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Health - August, 2015

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• Judge Kicks Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against Scan Health
• UCLA Data Breach Victim Needs Costly Therapy, Jury Told
• Univita Health Files For Ch. 7 One Month After WARN Suit
• NJ Must Refund $32M Medicaid Payments For Deficient Claims
• Ark. Residents Get More Time To Prove Medicaid Eligibility
• Hospital Urges 6th Circ. To Nix Insurer's Win In HIPAA Row
• Anti-Abortion Org Beats ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Ala. Judge OKs Medicaid Expansion Over Lawmakers' Protests
• High Court Snubs Ky. Clerk Protesting Same-Sex Marriage
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive Malpractice Suit Against Hospital
• Health First's Antitrust Woes Grow With New Hospital Suit
• Ropes & Gray, King & Spalding Steer $170M Home Care Deal
• How Concerned Is FDA Over Cybersecurity? Look To Hospira
• When Courts Invoke Equitable Tolling In Noncompete Cases
• 5 Insights From 3M General Counsel Ivan Fong
• UCLA Says Breach Victim's Depression Due To Childbirth
• ManorCare Blasts DOJ, Says FCA Case Deserves Dismissal
• Endo Wants TCPA Suit Held Longer While FCC Mulls Fax Rule
• Capella Co-Founder Says PE Firm Cut Him Out Of $900M Sale
• 7th Circ. Says Ind. Agency Must Pay Medicaid Reimbursements
• Khaitan Guides IHH Healthcare Unit's $194M India Hospital Buy
• Where Things Stand In Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Saga
• NJ Court Revives Nurse's Disability Bias Claim In Split Ruling
• Hospital Chain Pays Heavily For Being Too Clever
• UCLA Medical Data Breach Left Victim Depressed, Jury Hears
• Miss. Hospital Beats EEOC Suit Over Firing Of Injured Nurse
• Genesis Healthcare Faces FCA Row Over Unneeded Therapies
• 340B 'Mega-Guidance' Dials Back Patient Eligibility
• Ill. Has 3 Weeks To Pay Medicaid Fees, Budget Crisis Or No
• 4 Of 5 Health Care Orgs Hit By Cyberattacks, Study Says
• Nine More Join Immigrants' Suit Over Birth Certificates
• Home Health Co. Owners Charged With $6M Medicare Fraud
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Quest Diagnostics Kickbacks Row
• Clerk's Appeal Can't Hold Up Marriage Licenses, 6th Circ. Says
• Texas Judge Exits Med Center FCA Suit Over Witness
• TCPA Issues Familiar And Unique To Health Care Providers
• Tips For Responding To An FTC Subpoena
• Mitigating FCA Whistleblower Risk When Employees Leave
• UCLA Official Grilled Over Medical Record Privacy Breach
• Hospitals Look To Ax $220M Medicare Pay Cut
• Study Sees Little Private Medicare Competition As Deals Loom
• Jones Day Reps Cardinal Health In $290M Buy Of NaviHealth
• Mich. Tribe, Feds Settle Health Care Contract Costs Row
• 6th Circ. Revives Former Ky. Employee's Whistleblower Suit
• Texas Jury Acquits Cancer Agency Exec In $11M Grant Row
• 3rd Circ. Says ERISA Benefit Denials Must Specify Deadlines
• Illinois Gov. Vetoes Data Breach Notification Bill
• Texas AG Seeks To Nix Contempt Hearing After Policy Change
• Medical Informatics Breach MDL Belongs In Kan., JMPL Told
• Freezing 'Untainted' Assets Stifles Defense, High Court Told
• Fla. Gay Marriage Suits Moot After Obergefell, State Says
• Don't Ignore Small And Midsize Health FCA Settlements
• GAO Denies Protest Of $9.5B USAID Health Supplies Award
