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Health - July, 2015

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• Polsinelli Beefs Up In Dallas With Real Estate, Health Pros
• Whistleblower Points To Texas Rulings In Omnicare FCA Suit
• Insurers Say Private Medicaid Rule Hurts Telemedicine
• Cigna Shareholder Sues To Halt $54B Anthem Acquisition
• Medical Informatics Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 4M
• Clinic Covered For Post-Tornado Repairs, 8th Circ. Affirms
• Medicare Does Not Cover Lab's Cancer Test, Judge Rules
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive $26M Healthfirst Repayment Suit
• Aetna Says Sanction On Uncooperative Hospital Justified
• Anti-Abortion Group's Video Sting Called A Dangerous Fraud
• Pa. Justices Urged To Force UPMC To Honor Medicare Deals
• Xerox Wins Suit Over Navy Office's Early Contract Termination
• 7 Keys To Improving Your Direct Examination
• Senate OKs Highway Bill, Emergency VA Funding
• Groups Tell DHS To End Family Detention Amid 'Horror Stories'
• ACA Insurance Co-Ops Missed Goals, Watchdog Says
• Ind. AG Urges Credit Freeze For Entire State After Breach
• Deals Rumor Mill: IHG, Starwood, Cigna, PartnerRe, Exor
• CVS Charges Insured Buyers More For Generics, Suit Claims
• OSC Says VA Still Unwilling To Acknowledge Patient Danger
• IHS Defends Using Local Health Funds For $80M Labor Deal
• Garfunkel Wild Must Face Malpractice Suit, NY Court Says
• Prosecution Of Off-Label Speech In A Post-Caronia World
• Medicare Contractors Overpaid $36M For Drugs, Audit Finds
• Ways And Means Floats 4 Bills On Hospital Medicare Pay
• EEOC Sues Assisted Living Co. For Discriminatory Exams
• Florida To Investigate Planned Parenthood Offices
• Leidos Wins $9B Deal To Revamp DOD Health Records System
• Ala. Chief Justice Is 'Unfit' For Office, Law Center Says
• Ex-Chicago Hospital Owner Gets 4.5 Years For Kickback Scam
• 5th Circ. Backs Hospital Staffer's ERISA Suit
• House Passes Bill To Overhaul VA Employee Accountability
• Judge Retroactively Recognizes Common-Law Gay Marriage
• House OKs $8B For Highways, $3B For VA In Short-Term Fix
• Canadian Medical Marijuana Users Win Cert. Over Mailing
• GOP Sens. Introduce Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood
• US Atty Sees Big FCA Hauls Looming In Fla.
• Whistleblower To Take CVS Kickback Suit To 7th Circ.
• Not-For-Profit Property Tax Exemption In NJ: Not For Long
• 11th Circ. Vacates Block On Fla. 'Gun Gag' Law
• Hospital Slams 7th Circ. Neiman Marcus Data Breach Ruling
• Ohio Doc Must Face Claims In Meningitis MDL, Court Rules
• House OKs Congressional Review For Major Regulations
• Hospice Chain Fights To Keep DOJ Sanctions For FCA Trial
• 'Wicked Tuna' Star Indicted On Federal Fraud Charges
• Tenn. Hospital Asks High Court To Block FCA Suit
• Health Orgs Criticize Spending Cap For Private Medicaid Plans
• Nelson Mullins Adds Ex-Balch & Bingham Health Veteran
• State Farm Takes Hospital Contract Row To Fla. High Court
• NJ Hospitals Challenge New Paramedic Takeover Law
• Chicago Hospital Execs Can't Toss Kickback Convictions
• Mead Johnson Pays SEC $12M To Settle FCPA Claims
• Kirkland Reps Capella In $900M Sale To Medical Properties
• House Votes To Exempt Vets From ACA Employer Mandate
• Embattled NJ Mayor Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
• High Court Asked To Review New Fla. Medicaid Advice Rules
• Health Care Companies To End Business In FTC Settlement
• Aetna's $120M RICO Suit Against Texas Hospital Stays Alive
