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Health - October, 2015

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• CORRECTED: Free Outpatient Drugs Not Kickbacks, HHS OIG Says
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Blue Cross Docs' ERISA Claim
• Synchrony Urges Arbitration For Dental Credit Class Action
• West Virginia Can't Sue Feds Over ACA Insurance Rule Fix
• Sports Tape Doesn't Relieve Pain, Class Suit Says
• Texas High Court Says Hospital Must Face Slip-and-Fall Suit
• Fresenius Beats FCA Suit Over Charging Free Excess Drugs
• Tenn. Surgical Co. Sues Hospital Over Patient Referral Drop
• Merck Slams Discovery Bid In $250M Sex Bias Suit
• 4 Sentenced For Roles In $126M Fla. Health Care Fraud
• Budget Deal Will Vault FCA Civil Penalties To New Heights
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Oakland's Bid To Keep Pot Shop Open
• Judge Orders La. To Uphold Planned Parenthood Contract
• Senate Passes Budget Deal To Stave Off Federal Default
• The Cadillac Tax: What Hospitality Employers Need To Know
• 450 Hospitals Pay $250M In Sweeping FCA Probe
• NJ Jury Renders $2.9M Verdict Against School In Fraud Case
• Pharma Exec's Indictment Shows DOJ Not Bluffing
• Ariz. Judge Slams Attys' Dispute In FCA Row As 'The Worst'
• Walgreens Offers Rite Aid Up To $650M In Breakup Fees
• Allied World Asks Court To Undo $5M HIPAA Coverage Ruling
• DOJ Steps In On FCA Suit Against National Nursing Co.
• Whistleblower Appeals Omnicare Win In $630M FCA Suit
• EEOC Fights To Reinstate Suit Over CVS' Separation Pacts
• Pa. Judge Wants Atty DQ Affirmed In Medical Malpractice Row
• Behavioral Health Co. To Pay $1M Over Billing Allegations
• MyoKardia Raises $54M In Latest Discounted Biotech IPO
• Rite Aid Picks New GC From Its Own Ranks
• Feds End Bristol-Myers FCPA Probe After $14M SEC Fine
• Ex-Warner Chilcott Exec Charged In Kickback Scheme
• NYU Sues Insurer For $1.4B In Sandy Damage Coverage
• Pa. High Court Says No To Arbitration In Nursing Home Row
• 5 Law Firms That Inspire Fear With Their Marketing Mojo
• 7 Takeaways As Industries Clash Over 340B 'Mega-Guidance'
• Lewis Brisbois Wins Sanctions In Clinic's Deposition Demand
• Allied Shareholders' Merger Settlement Torn Up By Judge
• Alabama Must Reinstate Planned Parenthood Contracts
• Settlement Lessons From Key Players In Guidant MDL
• Sutter Health Loses Appeal To Arbitrate Antitrust Row
• The Firms Behind Walgreens' $17.2B Rite Aid Play
• Bargaining Power Key To Walgreens, Rite Aid Merger Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starwood, UnitedHealth, DuPont
• Fraud Suit Against NJ Career School Goes To Jury
• VA And DOD Lag In Medical Record Sharing Efforts, GAO Says
• House Passes 2-Year Bipartisan Budget Agreement
• The State Of Medicaid Provider Fees In Bankruptcy
• Pa. High Court Says Some Medicaid Rates Are Public Info
• FTC Deputy Antitrust Chief To Leave Agency For Baker Botts
• Nursing Home Can Stay Open During CMS Fight, Judge Says
• Arrest Of Immigrant At Texas Clinic Isn't A HIPAA Issue
• All Eyes On DOJ As Novartis FCA Deal Takes Shape
• Munger Tolles Fights LA County's DQ Bid In DOJ Jail Deal Row
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• Cos. Urge NY High Court To Hear Facebook Privacy Appeal
• Chancery Won't Halt Suit Over $1B IBM Merge Healthcare Buy
• Simpson Thacher, Weil Guide Walgreens' $17.2B Rite Aid Buy
• LabCorp To Pay $11M To End FACTA Class Action
• Congress Strikes 2-Year Budget Deal With White House
• Whistleblower Nears $4.5M Win In Va. Medicaid Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Allstate's $6M Win In RICO Case
• Enter DOL-NYAG Pact Over Employer Health Benefit Plans
• Novartis Inks $390M FCA Deal Over Pharmacy Discounts
• High Court Pushed To Hear Row Over Dental LED Regs
• USAF Capt.'s Childbirth Injury Suit Appealed To High Court
• DOJ, FTC Suggest Va. Consider Overhauling Health Care Laws
• Allergan Breast Implant Suit Can Be Amended, 9th Circ. Says
• Hospital Calls Perjury Claims 'Defamation' In FCA Fight
• Vitamin E User Says Calif. Rulings Keep CVS Suit Alive
• NY Medical Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty To $55M Fraud
• AseraCare Gets New Trial After Judge Errs In Jury Instructions
• Biotech Co. Asks High Court To Enter Patent License Fray
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• States May Shape ACA Definition Of 'Small Employer'
• An Introduction To The World Bank Sanctions Regime
• Feds Tell High Court Tribe Missed Its Chance In Contract Row
• 6 State Board Antitrust Cases To Watch
• Are Patient Advisers Contraindicated For Pharma Cos.?