• Celgene Says High Court Ruling Limits Length Of FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Forces Drug Stores To Arbitrate Claims Against CVS
• Austin Shells Out Atty Fees In Pregnancy Center Suit
• Medical Center Wants Judge Recused From FCA Suit
• MedCap Receiver Reaches Deal With Debtor In Ponzi Fallout
• Planned Parenthood Sues After La. Ends Medicaid Contract
• Fla. Therapists Convicted For Role In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Doctor Cops To Using Unapproved IUDs, Defrauding Insurers
• FaegreBD Defends Legal Advice In $4.6M Malpractice Suit
• Plaintiff Slams USA Water Polo's Bid To Trim Concussion Suit
• Husch Blackwell Says $625M RICO Suit Is 'Conclusory'
• 1st Of Its Kind FCA Settlement May Not Be Last
• FDA's Focus On Drug Appearance May Cause Ugly Problems
• Rabbis, States Back Little Sisters' ACA Mandate Challenge
• Allied Can't Recoup Part Of $31M Malpractice Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Punts On Santander Disability Benefits Appeal
• NY Hospitals To Pay $2M To Settle FCA Claims
• Humana Must Fight Hospital's Payment Suit In State Court
• Calif. AG Seeks Death Knell For Scan Health FCA Suit
• Medical Device Cos. Didn't Flout Patent, Texas Jury Says
• NY Home Care Center Pays $6M To Settle AG's Fraud Claims
• Atty Feud Escalates To Ethics Claims Against Mazie Slater
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Government Contracts Pro From Wiley
• Bankruptcy Code Doesn't Cover Pot Business, 10th Circ. Says
• Ill. Court Clears Cigna In Wellness Plan Trade Secrets Row
• OIG Says Certain Free Drug Starter Programs May Be OK
• CORRECTED: HHS To Take Ga.'s $75M Medicaid Refund Win To DC Circ.
• UnitedHealth Asks 8th Circ. To Revive $350M Insurance Feud
• A Tale Of 2 Cases Shows Dilemma Over Workplace Violence
• DOL Win In Home Care Case Shows Agency's Wide Latitude
• Law360 Pro Bono All Stars Show Dedication To Helping Others
• Anti-Abortion Group Aims To Plead 5th In Secret-Video Fight
• High Court Urged To Examine Fla. Medicaid Advice Rules
• ACA Birth Control Opt-Out Not Religious Burden: 6th Circ.
• 20 Firms Show How To Win Big And Do Good
• A&P Seeks OK On $8M Pharmacy Assets Sale To Rite Aid
• No Individual FCA Liability For Retaliation, Judge Rules
• Providence Investors Look To Block Stock Issue
• Judge Sides With Release Of New Covert Fetal Tissue Video
• Little Sisters Receive Stay From ACA Birth Control Mandate
• DOL Wins DC Circ. Battle Over Home Care Wage Rule
• Oakland Loses 9th Circ. Fight To Keep Medical Pot Shop
• Employers Can't Change Hurt Workers' Doctors: DC Court
• 2nd Circ. Guts UnitedHealth Win In Psychiatry Benefits Ruling
• 8th Circ. Kills $1M Award For Booted Clinic President
• Whistleblower Can't Depose Novartis Ex-CEO In FCA Suit
• PTAB To Review IMS Health's Data Record Software Patent
• 9th Circ. Orders Anthem Worker Suits Back To State Court
• St. Luke's Wants $10M Fee Bid Slashed After Merger Loss
• Fla. Has Ceded Abortion-Timing Claims: Planned Parenthood
• Carnival Cruise Hot Tubs Caused Bacterial Infections: Suit
• Oaktree Sues Warburg Pincus For Rural/Metro Value Inflation
• Allstate Can Use Criminal Statement In Fraud Suit: NJ Court
• Former Exec Convicted Of Bribing Ex-Cleveland VA Director
• CVS, Giant Eagle Escape Prescription Identity Theft Suit
• Calif. High Court Upholds $5.7M Verdict Against Hospital Co.