• Judge Made 'Clear Error' On FCA Trial Sanctions, DOJ Says
• FTC Blasts LabMD's Move To DQ Its Chairwoman From Suit
• Military Hospitals Out $22M In 3rd-Party Insurance, DOD Says
• Consumers' Info Exposed In Health Care Fraud, Data Breach
• New Fla. Regs On Long-Term Health Care Could Spur Suits
• Pa. Judge Tosses CVS Pharmacist's OT Class Action
• Anthem Sued Again Over Gilead Hep C Drug Coverage
• Paging Providers, CMS Changes To Stark Law May Help You
• Law360's Trial Aces Make Winning Look Easy
• White & Case Flexes Its M&A Muscle With Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Anthem, Cigna Could Gain Pricing Power In Some Markets
• VA Small Biz Contract Lacked Sufficient Research, GAO Says
• Equitable Subrogation Dispute Sent To Fla. Supreme Court
• Health Insurance Mergers To Face Tough Antitrust Road
• Health Providers Say Lack Of Market Power Axes Antitrust Suit
• Senate To Consider Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization, ACA Repeal
• Texas Court Cuts $4M In Damages In Horizon Poaching Suit
• 11th Circ. Takes Up PIP Overbilling Suit Against HCA
• Commerce Guides Health Industry On Mobile Cybersecurity
• 7th Circ. Won't Reopen Notre Dame's Birth Control Waiver Suit
• BALCA Gives Clinic Second Try At Chiropractor Visa Request
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Wachtell, Gibson Dunn
• Identity Theft Victim Fights For Pharmacy Drug Fraud Claims
• Senators Seek To Block Feds From Punishing Pot Banks
• REBUTTAL: The Problem With 3rd-Party Litigation Financing
• Anthem Inks $54B Deal For Cigna
• 3rd Circ. Invalidates HHS Medicare Zoning Policy
• Bipartisan House Legislation Aims To Improve Hospice Care
• Texas Says Immigrants Can't Sue Over Birth Certificates
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anthem, Cigna, Darden, Airbus
• Hall Render Adds Brothers As Shareholders In Denver
• Pa. Justices Snub Pair's Bid To Challenge Highmark Profits
• Baylor Sued By Research Doctor Over Patent Royalties
• 9th Circ. Says Religious Pharmacies Must Stock Plan B
• Class Counsel Defends Fee Request In Visteon ERISA Action
• Little Sisters Take ACA Birth Control Suit To High Court
• Willig Williams Malpractice Win Upheld In Injured Worker Case
• Steris Corp. Accused Of Selling Tainted Goods To Gov't
• Humana Hit With Investor Class Action Over $37B Aetna Deal
• Another NJ Doc Gets Prison In Med Lab Bribe Scheme
• Texas Attys Slam AG's Advice On Gay Marriage Licenses
• Insurer Slams Ky. Hospital's HIPAA Probe Coverage Appeal
• Aetna Settles Kickback Suit With Pa. Surgery Center
• Nurses Urge Calif. Court To Revive Rest Break Cert. Bid
• GAO Tells CMS To Fix Checks On Docs' Licenses, Locations
• McDermott Partners With Spanish Firm On Cuba Matters
• 8th Circ. Forced To Toss ND Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban
• Navigating CMS' Tangled Web Of Stark Law Interpretation
• Gibson Dunn Guides St. Jude In $3.4B Deal For Thoratec
• Ex Ante Vs. Ex Post: Janis Joplin's Yearbook Revisited
• Facebook Can't Quash NY Prosecutors' User-Data Warrants
• Fla. Court Backs Law On Patient Info In Malpractice Suits
• House Approves Bill To Strip Passports For Terror Aid
• Md. Health Exchange Creator To Pay $45M Over Site's Crash
• Unlicensed Devices Interfere With Medical Telemetry, FCC Told
• Detox Patent Suit Didn't Clear Minimal Bar, Fed. Circ. Says
• Hatch Requests Audit Of ACA Tax Credit Subsidies
• 4 Cases To Watch In Florida In 2nd Half Of 2015
• Leukemia Charity Scammed Millions From Donors, NY AG Says