• Former AGs Want Ex-Ala. Gov.'s Bribery Sentence Tossed
• Medco Defrauded Gov't Health Insurance Programs, Suit Says
• State Board Antitrust Cases To Address Control, Oversight
• HealthCare.gov Revamped For New ACA Enrollment Cycle
• NLRB Tells DC Circ. Joke Threats Didn't Hurt Union Vote
• Ford Says 6th Circ. Must Rehear Ex-Worker's Benefits Suit
• House Passes Bill To Repeal Key ACA Mandates
• Challenges In Law Firm HIPAA Compliance
• Texas Leads $150M Dispute Of ACA Insurance Provider Fees
• Calif. Marijuana Co. Owes Tax Under Federal Trafficking Law
• Ebola Nurse Says NJ Gov. Christie Illegally Quarantined Her
• Gov't Watchdog Gets ACA Subsidies For 10 Fake Applicants
• DLA Piper Exits Suit Over Bankrupt Hospital's LBO
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Doctor's FCA Suit With NYU
• House Panel Subpoenas VA Officials In Funds Misuse Standoff
• Wyeth Should Face Drug Rebate Claims In Court, States Say
• Ill. Supreme Court Certifies Class In Pharmacy Junk Fax Suit
• VA Contractor Must Foot Bill For New Generators
• Doc In Menendez Scandal Overbilled Gov't, 11th Circ. Told
• Why More Businesses Are Considering The B Corp. Model
• Real Estate Rumors: Stuy Town, Hudson Yards, Kraft Heinz
• Don't Forget Child Sites Under The 340B Omnibus Guidance
• 8 Regulatory Considerations For Digital Health Care Cos.
• Lab Co. Facing Another FCA Suit After $256M DOJ Settlement
• Ebola Nurse's Hospital Appeals Ruling Keeping Suit In Court
• IRS To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages From All States
• Sperm Bank Defeats Negligence Suit Over Ex-Felon's Sample
• CMS Inclusive Care Program Bill Heads To Obama
• Judge Upholds Magistrate Recusal In Conspiracy Suit
• Rebuffed Ungaretti Client Says She Was Rightful Whistleblower
• No Kickback Penalties For Free Hospital Transport, OIG Says
• Calif. Blue Cross And Blue Shield May Pay Insurance Taxes
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• AseraCare Wants FCA Suit Atty Booted For Talking To Media
• Blue Cross Franchisee Looks To Duck Suits In Antitrust MDL
• Health Care Firm Hall Render Opens Seattle-Area Office
• BALCA Upholds Cert. Denial For Health Aides In Chicago Area
• Yates Memo Puts Health Care Employees, Execs On Notice
• DC Circ. Sticks Hospitals With Medicare Payment Denial
• Team Health Snubs $7.8B AmSurg Merger Bid
• Aetna, Humana Shareholders Back $37B Takeover Deal
• Husch Blackwell Pushes Again To End $625M RICO Suit
• NJ High Court Looks At Liability For Uninsured Physician
• Ex-NFL Player Says Retirement Plan Wrongly Denied Benefits
• J&J Unit Hit With $5.6M Verdict Over Calif. Risperdal Death
• Crowell & Moring Snags M&A Partner From DLA Piper
• Ex-Anti-Abortion AG Sues Kan. Justices For 'Evil' Suspension
• LA County Wants Munger Tolles DQ'd As Intervenor Counsel
• 7 Criticisms Of Medicare's Epic Nursing Home Rule
• Calif. Court Revives Cert. Bid For Nurses In Meal, OT Action
• High Court Again Tosses Ex-McKesson Chairman's Appeal
• NLRB Targets Community Health Systems For Labor Violations
• VA Wants Net Worth Cut From Benefits Determinations
• Ex-Access CEO Loses Bid For House Arrest In Fraud Case
• Texas Cuts Medicaid Funding For Planned Parenthood
• White House Must Wait To Appeal House Standing In ACA Suit
• Families Lose Bid For Easier Access To Texas Birth Docs
• UniCare Asks 6th Circ. To Rehear Ex-Ford Worker's ERISA Suit
• La. Planned Parenthood Funding Extended 14 More Days
• Lab Co. To Pay $256M To Settle FCA, Kickback Charges
• Gov't Rips Therapists' Retrial Bid In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Union Organizing Is Threatening Rehabilitation Programs
