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Health - September, 2015

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• Millennium Wins $5M Insurance Coverage For HIPAA Probe
• Planned Parenthood Wins Reprieve In Ohio Licensing Dispute
• Pope Francis And Pro Bono Publico
• NJ Officials Push Horizon To Delay Tiered Coverage Rollout
• Allcare Can't Appeal $4.7M Fee Award In Highmark IP Row
• 4th Circ. Takes Up Milestone FCA Sampling Case
• Chase May Be Liable For Employees' ID Theft, 2nd Circ. Says
• House Passes Bill Reauthorizing VA Health Care Programs
• Adventist Hospitals Hit With Wage And Hour Suit In Calif.
• Doc Guilty Of $7M Medicare Fraud Through False Diagnoses
• A Look At The Legality Behind Daraprim's Price Spike
• Lessons From Key Players In Guidant MDL
• House Backs Gov't Funding Bill, Averting Shutdown
• FCA's Split Personality Makes Compliance A Moving Target
• Disease Outbreaks May Bode Ill For Your GCL Coverage
• Ala. Judge Keeps Privacy Suit Against Hospital Alive
• Doc Can't Be Sued For Lack Of Insurance, NJ Justices Say
• NJ Judge Limits Testimony In Career School Class Action
• GOP Reps To Planned Parenthood: Show Us The Money
• HHS To Launch New HIPAA Audits In Early 2016
• Honigman Beats DQ Bid In Blue Cross Antitrust Suit
• House OKs States Blocking Abortion Providers From Medicaid
• Medicare Paid $30M In Questionable Ambulance Rides: Audit
• Hawaii High Court Seeks Comments On Marijuana Ethics Rule
• Assisted Living Co. Disputes 'African' Label In EEOC Bias Suit
• Fight For Conoco-Aetna Docs Erupts In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• Rate Reductions Require HHS To Show Its Work First
• Costco Beats Claims Over Illegal One-Stop Eye Exam Shops
• Feds Flouting Constitution In VA Bribery Case, Court Told
• Florida Gov. To Tackle Hospital Price-Gouging
• Mo. AG Says No Tissue Tampering At Planned Parenthood
• Senate Advances Temporary 'Clean' Gov't Funding Bill
• Insurer Didn't Breach Duty To Doctor In Malpractice Deal
• House Votes To Block ACA 'Small Employer' Change
• Insurer Dodges Coverage For Post-Heart Attack Drowning
• Lawmakers Worry Horizon Plan Could Hurt NJ Hospitals
• 3 Ways Employers Can Prepare For The ACA 'Cadillac' Tax
• Gov't Hits Miss. Hospice Provider With False Claims Suit
• CORRECTED: House To Vote On Limiting 'Small Employer' Under ACA
• The Rise Of The Obama Workplace
• In Congress: Boehner, Shutdown, President Xi
• CORRECTED: Blue Cross Must Face Claims It Should Be Taxed Like Insurer
• Medical Informatics Breach Suit Stayed Pending JPML Action
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Revive NJ Hospital's Antitrust Suit
• Cardinal Health To Exit Antitrust Suit With $1.2M Deal
• Vet Tells 2nd Circ. $2M Suffering Award Is Much Too Small
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Cigna Doctors' Benefits Suit
• EEOC Slams EmCare's Bid To Undo Sex Harassment Verdict
• Judge Right To Urge LabMD Data Suit Dismissal, Tiversa Says
• Okla. Abortion Bill Illegally Stacks Laws, Doctor Claims
• Brand Battles: MLB, 'The Simpsons,' HHS
• Device Co. Fights BCBS Bid To Kill $67M Antitrust Suit
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Treasury Says IRS Dropping Ball On ACA's Insurer Fee
• CareFirst Says Lack Of Harm Sinks Data Breach Suit
• Xerox Sued Over Alaska Medicaid Billing Software
• HHS Report Outlines More HealthCare.gov Vulnerabilities
• House Speaker John Boehner To Resign In October
• Plaintiffs May Win Cert. In McKesson TCPA Junk Fax Suit
• Kickstarting Information Governance: 3 Ideal Pilot Projects
• Dems Stop Bid To Defund Planned Parenthood In Budget Bout
• Blue Cross Defends $30M Antitrust Settlement At 6th Circ.