• Aetna Hit With Suit Over Cap On Autism Benefits
• Mental Health Clinics Accused Of Illegal Operations, Bill Fraud
• Cash That Class Action Check, No Matter How Small
• UCLA Health Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Protecting Privacy In Medical Records During Litigation
• Locke Lord Faces DQ Threat In Health Pill False Ad Suit
• Medical Co.'s Ex-IP Atty Can't Dodge Trade Secret Row
• GOP Wants To Divert VA's Energy Spending To Health Care
• Kaiser Likely On Hook To Cover More Reconstructive Surgery
• 8th Circ. Revives Lawmaker's ACA Birth Control Suit
• Eight Attys Leave Roetzel For Cloud-Based FisherBroyles
• CMS To Provide Hospice, Curative Care Concurrently
• Calif. Proposal Would Set Flat Tax On Managed Care Plans
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Thompson Knight Partner In Houston
• LabMD Can't Drop Dime On Tiversa In FTC Data Security Suit
• GOP, White House Debate Merits Of ACA Subsidies Suit
• AmeriPlan Asks Judge To Be Let Go From Tax Liability Suit
• Scott Walker Signs Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Stradley Ronon Nabs Ex-McCarter & English Litigation Pro
• Hedge Fund Infuses $250M Into Debt-Laden Calif. Hospital
• Michelman, Bracewell Guide $105M NYC Nursing Home Trade
• Federal Narcotics Laws Can Still Trump Tribal Sovereignty
• Insurer's Failure To Mediate Kills Its $4M Data Breach Claims
• Judge Cuts Attorneys' Fees In W.Va. Same-Sex Marriage Case
• Blue Cross Sues Mich. Hospital In Tribal Insurance Row
• 2nd Circ. Reaffirms Economic Favoritism In Dental LED Suit
• Becton Sued For Squeezing Out Rivals With Safer Syringes
• Supreme Court Asked To Clear Up Web Libel Law
• LabMD Moves To Disquaify 'Tainted' FTC Head
• Severance Policy Is A Plan Under ERISA, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Venture Capital Financing Surges To $19B In Q2, Report Says
• In Rare Move, FDA Suspends Miami Blood Bank For Violations
• UCLA Health Reveals Data Breach Affecting Up To 4.5M
• Omnicare Continues Push To Nix $630M FCA Suit
• The Power Of The Petrillo Rule In Ill. State Courts
• Spotlight On Medicare Jurisdiction Issues In Bankruptcy
• 5th Circ. Blocks New Trial In Hospital Kickbacks Scheme
• CDC Eyes Stronger Threat Classification For Bird Flu Strain
• Health Tech Firm Accuses GC Of Self-Dealing, Ripping It Off
• United, 5 Others Fined For Misleading Medicare Customers
• The Health Care Governance Implications Of Tuomey
• Bills Floated To Exempt Tribes From ACA Employer Mandate
• A New Look At An Old Medical Device Warranty Safe Harbor
• Fla. Court OKs Searcy Denney Fee Cap In Birth Accident Row
• Physiotherapy Holdings Can't Split Up Contracts, Judge Says
• Blue Cross, Blue Shield Dodging Taxes, Calif. Court Hears
• Docs Suing Cigna Aren't Beneficiaries, 2nd Circ. Says
• Cigna's $20M Surgical Conspiracy Suit Gets Trimmed
• House Approves Medicare Assisted Speech, Home Care Bills
• Watchdog Says It Obtained ACA Funds For 11 Fake People
• LabMD Calls FTC's In-House Data Row Unconstitutional
• REIT Griffin-American Dropped $311M In 2nd Quarter
• When Hospital Bylaws And Whistleblower Protection Collide
• CVS Pharmacists Reach $2.3M Deal In OT Suit, Seek Cert.
• OPINION: Litigation Finance Can Help Break The Glass Ceiling
• AHIP Taps Ex-CMS Chief Tavenner As Top Lobbyist
• Feds Net $8.4M FCA Settlement From Fla. Pharmacy
• Med Student Files Discrimination Suit Against Caribbean Univ.
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To OK Class In Insurer Data Breach
• Employers, Beware Vague FMLA Requests In 3rd Circ.