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• In Congress: Highway Funding, Debt Ceiling, Clinton
• Judge Worried About Fetal Tissue Videos Given To Congress
• White House Says DC Circ. Must Review Standing In ACA Case
• SC Hospital To Pay $72M To End FCA Row With Feds
• AseraCare Looks To Nix Some Claims In Hospice FCA Suit
• NY Care Centers To Clarify Fees Under 'Surprise Bill Law'
• Calif. Couple Convicted Of $1.5M Medicare Billing Fraud
• Sens. Call For Enforcement Of Mental Health Parity Law
• Is A Medical Device Cyber Vulnerability A Design Defect?
• Calif. Medical Pot Shops Fight IRS Write-Off Bans
• Feds Slam Ex-Access CEO's Bid For 6-Months House Arrest
• Changes To Medicare Payment For Clinical Lab Tests: Part 2
• Fla. High Court Overturns Medicaid Ruling For State Farm
• Fla. Indefinite Committals Are Unconstitutional, 11th Circ. Says
• Jury Backs DOJ In AseraCare's FCA Sampling Trial
• Pa. Justices Deny Appeal In Cigna Excess Insurer Fight
• FCA Whistleblower Says Hospital Coached Execs Into Perjury
• FTC Resolves Antitrust Row Over Pa. Orthopedist Merger
• 4 Issues To Watch After 340B Orphan Drug Ruling
• Indian Health Group Sues To Block Retaliation Probe
• Ex-Access CEO Asks For House Arrest To See Kids Graduate
• Changes To Medicare Payment For Clinical Lab Tests: Part 1
• Ex-Rite Aid Worker Can't Boost Award In Firing Suit Appeal
• Health Clinic Cohorts Plead Guilty To $70M Medicare Plot
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• Valeant Says Feds Probing Its Financial Assistance Program
• Ex-Chicago Hospital Owner Gets Almost 2 Years For Perjury
• 340B Orphan Drug Discounts Dialed Back
• La. Judge Orders Attys To Testify In Medicaid Contract Suit
• Cardiologist Hits NYC Hospital With $10M Retaliation Suit
• Kaiser Cuts Corners On Vital Mental Health Care, Suit Says
• Calif. Judge Decertifies Dispatcher OT Class, Citing Duran
• Ex-Access CEO Gets 3.5 Years For Fraud, Tax Evasion
• Embattled La. Firm Says Rival Atty Conflicted In Hospital Suit
• Some Parents Settle Aetna Kids' Mental Health Benefits Suit
• Body Part Snatching Case Should Go To Trial, Relatives Say
• Brace For HIPAA Audits As They Arrive In Early 2016
• John Hancock Sued Over Long-Term Care Coverage
• High Court Denies Hollister Ex-Beneficiaries' ERISA Appeal
• Hall Render Merges With Boutique Dallas Health Care Firm
• NJ Watchdog Digging Into Horizon's Tiered Plans
• Q&A With Fordham's James Brudney
• Ex-Manager Hits Houston Hospital With FCA Retaliation Suit
• Planned Parenthood To Refuse Fetal Tissue Reimbursement
• Supreme Court Passes On UnitedHealth's ERISA Question
• Epstein Becker Grabs SAIC, Miller Canfield Technology Pros
• CIA Prisoners Sue Psychologists Over Torture Contracts
• Pa., Philly Bar Committees Push Ethics Rule For Medical Pot
• Lessons From Hawaii's Trailblazing ACA 1332 Waiver Proposal
• Words Of Wisdom On Employee Wellness Programs
• Bristol-Myers Settlement: A Strong Warning To Joint Venturers
• Ex-CEO Challenging SEC Court Asks 7th Circ. For Rehearing
• Ex-Rite Aid GC Demands Indemnification For Fraud Conviction
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• Obama's FDA Nominee Too Close To Big Pharma: Sanders
• PE-Backed Packaging Co.To Raise Up To $366.6M In IPO
• Hospital Signs $4M FCA Deal Over Fugitive Doc's Surgeries
• EmCare Says Sex Harassment Case Relied On Shaky Evidence
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Jones Day
• Pa. Hospital Urges Class Cert. In Med Supply Antitrust Row
• Going To The Heart Of Workplace Health Programs And Apps
• Healogics Whistleblowers Dump Medicare FCA Suit
• Phishing For Coverage: When Is Fraud A 'Computer Fraud'?
