclosure Suit
• VA Exec Retires Amid Investigation Of $1.7B Hospital Cost
• 2014's Medical Real Estate Sales Topped $11B
• 7th Circ. Stands By 2 Convictions In Bribery Scheme
• Texas Justices Urged To Rehear Med Mal Arbitration Row
• Flagship Ventures Raises $537M For Health-Focused Fund
• Ariz. Lawmakers Approve Bill To Curtail Abortion Coverage
• LabMD Fights FTC Bid For New Exhibits In Data Security Row
• What Investors Can Learn From States' Health Initiatives
• Post & Schell Boosts Pa. Health Practice With Ex-Gov't Lawyer
• House Passes Permanent Medicare 'Doc Fix'
• Pa. Justices Say Patient Consent Can't Bar Malpractice Claims
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Open Possible Fracking Carveout Challenge
• Another Reason To Be Careful With Med. Records Subpoenas
• FedEx Tries To Buck Charges Of Drug Shipping Conspiracy
• NJ Medical Centers Dodge Charity Hospital's Antitrust Suit
• House Passes FY16 Budget As Senate Continues Debate
• 11th Circ. Urged To Nix 20-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• NJ Atty Gets 10 Years For Ripping Off Elderly Clients
• Travelers Must Defend Home Health Co. In Fraud Arbitration
• Firm Escapes Revival Of FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
• Atty Sanctioned $1M Pushes Pa. Judge To Nix Penalty
• Obama Says 'Pen Ready' To Sign Bipartisan Doc Pay Deal
• IRS Gives Good Directions On ACA Cadillac Tax
• Whistleblower Fights Omnicare Sanction Request In FCA Suit
• Lab Fee Waivers Could Be Kickbacks, OIG Warns
• Omnicare: Good News For Issuers But Questions Remain
• CVS Pharmacists File Age Bias Suits Over Metrics System
• FaegreBD Nabs 9 Partners To Amp Up Chicago Operations
• High Court May Take On Corporate 5th Amendment Privilege
• Supreme Court Sets High Bar For Challenging Exec Opinions
• Deals World Rests Easy In Wake Of Omnicare Ruling
• Senate Kicks Off 2016 Budget Amendment Process
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Just Say No (To MDLs)?
• 1st Circ. Urged To Revive PharMerica FCA Suit
• CVS Calls Out Labaton Sucharow For Campaign Donations
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Omnicare Decision
• Whirlpool Says Tackett Ends Moen's Retiree Benefit Duty
• New Fraud Policies Hitch Ride On 'Doc Fix' Bill
• Med. Co. Wants Atty Sanctions On Top Of DQ In FCA Row
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Relator's FCA Suit Over Drug Costs
• CVS Says $5 Coupons Don't Count As Kickbacks
• 6 Challenges In Leveraging Federally Sourced Health Data
• High Court Applies 'Reasonable' Standard To Omnicare Execs
• Premera Slams Alaska Native Health Group's Billing Testimony
• Former Atty Defrauded Houston Hospital Of $9M, Feds Say
• NJ Appeals Court Upends Hospital Whistleblower Verdict
• NC Presses For High Court Review Of Abortion Law
• Kennedy's Gridlock Comments Spook ACA Backers
• Oracle Says Oregon Signed Away Immunity To Copyright Suit
• Tenet, USPI To Combine Outpatient And Short-Stay Centers
• United Sues HCA To Keep Lid On 'Highly Proprietary' Data
• Rural Hospitals Tell DC Circ. HHS Botched Medicare Math
• King & Spalding Nabs 2 McDermott Partners For DC Office
• HHS Fights Court Review In 340B Orphan Drug Row
• Antitrust's Attempt At Healthy Competition In Health Care
• Humana Selling Concentra Medical Center Biz To JV For $1.1B
• A Texas Court's Broad Reading Of FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
• Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• This Week In Congress: Bicameral Coincidence, Vote-A-Rama
• Universal Health Care Settles WARN Act Claims
• NY Pharmacist Indicted In Alleged $5M Medicare Fraud
• Puerto Rico Won't Defend Same-Sex Marriage Ban In 1st Circ.