• Nixon Peabody Adds Former Bond Schoeneck Partner
• Feds Say New Trial In VA Bribery Case Is Unjustified
• Pa. Justices To Mull Nursing Home Survival Claim Arbitration
• Horizon Asks 3rd Circ. Not To Revive Data Breach Suit
• Ky. Clerk Kim Davis Loses Another Marriage License Fight
• Ex-Army Intern Transfers Bias Suit To Fed. Claims Court
• BCBS Antitrust Players Continue Battle Over MDL Cert. Plan
• Rite Aid Wins Damages Retrial In $2.6M Needle-Phobia Suit
• 3rd Circ. Denies Objections To Horizon Reimbursement Deal
• Clinton Aims To Tackle Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs
• Stopgap Funding Bill Would Reauthorize EB-5 Program
• 9th Circ. Won't Halt Discovery In Anti-Abortion Groups Row
• Wal-Mart Tells Texas Justices Optometry Penalty Can't Stand
• 9th Circ. Denies Doctor Immunity In Child Abuse Suit
• Montefiore Drops $209M For Yeshiva U. Bronx Properties
• Consultant Charged With Embezzling $1M From Medical Center
• Louisiana Judge Won't Rethink Recusal In Malpractice Row
• Troutman Snags Health Lobbyist From Humana
• Anti-Corruption Tips For Health Care Cos. Operating In China
• FDA Regulation Catches Up To Next-Gen Gene Sequencing
• Real Estate Rumors: BioMed, Uber, Samsung Life
• Did The NLRB Just Hand NLRA Successorship To States?
• 3rd Circ. Grants More Flexibility To Section 363 Buyers
• Judge Orrick Defends Planned Parenthood Ruling At 9th Circ.
• Akin Gump Snags Ex-Ambassador, Antitrust Pro For DC Office
• Mo. AG Wants Walgreen Punished In Expired Sales Tags Row
• Catholic Orgs Ask Full 2nd Circ. To Rehear Birth Control Case
• Bulk Of UnitedHealth Hospice FCA Row Forges Ahead
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Making Pharmacies Arbitrate With CVS
• OPINION: 47 Million Clients, Every Lawyer's Dream
• Judge Certifies FLSA Lawsuit By NJ Nursing Assistants
• Calif. Hospitals Ask For Rehearing Of Reimbursement Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, ConocoPhillips, Casa Reha
• Jersey City Expands Health Benefits For Transgender Workers
• Aetna, Anthem CEOs Grilled Over Planned Mergers
• Aetna, UnitedHealth Dodge Surgery Centers' Antitrust Suit
• Senate Democrats Block 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill
• NJ Hospital Urges DC Circ. To Invalidate Bargaining Group
• Hospital CEO Cops To Perjury In $188M Health Care Fraud
• 'Corrupt' Calif. AG Sank $843M Hospital Deal, Suit Says
• 8 Ways To Prepare For HIPAA Audits
• ACLU Says Ky. Clerk Kim Davis Is Unlawfully Altering Licenses
• HHS Must Revisit $220M Hospital Pay Cut, Judge Rules
• UnitedHealth Again Tells Justices Circuits Are Split On ERISA
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• White House Seeks DC Circ. Review In House ACA Case
• Medidata Slams Chubb Unit's Refusal To Cover $4.8M Fraud
• Excellus Facing Class Action After Data Breach
• Adventist Health To Pay $119M To End FCA Claims
• Ho-Chunk Nation Votes To Nix Marijuana Ban
• UnitedHealth Asks Justices To Settle Split Over ERISA Suits
• Aetna Says DOJ Seeks More Info On $37B Humana Buy
• Tribal Contracts Merit Special Consideration, High Court Told
• Amedisys Inks $8M Deal To Exit OT Class Action
• Stryker Slams Attys' Fee Bid In $6.8M TCPA Class Action Deal
• Last NJ Lawmaker Freed From Day Care Fraud Suit
• Ex-Access CEO's Attys Fight 'Tragic' Higher Fraud Sentence
• The FDA's Risk-Based Approach To Medical App Enforcement
• In Congress: The Pope, RAPID Act, And A Looming Deadline
• Chubb Unit Says It Doesn't Owe Tech Co. For $4.8M Loss
• DC Circ. OKs Director Decisions While NLRB Lacked Quorum
• Judge reinstates Medicaid for Arkansas' Planned Parenthood
• Religious Groups Draw On 10th Circ. Dissent In ACA Fight
• Medical Imaging Co. Pays $1.6M Over FCPA Investigation
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Morris, Baker Botts
• Anti-Abortion Groups Can't Plead 5th In Video Sting Suit
• VA Failing To Punish Officials For Misconduct, OSC Says
• Gov't Says Miss. Hospital Owner Charged Medicare For BMWs
• Insured Customers Claim CVS Overcharged For Generics
• Universal Health Pays $350M For Addiction Treatment Network
• 5th Circ. Upholds VA Med Malpractice Judgment For Widow
• CDC Says 24 People Affected By Listeria Outbreak
• Health Insurance Startup Clover Scores $100M In Funding
• House Passes Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood
• 2nd Circ. Expands Prosecutorial Liability In Morse V. Fusto
• 5th Circ. Upholds $6M Win For Allstate In RICO Case
• University Of Missouri Ends Planned Parenthood Contracts
• NJ Wants Hospitals' EMS Law Complaint Tossed
• Ex-Md. Regulator Rejoins Hogan Lovells As Health Partner
• Sysco, United Behavioral Health Duck Penalties In ERISA Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Worldpay, Priory Group, Unilabs
• House Tax Panel Passes Biz Benefit Extension, ACA Bills
• Bon Secours Health Says Ex-Workers' FCA Suit Lacks Merit
• Whistleblower Drops 7th Circ. Appeal In CVS Kickback Suit
• ACA Birth Control Opt-Out Imposes On Religion: 8th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Supports Specifying Deadlines In ERISA Rows
• 3 NY Workers Win $6.2M In Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
• Hospital Urges Judge To Ignore Magistrate, Toss Privacy Suit
• LabMD Makes Final Push Against Tiversa Claims In FTC Case
• EEOC Suit Says Hospital Pulled Religious Nurse's Job Offer
• HHS Watchdog Says Weak Oversight Enabled Website Woes
• Epstein Becker Nabs Ex-DeCotiis FitzPatrick Tax Pro
• Fla. High Court Asked To Review Searcy Denney Fee Cap Spat
• Greenberg Adds San Francisco Politico To Gov't Affairs Team
• FCA Suit Relied On Outdated Medicare Regs, 8th Circ. Told
• Medical Informatics Breach MDL Belongs In Ind., JPML Told
• Ky. Clerk's Appeal Efforts Blasted, Denied At 6th Circ.
• Doctor Accused Of Illegally Letting Assistants Do Surgeries
• Beijing Aims For More Foreign Capital In Service Sector
• Obama Taps FDA Deputy Commissioner To Lead Agency
• FTC Affirms ALJ's Authority In LabMD Data Privacy Dispute
• Medical Transport Co. Hit With Pricing Scheme Class Action
• LSU Hospital Operator Slams Dismissal Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Wash., Suquamish Tribe Greenlight Novel Marijuana Pact
• IRS Clarifies Extenders Of Bonus Depreciation Deductions
• CVS To Pay $48M To End Investor Suit Over Stock Drop
• NJ Pols Slam Horizon's Alliance With Select Hospitals
• DOJ Eyes Settling FCA Suit Over 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• ManorCare Wants Whistleblower Tossed From FCA Suit
• Judge Recuses Self Over Son's Firm's Role In Malpractice Row
• What's Next For The Affordable Care Act?
• NJ High Court Adopts Uniform Mental Health Privilege Rules
• Solving Law Firm Staffing Problems Through Innovation
• Orthotic Co. Says No Connection Between Audits, Stock Drop
• PharMerica Improperly Withheld Docs In FCA Suit, Court Told
• Morris Manning, Paul Weiss Guide $1.25B Trilogy Deal
• Cigna Fee-Forgiveness Suit Precluded, Surgery Centers Say
• Fla. Hospital District Pays $69.5M To End FCA Suit
• Cigna Says Orrick Atty's SUV Bought With False Claim Cash
• NJ Lawmaker Still Faces Medical Day Care's Fraud Claim
• DOJ Gets Back Pay For Returning Soldier Not Re-Employed
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Review Malpractice Suit Fair Notice Ruling
• IRS Loses Appeal Over $24M LifeCare Sale Tax Bill
• Wyeth Says Medicaid Didn't Trigger Protonix Discounts
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear ERISA Dispute With Texas Clinic
• Abortion Opponents Denied 'Blanket' 5th Amendment Claim
• FDA Slashes Forecast On Alerts For Counterfeit Drugs
• Court OKs Transfer Of Clinics Implicated In Medicaid Fraud
• EEOC Settles Row Over Firing Of Nurse With Cancer
• McKesson Sanctioned Again In TCPA Class Action
• 11th Circ. Revives Grad Student Wage Class Action
• Altshuler Berzon, Cohen Milsten Attys To Lead Anthem MDL
• This Week In Congress: Planned Parenthood, Fiscal Cliff, Iran
• 9th Circ. Outlines Test For Successor Liability
• Ex-Hospital Worker Says Wrongful-Billing Report Led To Firing
• Detroit Hospital To Pay $42M To End Nurse Wage-Fixing Suit
• Advocate Health Ducks Most Of Ill. Data Breach Suit
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Ark. Medicaid Funding Cut
• Nursing Homes Blast Legal Fees Bid After $17M Settlement
• Husch Blackwell Snags Ex-Leydig Voit IP Atty
• Houston Psychiatrist Convicted In $158M Medicare Scheme
• Mich. Sen. Proposes Freeing Tribes From Health Benefits Tax
• LabMD Tells Court Not To Toss Claims Against Tiversa
• 2nd Circ. Denies Prosecutors Immunity For Evidence Claims
• Doctors Assigned Payment Rights Can Sue Insurers: 3rd Circ.