• Allstate's PIP Policy 'Unclear,' Fla. Appeals Court Says
• PharMerica FCA Suit Dismissed Pending Settlement
• Top 5 Ways To Help A Law Professional Land A Job
• Fla. Court Asked To Decertify Class In Cruise Doctors' Suit
• Clinic Can't Ax FCA Suit Over Post-Employment Retaliation
• CMS Home Health Model Follows Quality-Based Medicare Shift
• Geico Sues Medical Providers Over $5.7M In False Claims
• Docs Say 11th Circ. 'Gun Gag' Decision Could Kill People
• Dentons Adds Former AAMC Official To DC Health Care Group
• Aetna Gives DOJ More Time To Look Into Humana Merger
• Three NC Women Sentenced For $6M Medicaid Fraud
• Hemispherx Can't Duck Suit Over $2.1M Exec Bonuses
• PE-Backed Surgical Center Co. Plans $431M IPO
• FDA Warns Fla. Facility Patients Over Mammogram Quality
• What Matters Most In EEOC's Wellness Program Rules
• The Difficulty Of Challenging FCA Fine As Excessive
• Don't Let FCA Become Fraud Catchall, Kmart Tells 7th Circ
• 11th Circ. Partially Revives HIPAA Data Theft Coverage Suit
• Texas County Pays Attys' Fees To Gay Couple Denied License
• LabMD Fails 2nd Bid To DQ FTC Chair In Data Privacy Row
• Planned Parenthood Sues Fla. Health Agency Over Inspection
• NJ Gay Conversion Therapy Backers Seek High Court Review
• Cigna Units, Health Cos. Settle Texas False Claims Case
• Alleged Operator Of NJ Ambulance Co. Indicted For Fraud
• Health Insurance Merger Frenzy: Why DOJ Must Just Say 'No'
• How Much Money Does It Take To Make A Lawyer Happy?
• DOJ Scorns ManorCare's Bid To Nix FCA Suit
• LabMD's Claims Against Tiversa Don't Stand Up, Judge Says
• Supreme Court Urged To End Circuit Splits Over ERISA
• Hacking Policy Doesn't Cover $4.8M Fraud, Insurer Says
• Calif. Doctors, Patients Lose Bid For Right-To-Die Leeway
• HHS Beats Suit Over Medicare Wage Index At DC Circ.
• Cigna Moves To Consolidate 13 Fraud Cases In Md.
• Texas MDL Panel Combines 124 Hospital Billing Fraud Suits
• White House Presses High Court On Birth Control Opt-Out
• NY Doctor Gets 2 Years For $13M Health Care Fraud
• FTC Says Witness Undercuts LabMD's Stolen Data Claim
• GAO Revives Thwarted Veterans Affairs ID Card Bid Protest
• IPC Healthcare Investor Challenges $1.6B TeamHealth Deal
• Mediation — Panacea Or Placebo?