• Olympus America Hit With 'Superbug' Exposure Suit
• Former DC Councilman Returns To Greenberg's Health Group
• GAO Affirms Protest Of $37M VA Bandage Contract
• NJ Appeals Court Upends Nursing Home Negligence Suit
• Alaska Agencies To Review Security After Premera Breach
• EEOC's Proposed Wellness Program Regs Advance To OMB
• 5 Federal Tax Planning Tips For Marijuana Businesses
• Judge Trims Sentences In $63M Miami Medicare Fraud Case
• DC Circ. Says Exec For USAID Contractor Waived Appeal
• NLRB Judge Says Hospitals' 'English Only' Rule Unlawful
• 5 New FCA Rulings Attys Need To Know
• To Understand King V. Burwell Look To Yates V. US
• 5 Insights From Avon General Counsel Jeff Benjamin
• Sens. Blast Anthem For 'Slow Pace' Of Breach Notification
• 8th Circ. Says Orthodontist Isn't Covered For Libel Suit
• Fla. Senate Floats New Model For Low-Income Health Program
• BIA Head Says 2016 Budget Would Create Tribe Funding Hub
• Fla. Hospital Chain Inks $5M FCA Deal Over Cancer Care
• 6th Circ. Says Biz Co-Owner On Hook For Surety Bond Deal
• Heart Monitor Co. To Pay $6.4M To Avoid FCA Overbilling Suit
• Polsinelli To Open Raleigh Office With Nelson Mullins Hires
• Jury Finds Chicago Hospital Execs Guilty In Kickbacks Case
• FCA Whistleblowers Poised To Target Post-Employment Fraud
• New Bill Would Shield H-2A Farmers From ACA Mandate
• Bipartisan Bill Targets Medicare Doctor Payment System
• 2 Plead Guilty To $50M Louisiana Medicare Fraud Scheme
• NY Slaps Drug Clinic Execs With $27M Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Progressive Policy Tricks Consumers With Medicare, Suit Says
• Philips Aims To Spin Off Lighting Business In 2016 IPO
• Domestic Relations And Health Information Post-Byrne
• Allstate Wins Appeal Over Policy's Notice Of Fee Schedule
• ACA Contraceptive Coverage Suit Stayed To Await 11th Circ.
• Lawmakers Rip VA For Cost Overruns At $1.7B Colo. Hospital
• Ex-Ambulance Co. Employee Alleges Years Of Medicare Fraud
• Social Services Provider FEGS To Close Up Shop In Ch. 11
• Tax Board Revokes Calif. Blue Shield's Exempt Status
• VA To Ignore Net Worth In Health Benefits Calculations
• NJ High Court Won't Restore $1.3M Verdict For Doctors
• BCBS Groups Hit With Antitrust Suits Across Country
• 1st Circ. Rules $12M NIH Fraud Suit Had Its Chance
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Cover Ky. Hospital For DOJ Probe
• Doc Tells 3rd Circ. FCA Claims Against Quest Not Barred
• Lack Of Off-Label Causation Analysis Could Be Costly
• BCBS Unit Strikes Mental Health Coverage Deal With NY
• Insurers Should Learn From CoOportunity Health Collapse
• 1st Circ. Revives Universal Health FCA Suit Over Poor Staff
• Bristol-Myers Gets Relators Booted In Calif. Kickback Suit
• Premera Blue Cross Data Breach May Affect 11M Members
• OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
• 25 Health Pay Policies Deserve Action, OIG Says
• Fla. Senators Advance Health Insurance Exchange Plan
• Quest Diagnostics Says Antitrust Claims Already Axed 3 Times
• Skadden, Paul Weiss, Bass Berry Guide $849M Housing Deal
• Walgreen Can't End FCA Suit Over Prescription Refills
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Medical Malpractice Partner In Vegas
• US Improper Payments Rose $19B In 2014, GAO Says
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Doc's Protest Of Pa. Fracking Disclosure Law
• Hospitals See Bias In FTC-DOJ Antitrust Conference
• Anthem Aftermath: Conn. Tackles Data Security Legislation
• LabMD, FTC Data Security Fight Delayed Again
• Jury To Weigh Kickback Charges Against Ill. Hospital Execs
• House OKs Medicare Notice Tweak For 'Observation' Patients
• Jackson Lewis Taps Akerman Atty To Lead Tampa Office
• Ariz. Judges Can't Perform Only Opposite-Sex Weddings
• Phillips & Cohen Nabs Obama's Former 'Anti-Fraud Czar'
• Bipartisan House Votes To Speed Up Drug Scheduling
• Epocrates Must Face Investors' Suit Over Financial Disclosures
• Judge Urged To Reopen PharMerica FCA Painkillers Suit
• CHS Units Beat FCA Kickback Suit Over Doc's Contract
• Inova Fights NLRB Adverse Action Ruling At DC Circ.
• IMS Rolls Out €275M Note Offering To Back Cegedim Deal
• Paging Employers: Have You Considered Telemedicine?