• DOL Promises To Hold Off On Enforcing Home Care Rule
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Trial Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• Houston Court Revives IDev Shareholder Suit Over Dilution
• 9th Circ. Stands By Ruling In Washington Plan B Case
• FTC Closes Probe Into Calif. Health Plan's FCRA Compliance
• UnitedHealth To Pay $9.5M In Insurance Underpayment Row
• Law Firms Vie For Lead Spot In Anthem Data Breach MDL
• 5th Circ. Affirms Pair's Sentences In $11M Medicare Fraud
• Health Care Co. Sues Insurer Over Denied Libel Suit Defense
• Hogan Lovells Adds Former UnitedHealth Litigation Chief
• Texas Court Dumps Malpractice Suit Over Stolen Semen Case
• The Emerging Fall Fiscal Cliff
• King & Spalding Lures Off-Label Expert From FDA
• Fight Over Health Insurance Mergers Hits Capitol Hill
• CVS Can't Force Drugstores To Arbitrate, 5th Circ. Hears
• Fresh Scrutiny Looms For House ACA Lawsuit At DC Circ.
• SEC Settles Insider-Trading Charges Over GE Deal
• Quest Antitrust Class Action On Thin Ice, Judge Says
• Blue Cross Blasts 'Streamlining' Proposal In Antitrust MDL
• Health Net Must Use State's Tax Formula, Ore. Court Says
• Culture Wars Reignite At Planned Parenthood Hearing
• NY Health Insurer Hit With Hack Potentially Affecting 10.5M
• Jailed Health Co. Heads Hit With $2M Judgment In FCA Suit
• ManorCare Can't Shake DOJ's FCA Overbilling Suit
• Pa. Justices OK Expedited UPMC, Highmark Medicare Appeal
• 7th Circ. Wary Of Docs' ERISA Claim In BCBS Clawback Fight
• State Farm's Device Payments Violate Pa. Law, Justices Hear
• House GOP Can Sue Over ACA Spending, Judge Says
• DOL Urges DC Circ. To Not Delay Home Care Rule
• HHS Rule Provides Broad Anti-Discrimination Protections
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Teva Counsel As White Collar Partner
• Aetna Owes Nearly $34M in Surgery Payments, Texas Suit Says
• Health System Calls Antitrust Claims Over LSU Deal Ironic
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Partners And Counsel In Miami, DC
• Malpractice Award Subject To CIA Limit, NJ Court Says
• House Passes E-Warranty Bill, Renews Health Programs
• Docs, Health Insurers Spar Over Looming Mega-Mergers
• Tribe Tells High Court DC Circ. Flubbed Contract Costs Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi Kuaidi, One Call Care, Potash Corp.
• Ex-Access CEO Faces Higher Sentence For Fraud
• McGuireWoods Grabs Ex-Tenet M&A Counsel For Texas Office
• Stryker Asks Judge To OK $6.8M TCPA Class Action Deal
• Ky. Clerk's Freedom Contingent On Letting Deputies Work
• DOL Home Care Wage Rule Part Of Larger Pro-Worker Agenda
• The Latest Cross-Border Privacy Rules In Asia-Pacific
• Allied Denied $8M Refund Of St. Luke's FTC Defense Costs
• Ga. Hospital Inks $35M FCA Deal Over Doc Pay, Billing
• Birth Control Waiver No Burden On Faith Orgs: 7th Circ.