• Defendants Can't Use HIPAA To Deny Discovery
• Investors' Interest In Dermatology Is More Than Skin-Deep
• Deals Rumor Mill: Baxalta, TPG Capital, Femsa
• Houston Senior Living Facility Operator Nabs $109M Financing
• 2015 M&A Easily Clears $3T Mark Fueled By Megamergers
• Ky. Clerk Wants To Continue Denying All Marriage Licenses
• HHS Says Banning Planned Parenthood Medicaid Illegal
• 8th Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Row With Anesthesia Clinic
• Tribe Denied Bid To Block IHS Using $1.6M For Settlement
• Merge Healthcare Investors Try To Block $1B IBM Takeover
• NYC Council OKs Cooling Tower Law To Fight Legionnaires'
• Classified Info Beyond Menendez's Reach In Bribery Case
• Fla. Sued Over Failure To Recognize Same-Sex Parents
• Medical Informatics Hammered With 3rd Data Breach Suit
• Bakery Can't Refuse Gay Couple, Colo. Appeals Court Rules
• Free Home Health Provider Visits Aren't Kickbacks, OIG Says
• Congress Must Keep Conrad 30 To Aid Ailing Health System
• Judge OKs Quest Deal In Test Pricing Antitrust Suit
• Health Service Cos. Hit With $2M Verdict In Patent Suit
• After 3-Year Slog, Lap Band False Ad Deal 'Close' To Finish
• Texas Issues Vital Docs Guidelines After Contempt Threat
• Aetna Hit With Counterclaims In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• King & Spalding Gets 4 Partners From DLA Piper
• UnitedHealth, Employee Strike Deal In Arbitration Fight
• Novartis Says Docs Request In $3.3B FCA Suit Is Too Late
• No Kickback Penalty For Free Drugs, Inspector General Says
• CVS Workers May Lose Cert. Of 40K Class In Bag Check Suit
• Tribe Says HHS, IHS Misusing $1.6M For Union Settlement
• LabMD Can't Kill Cybersecurity Firm's Defamation Suit
• Miss. Same-Sex Adoption Ban An 'Outdated Relic,' Suit Says
• HHS Sets Some Expectations For Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Highmark Changing Its Take On Medicare Deal, UPMC Says
• Blue Cross Can't Hide Surgery Review Docs Under Pa. Law
• Shearman & Sterling Hit With ADA, FMLA Violations Suit
• Sen. Urges 7th Circ. to Reject Kmart Arguments In FCA Suit
• CVS Accused Of Autodialed Ads In TCPA Suit
• Capital One Inks $9B Deal For GE's Health Care Lending Unit
• FisherBroyles Adds Practicing Physician As Partner
• 5th Circ. Nixes Texas Insurer's ERISA Preemption Win
• UCLA Data Breach Could Affect 4.5M, Class Action Says
• Health First Says FCA Kickback Case Is Time-Barred, Vague
• 6th Circ. Urged To Revive Drug-Testing Firm FCA Suit
• Risks Arise For Health Providers After FCA Overpayment Case
• Roche Wins Reversal Of $25M NJ Accutane Verdict
• 16 States Urge Justices To Take Up ACA Birth Control Appeal
• 'Manager Rule' Doesn't Apply To Title VII, 4th Circ. Says
• USA Water Polo Seeks To Trim Row Over Concussed Players
• Texas AG Avoids Contempt Bid Over Same-Sex Death Papers
• GAO Pushes CMS For Prescription Drug Fraud Controls
• 7th Circ. Says Hospital Not Covered By FCRA
• Tax Court Upholds $1.2M Deficiency On Marijuana Retailer
• NJ Hospital Hits Ch. 11 As It Waits For State To Clear Sale
• 4 Lessons From The FDA's Milestone Device-Hacking Alert
• Feds Say Fla. Ambulance Co. Can't Dodge False Claims Suit
• Pittsburgh VA Failed To Monitor Doctor Contracts, OIG Says
• HHS Watchdog Calls For Stricter Health Exchange Controls
• House Panel Finds 'Substantial' IT Weaknesses At HHS
• DOJ Intervenes In $80M Medical Testing Kickback Suit
• What Killed Calif.'s Nurse Practitioner Reform Bill?
• Smith & Nephew Brings $4.5M Contract Case To Fed Court
• Calif. Health Facilities Must Pay $2M For Wage Theft
• Freeborn Nabs HCSC, Blue Cross Attys For New Health Group
• Aetna Ordered To Allow Man's Cancer Treatment
• Hospital Must Pay $17M In Pregnancy Complications Suit
• CareFirst Slapped With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Texas AG Rips Contempt Fight As Gay Marriage Law Evolves
• NJ Panel Backs Hospital's Permit For Controversial Helipad
• Medical Informatics Hit With 2nd Suit Over Data Breach
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Tax Challenge To Obamacare
• Calif. Hospitals Can't Be Reimbursed By HHS, DC Circ. Rules
• Health Care Technology Expert Latest To Join Manatt In DC
• Law Trio Aid $242M Loan For Proposed NYC Proton Facility
• Birth Control Waiver Doesn't Flout Religious Rights: 2nd Circ.