• This Week In Congress: Immigration And Net Neutrality
• House Data Privacy Bill Makes Strides, But Still Faces Fight
• Health Worker Fired After Complaints About Butt Slaps: EEOC
• Law Students Tell High Court To Overturn Gay Marriage Bans
• Sen. Says Rules On Campus Health Privacy Aren't Clear
• New Suit Could Further Delay Fla. Medical-Marijuana Rules
• CMS Ducks Questions On ACA Tax Form Fix
• 8 Cases To Know As High Court Weighs ACA's Future
• Obama Unveils New VA Advisory Council On Health Care
• 5 Insights From Dish General Counsel Stanton Dodge
• Sealed, Signed, Delivered: End Of Mail-Order Pharmacies?
• Execs Name Top Industry Risks In 2015
• Anthem Breach May Require Plan Sponsor Action
• Agent's Duty On Fire Coverage Unclear, Ind. High Court Says
• Chicago Hospital Scam Had 'Kickbacks On Steroids,' Jury Told
• 5th Circ. Backs Medicare Penalties Against Nursing Home
• Leech Tishman Sues For Fees For Biotech Co. Formation
• Trustee Says Troutman Sanders Can't Escape Bankruptcy Suit
• Hall Render Lures 2 Health Pros From Arent Fox, Ober Kaler
• Market Rumors: Integrated Dental, Weststar, Valeant
• Healthcare REIT Omega Backs $3B Aviv Deal With Note Sale
• The 'Palmetto Put-Down' Endangers Drug Cos. Nationwide
• OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
• Sedgwick Settles MedCap Malpractice Case Over $1B Scheme
• Ex-IHS Head Lauds Contract Cost Funding In 2016 Budget
• Medco Settles Class Suit Over Pharmacy Payment Clawbacks
• US Joins EMT's FCA Suit Against Fla. Ambulance Co.
• Fla. Ambulance Co., Hospitals Accused Of Bilking Medicare
• USCIS Wrongly Nixed Clinic's H-1B Visa Bid, Judge Says
• IRS Eases Charitable Hospital ACA Reporting Requirements
• LabMD Rips 11th Circ. For Refusing FTC Data Security Suit
• CORRECTED: Report Details $2.3B In 2014 Health Fraud Recovery
• High Court Urged To Review ACA Cost-Control Board
• 2 Canadian Health Care REITs Ink $1.6B Tie-Up
• Tracking The Likelihood Of Liability From Health Apps
• Bain Sells $2B Air Medical Unit To KKR In Latest Big Play
• NC Dental Leaves State Boards With Little To Smile About
• Fla. Senate Committee OKs Medicaid Expansion Alternative
• Prime Healthcare Says Calif. AG Strangled Hospital Deal
• Medicare Unveils 'Next Generation' ACO Model
• TRW Says M&G Ruling Ends Auto Plant Retirees' Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Voith, Dr. Reddy's
• DC Circ. Told $1.75M Malpractice Verdict Should Be Covered
• Law360 Health Editorial Advisory Board
• Contractor CGI Federal Wins At Fed. Circ. In CMS Audit Suit
• Alaska Health Org Sues HHS Over Contract With More Funding
• Senate Bill Would Expand VA's Agent Orange Benefits
• Insurers, Hospitals Ding Medicare Advantage Pay Proposals
• Pa. High Court To Hear Insurer Calculations On Med. Devices
• Judge Axes Bid To Smear Pa. Atty's Witness In $1M Fine Row
• Ex-CEO Seeks 7th Circ. Review Of Challenge To SEC Court
• Clearing The Smoke Around The Farr-Rohrabacher Amendment
• Narrowing Of FCA Public Disclosure Bar Continues
• Texas Health Care Providers Weigh Arbitration Agreements
• Medtronic Hit With FCA Retaliation Suit By Fired Sales Rep
• GE Shakes Imaging Drug Deal Antitrust Suit In 9th Circ.