• Atty In NJ Gov.'s Office Departs For Hospital Exec Job
• Fortis Nabs $107M Loan For Long Island College Hospital Buy
• Ore. Judge Faces Ethics Probe Over Gay Marriage Opposition
• Bracewell Giuliani Partner Joins Pillsbury In Austin
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Health Care Shareholder In Philly
• 11th Circ. Rips Jurisdiction Call In Ameritox Kickback Row
• Ex-Highmark CEO's $32M Suit Says Affair Spurred Firing
• OSHA Cites NJ Hospital Over Patient Assaults
• Inside The Summer's Hottest M&A Plays
• EmCare Tries To Undo Sex Harassment Jury Verdict
• Boeing, Plant Workers' $90M ERISA Class Settlement OK'd
• EPA's Hazardous Waste Rule Is Just What The Doctor Ordered
• Gay Couples Get Marriage Licenses In Defiant Ky. County
• The Injustice Of Forced Arbitration At Nursing Homes
• Omnicare Beats $630M FCA Suit After 7-Year Saga
• The 5 Practice Areas Scrambling To Hire
• 10th Circ. Dissent Blasts Upheld ACA Birth Control Opt-Out
• HHS Backs Wider Transgender Insurance Coverage
• Two Plead Guilty In $126M Miami-Area Health Care Fraud
• Akin Gump Launches New Effort To Advise On Cuba Matters
• Texas Abortion Law Challenged At Supreme Court
• VA Health Care Applications Widely Mismanaged: Report
• Carlton Fields Not Conflicted In Insurance Row, Allied Says
• Insurer Beats Cancer Widow's ERISA Claims In 8th Circ.
• DC Judge Questions W.Va.'s Standing In ACA Suit
• Calif. Jury Clears UCLA In $1.25M Medical Data Breach Suit
• Ky. Clerk Jailed For Contempt In Marriage License Row
• 340B Omnibus Guidance Could Lead To Increased Drug Costs
• OIG Is Focusing On Physicians
• UCLA Data Breach Victim Seeks $1.25M As Trial Closes
• 1st Circ. Ruling Doesn't Apply In Labeling Suit, CVS Says
• Insurer's Mistake Doesn't Mandate Coverage, Court Rules
• 3rd Circ. Backs Fair Notice To Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs
• DOL Asks DC Circ. For Quick Approval Of Home Care Rule
• Aetna-Humana Deal Threatens Medicare Advantage, AHA Says
• Transgender Worker Health Care Bill Clears Calif. Assembly
• Mass. Judge Says Pfizer Whistleblower Suit Likely To Proceed
• Top 10 Steps When Responding To A Disaster
• Cancer Care Strikes Deal With HHS To End Data Breach Claims
• 8 Indicted In $50M Calif. Drug Treatment Center Fraud
• Top LA Eateries Plotted Price Hike For ACA Costs, Suit Says
• UPMC-Highmark Price Conspiracy Claims Get Go-Ahead
• Planned Parenthood Takes Aim At Ohio's Abortion Restrictions
• UCLA Reports Stolen Laptop With 1,200 Patient Names
• Kmart To Pay $1.4M To Settle Whisteblower's FCA Suit
• Don't Make Too Much Of 9th Circ.'s Mayo V. PCC Ruling
• The Tension Between Corporate Opportunity And Innovation
• Physiotherapy Trust Hits Ex-Owners With $250M Fraud Suit
• UCLA Data Breach Victim Manipulative, Jury Told
• 7th Circ. Revives UnitedHealthcare TCPA Suit
• Centerbridge-Backed Dialysis Center Operator Eyes IPO
• Ohio Misinterpreted 'Family' In Medicaid Act, 6th Circ. Says
• Reconsideration Still For Only The Rarest Of Protest Cases
• Anti-Abortion Activists Need Not Remove Fetal Tissue Video
• Rhode Island AG Seeks Review Of 10% Blue Cross Rate Hike
• Fla. AG Tells 11th Circ. Not To Stay 'Gun Gag' Decision
• USA Water Polo Says New Concussion Rules Would Hurt Sport
• Feds Back Planned Parenthood In Louisiana Medicaid Fight
• Clerk Refusing Marriage Licenses Hit With Contempt Motion
• The Greatest Cybersecurity Risk Comes From Within