• Direct General Class Settlement Over PIP Claims OK'd
• McKesson Can Appeal Darvocet Remand Decision: Judge
• Religious Rights Group Enters VA Sweat Lodge Fray
• Gay Blood Donation Policy Is Discriminatory, Lawmakers Say
• Liberty Medical Estate Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan
• Class Wins Cert. In ERISA Suit Over Blue Shield Coverage
• Lawmakers Train Sights On Part D Insurers Over Billing Fraud
• Boston Hospital Settles With HHS Over HIPAA Violations
• 6th Circ. Says Medical Tech Co. Can't Duck Retaliation Claim
• Catholic Orgs Tell 6th Circ. Hobby Lobby Boosts ACA Claims
• Plews Shadley Adds Experienced Health Care Partner
• St. Luke's Ordered To Give FTC, Idaho AG Info On Sales Plan
• Clinton Open To Revising 'Cadillac' Tax On Health Plans
• FTC Backs NC Bill To Limit Certificate Of Need Rules
• DLA, Dechert Steer $345M Loan For Charles River Plaza
• Wilentz Goldman Wants Attys' Whistleblower Suit Arbitrated
• 10th Circ. Backs ACA Contraception Mandate Opt-Out
• Conciliation In The Wake Of Mach Mining
• Texas County Clerk Resigns Over Gay Marriage Ruling
• CMS Unveils Major Overhaul Of Nursing Home Oversight
• Greenberg Traurig Takes Trio From McKenna Long In Atlanta
• EU Fines Spain $21M For Negligent Deficit Reporting
• Calif. Tribal Leader Blasts BIA For Marijuana Facility Raid
• Lincare Dodges Bulk Of FCA Suit Over Medicare Marketing
• Businesses Tell 6th Circ. $30M Blue Cross Deal Isn't Enough
• 1 Size Does Not Fit All NJ Hospital Property Tax Exemptions
• The FDA's Track And Trace Enforcement Delay: Stay Alert
• Texas Hospital Employee Allegedly Fired For Reporting Fraud
• Senate Bill Would Ease Bank Access For Legal Pot Shops
• Blame ID Thief, Not CVS Or Giant For Drug Fraud: Magistrate
• Fla. Man Gets 20 Years For $21M Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme
• CDC Rejects Autoimmune Disease Coverage For 9/11 Workers
• Obama Nominates Ex-Optum Exec To Lead CMS
• Feds Finalize Opt-Out For ACA Birth Control Mandate
• New Poll Shows Large Dip In Uninsured 1 Year After ACA
• Mich. Doc Gets 45 Years For Giving Healthy Patients Chemo
• Sens Aim To Reboot Int'l Abortion, Family Planning Funding
• Aetna Secures $16.2B Bridge Loan For Humana Acquisition
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Apple, NYC Hotel, CNL
• Aetna Defends Suit Over Pa. Surgery Clinic Kickback Scheme
• House Passes Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act
• Walgreen Puts Up $22.4M To End NY Medicaid Billing Probe
• Are You Ready For ACA's 2016 Reporting Requirements?
• More Courts Find Anti-SLAPP Inapplicable In Federal Court
• A Possible Solution To Europe's Pharma Financing Problem
• Essex Must Defend Contractor In Defect Suit, Judge Says
• San Jose Sues Monsanto, Pfizer Over PCBs
• Calif., Artemis Reach $200M Deal Over Insurance Co. Scheme
• Obama Troubled With 21st Century Cures Act Funding
• SEC Settles With 2 In Pot Stock Pump-And-Dump Case
• Norton Rose Nabs Ex-Sandoz North America GC
• Former Employee Slams HCA's Bid To Toss FCA Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds $32M Brain Injury Verdict
• ManorCare Rebuts DOJ Claims In Sweeping FCA Case
• Marijuana Dispensary Can't Deduct Biz Costs From Taxes
• Klehr Harrison Slams Claims Over Allegedly Frivolous Suit
• Age Bias Suit Nixed Against Tribal Health Dept.