• Nicholson & Eastin Can't Rep FCA Whistleblowers, Judge Says
• HHS Watchdog Pressed On New Health Fraud Safe Harbors
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Rehear FCA Suit Over Drug Costs
• Del. Justices Say Insurer Can't Call $9M Deal A 'Penalty'
• Rural Hospitals Get Outsize Nursing Pay, HHS Watchdog Says
• Tribe's Suit Over IHS Hospital Contract Gets Trimmed
• Aetna 'Judge Shopping' In $120M Kickbacks Suit: Hospital
• Redefining The M&A Playbook In Light Of Cigna
• Supreme Court Revives Notre Dame's Contraception Challenge
• US Says Prior Info Cuts Scan Whistleblower From $322M Deal
• Crowell Gets Doctor's $10M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Fla. Senate To Mull Reworked Health Exchange Plan
• Contact Lens Pricing Suits To Test Landmark Leegin Case
• Aetna ERISA Fight Ready For Fed. Court, Surgery Group Says
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Validate Medicare Geographic Label Rule
• Omnicare Is Abusing Atty-Client Privilege, Court Told
• Ogletree Deakins Adds La. Office With Onebane Pro
• Top Republicans Give Gay Marriage Blessing To High Court
• Texas Medical Arbitration Rule Preempted By Federal Law
• Texas Justices To Weigh In On Wal-Mart Optometrists' Award
• Pa. Gov. Expands Highmark Subscribers' Access To UPMC
• The Expanding Risk Of State False Claims Act Actions
• No Fix On The Horizon In Fla. If Court Nixes ACA Subsidies
• DLA Piper Snags Ex-O'Melveny Star Litigator In Los Angeles
• ERISA Doesn't Preempt Texas Insurance Law, Judge Rules
• VA Inspector General Says $92.5M Wrongly Diverted To IT
• Doc's Right To Practice Doesn't Void Noncompete, Court Says
• Quest Plans $1.2B Note Offering, $250M Tender Offer
• ABA, 300 Cos. Urge High Court To Back Gay Marriage
• Trinity Tries Again To DQ Judge After $8M Verdict
• GAO Pins HealthCare.gov Flubs On HHS' Hands-Off Approach
• A Riegel Analysis From The Great Northwest
• Law Firm Tensions Mount In Africa — What Does It Mean?
• Fla. Gov. Urges Obama To Extend Low-Income Health Program
• Fined Pa. Atty Tried To Stop Barred Testimony, Witness Says
• Whistleblower Says Omnicare Misled Court In FCA Suit
• FTC Loses Bid To Speed Up St. Luke's Divestitures
• Plaintiffs Split On Where To Consolidate Anthem Data Suits
• IRS' New Safe Harbor A Welcome Change For Health Care Orgs
• Ghosts Of Micro-Units Past Come To Haunt Employers Again
• High Court Split On ACA Subsidy Challenge At Oral Args
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's McMullen
• Alabama Supreme Court Halts Same-Sex Marriage
• Travelers Shouldn't Duck Ad Coverage Suit, Court Told
• Fla. Senate Will Look At Health Care Expansion, Leader Says
• Senate Indian Panel Calls For Contract Support Cost Funding
• Ex-CEO's SEC In-House Court Challenge Tossed By Judge
• Tax IG Says ACA Tax Credit Fraud Could Be 'Budget Buster'
• GOP Vows ACA Backup As High Court Arguments Loom
• Alaska Tribe Settles Suit Over IHS Contract Support Costs
• St. Luke's Fights FTC Bid To Speed Divestitures
• 4 States Back DOL In DC Circ. Home Care Rule Battle
• NJ Health Dept. Withholding Public Ebola Records, Suit Says
• California: At The Vanguard Of Regulation
• The FDA's Vision For Medical Devices Is Coming To Life
• Sounding The D&O Liability Alarm For Health Nonprofits
• High Court Denies Same-Day Release Of ACA Arguments
• Jury Acquits Fla. Man In 'Medical Necessity' Pot Case
• First Nurse Diagnosed With Ebola Sues Texas Hospital
• House Passes VA Bonus Clawbacks, Private Long-Term Care
• 2 Mental Health Workers Get 6 Years In $63M Fraud Case
• Attys Predict Supreme Court Will Uphold ACA's Tax Credits
• Ballard Spahr Snags Ex-Las Vegas DA As New Partner
• Judge Axes Nebraska's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout
• Billion-Dollar Issues Loom Over Fla. Legislature Session
• Healthfirst Skirts NJ Hospital's $30M Medicaid Claims
• Market Rumors: Wood Mackenzie, Qualitas, Gulf Capital
• Ala. Court Says Lesbian's Ex-Partner Has Custody Rights
• Kimberly-Clark Can't Duck Surgical Gown Suit, Plaintiff Says
• GOP Says Obama Can't Duck ACA Suit And 'Neuter Congress'
• 5 Wild Cards At High Court's ACA Arguments
• Dentist Misused Copyright To Stifle Yelp Reviews: Judge
• ACA Cadillac Tax Could Hit Less Expensive Plans
• High Court Won't Hear Wellpoint Premium-Hike Class Action
• Something Stinks About EEOC's 'Onionhead' Enforcement