• NC Blue Cross To Raise Rates Following ACA Losses
• Cardinal Health, Owens & Minor Win $1.2B DLA Contract Mods
• E-Filing Error Can Destroy Trade Secret Status
• Fresenius Hit With FCA Suit Over Dialysis Doc Kickbacks
• Embattled Mental Health Chain Sues Pa. Over Medicaid Funds
• Steward Says Bankruptcy Court No Place For Severance Row
• DOJ Sanctions Dropped In AseraCare FCA Trial
• Gardere Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Litigator Who Served Gov. Perry
• Community Health On Hook For Attys' Fees In $98M FCA Deal
• NJ Court Says Rehab Clinic Can't Duck $4M Injury Award
• Precision Medicine Raises More Questions Than Answers
• AHA Urges Skepticism In $54B Anthem-Cigna Merger Review
• IBM To 'Teach Watson To See' With $1B Health Acquisition
• Fla. Judge Denies 'Premature' Health Data Breach Class Cert.
• NJ Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015
• Mass. Marijuana Advocates Seek Pot Legalization Vote
• Video Sparks Local DA To Probe Houston Planned Parenthood
• Gov't Wins DQ Of Attorney In Detroit Medicare Fraud Suit
• Fla. Inspectors Cite 4 Planned Parenthood Locations
• Health Care Data Co. Waited Years To Disclose Breach: Suit
• Texas AG Faces Contempt Over Gay Man's Death Certificate
• Axing Medicaid Providers Across States Still Problematic: HHS
• Allstate Accuses Radiology Practices' Owners Of $2.5M Fraud
• Teladoc Says Texas Telemedicine Letter Violated APA
• Federal Marijuana Law Vs. Calif. Institutional Investors
• Is The Promise Of Reorganization In Health Care Illusory?
• 5 Takeaways From FCA 60-Day Overpayment Decision
• 3rd Circ. Vacates Part Of Fee Denial In Rutgers FCA Suit
• 3rd Circ. Partially Backs NJ Forced Medication Policy
• Judge Slams Pretrial 'Squabbles' In $3.35B Novartis FCA Suit
• CPPIB Forms JV For Stake In $449M Medical Offices
• Anti-Abortion Group Barred From Releasing 'Dangerous' Video
• TeamHealth Drops $1.6B For IPC Healthcare
• CMS Suspends Torchmark Part D Plans For 'Systemic' Flaws
• Louisiana To Cancel Planned Parenthood Medicaid Contract
• Beware Of The Latest Collective Bargaining Traps
• 3 Lessons From Mass. Hospital's HIPAA Settlement
• Judge Backs DOJ In FCA Suit Over 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• Univita Health Hit With WARN Act Class Action After Layoffs
• IP Firm Denied Chance To Improve On Its Malpractice Victory
• A General Counsel's 6 Tips For Documenting Worker Behavior
• Fla. Gov. Orders Audits Of Hospitals' Reimbursement Pacts
• Texas Home Health Co. Fights $12M Medicare Repayment Bid
• Senate Dems Filibuster Planned Parenthood Defunding Bill
• Anthem Worker Row Belongs In State Court, 9th Circ. Hears
• 11th Circ. Vacates Doc's Conviction In $200M Medicare Con
• Feds Want Foreign Pill Smugglers Fined Nearly $50M
• U.S. House Lawmakers Seek Delay On FCC Unlicensed Vote
• Attys' Fees, Sanctions Denied In Hospital Retaliation Row
• Second Firm Rips Accusations Of Frivolous Pa. Hospital Suit
• FDA Warns Hospira Pump Fails Cybersecurity Tests
• Complying With ACA's 90-Day Waiting Period Limit
• OPINION: Bipartisan Trade Secrets Legislation Is Back
• RICO Suits Challenge Off-Label Drug Marketing