• Justices May Tweak Tolling In Tribal Contract Costs Row
• 5 Lessons Health Care Cos. Should Learn From Cyberattacks
• NJ Is No Exception To The Learned Intermediary Doctrine
• CMS Backs Doctor Pay For End-Of-Life Counseling
• Gay Marriage Ruling Didn't End Common-Law Case: Texas
• Labor Dept. Hits Home Health Staffing Co. With Wage Suit
• AstraZeneca Escapes Nexium False Ad Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Shake State's New Auto PIP Rules
• NJ Doc Gets 5 Years For Taking Bribes In $100M Scam
• Christian Orgs Take ACA Birth Control Suit To High Court
• UPMC Tells Pa. Court It Can End Medicare Deal With Highmark
• Catholic Teacher Fired For IVF Must Choose Award Or Retrial
• Lawmakers Float Bill Authorizing Medicaid Abortion Coverage
• New Bill Expanding Telehealth Coverage Gets Industry Support
• HHS Fights Back Against NYC's $15M Medicare Cap Suit
• Pay Attention To Health Licensure And Payor Credentialing
• The Biggest Obstacle To Value-Based Care
• UT Clinic Not Immune From Malpractice Suit, Court Says
• CVS Deserts Chamber Of Commerce Over Smoking Stance
• Omnicare, DOJ Strike Deal In Abbott Labs Kickback Suits
• Wash. Court Affirms Intuitive Win In Surgery Death Suit
• Baker Donelson Adds 3 Health Attys To DC Office
• 3 Takeaways From Hospital Tax Exemption Ruling
• Hospital Group Pushes For Dismissal Of Cyberinsurance Suit
• US IPOs Rake In $13B In Q2 Rebound After Slow Start
• BMS Sues Merck As Soon As USPTO Grants Cancer Patent
• Ala. Tribe Says It Didn't Waive Immunity In Age Bias Suit
• Maryland Misused $34M In Medicaid Funds, Watchdog Says
• Judge OKs NY Hospital's $6.6M FICA Tax Class Settlement
• Health Care Litigator Joins Seyfarth Shaw In Houston
• Tailwind Capital Closes Fund With $1B, Beats Target
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Rehear FMLA Ruling That Hurts Employers
• NY Medicaid Program Pushes Value-Based Purchasing Trend
• Cigna Says It's Owed Millions In Ind. Fee-Forgiveness Scheme
• AstraZeneca, Cephalon Pay $54M To End Medicaid Rebate Row
• REIT Healthcare Trust Invested $190M In Second Quarter
• Texas Couple Sues Over County's Marriage License Delay
• Corizon Wants Suit Over 18 Stolen Workers To Land In Fla.
• Davis Polk Steers Aetna In $37B Deal For Humana
• Alaska Native Health Group Denied Quick Win In Billing Row
• Feds Want $202M From Hospice Chain For FCA Violations
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Reject Horizon Blue Cross Settlement
• 5 Firms Top $300B In Deals During 1st Half Of 2015 M&A Boom
• Judge Denies Plea Change For Texas Medicare Fraudster
• Wyo. Tribe's Suit Over ACA Mandate Tossed
• The Next Step Forward In Disability Rights Law
• This Week In Congress: Post July 4 Tumult
• Skadden Guides Centene In $6.8B Deal For Health Net
• White House Orders Updated GMO Rules Amid Criticism
• Doctor Tied To Sen. Menendez Scandal Gets Bail In Fla. Case
• FTC Says LabMD Misstated Facts In Data Security Row
• Health Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015
• Fla. Jury Clears IP Firm Of Malpractice In Legal Fees Flap
• The Biggest Pa. Court Decisions Of 2015: Midyear Report
• Lewis Brisbois Opens In Oregon With Williams Kastner Attys
• 4th Circ. Upholds $237M FCA Verdict Against SC Hospital
• NJ Health System Accused Of Disregarding Racist Insults
• Judge Blocks Florida's 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anthem, Cigna, Yelp, Tesco
• OSHA Upholds Co's Liability In Murder Of Fla. Health Worker
• Regulators Are Cracking Down On Drug Disposal
• 5th Circ. Hands Victories To Texas, Miss. Same-Sex Couples
• Kansas AG To Appeal Injunction Blocking Anti-Abortion Law
• M&A Boom Soars To Highest First-Half Clip In 8 Years
• 7th Circ. Won't Boost Visteon's $1.8M ERISA Penalty
• Could Chief Justice Roberts Have Concurred In Obergefell?
• 7th Circ. Rebuffs Wheaton's Bid To Block ACA Birth Control
• 5 Sentenced In Fla. For $25M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• CMS Relaxes Controversial Two-Midnight Hospital Rule
• CSX, Amtrak Challenge Mass. Employee Sick Time Rule
• Benefits Extended To Texas State Workers' Same-Sex Spouses
• Aetna Gets Claims Trimmed From Reimbursement Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Centor, Interactive Data
• Fla. Appeals Court Strikes $1M Personal Injury Damages Cap
• Nurse Wants Garvey Schubert Lawyer Sanctioned In Firing Suit
• Judge Tosses 'Delusional' Racketeering Suit Targeting Obama
• Ex-Hospital Owner Denied Release Before Contempt Trial
• Texas Clerk Flips Decision To Deny Gay Marriage Licenses
• Using Big Data In Gathering Expert Testimony
• Did 'America's Sexiest Man' Almost Doom The ACA?