• Cigna Agrees To End Controversial HIV/AIDS Drug Program
• Impossibility Preemption Is Possible In 510(k) Device Cases
• Obama Signs ACA Tweak To Aid 'Small Employers' With Costs
• Fla. Home Health Services Co. Hit With FCA Suit
• Ex-Access CEO Deserves 4 Years For Fraud, Feds Say
• Cytomx Prices IPO Below Range As More Biotechs Scale Down
• Centene Sues Shareholder For Bucking Del. Forum Selection
• Physical Therapy Co. CEO, GC Hit With Derivative Suit
• USHealth Facing Class Action Over Fax Ads Without Opt-Outs
• White House Dragging Heels On ACA Case, GOP Charges
• Drug Rehab Center Says Calif. City Illegally Pushed It Out
• The Retrospective Approach To Companion Diagnostics
• What To Worry About When Selling Lab Outreach Businesses
• 4th Circ. FCA Statistical Sampling Case Is One To Watch
• Horizon Policyholders Seek Revival Of Data Breach Suit
• State Farm Defeats Pa. Doctor's Defamation Claims
• Payroll Co. Kept From Amending W-2s For Health Aides Class
• Celgene Trying To Skirt $700M In FCA Claims, Relator Says
• LabMD Urges Sanctions For Tiversa Over Defamation Suit
• Miami Doc Indicted For Part In $20M Medicare Fraud
• FDA Menthol Study Didn't Harm Tobacco Cos., DC Circ. Told
• House Forms Abortion Provider Investigation Panel
• HHS Watchdog Warns Health Cos. On 'Info Blocking'
• NJ Nursing Home Wants Rethink Of Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Gay Son's Marriage Wasn't Legal When He Died, Mom Argues
• PharMerica Inks $9M FCA Deal Over Kickback Allegations
• Anti-Abortion Group Allowed To Give Videos To Congress
• A Post-Tuomey Future: Huge Stark Law Hospital Settlements
• Ark. Asks High Court To Eye Abortion Law's Constitutionality
• Celgene Can't Limit Claims In FCA Off-Label Marketing Row
• High Court Won't Stay DOL Wage Rule For Home Care Workers
• Planned Parenthood Looks To Add Class In Ark. Medicaid Suit
• Doctors, AGs Rally Behind Texas Abortion Law Challenge
• GOP Senators Want HHS To Look Into Fetal Tissue Research
• Chiropractic Clinics Tried To Defraud Geico, Suit Says
• Retired Union Rep's Vote Voids Benefits Award, Airline Says
• 5th Circ. Shouldn't Rehear Toe Implant Fight, Patient Says
• UPMC Says It Can End Highmark Medicare Coverage
• Husch Blackwell On Hook In Client's Fraud, Investors Say
• BCBS Blasts 'Hyperbolic' Reply To Its Carlton Fields DQ Bid
• Cravath Steers Amerisource In $2.6B Deal For PharMEDium
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Excellus Breach: Encryption Cannot Always Save The Day
• NJ Senators Call For AG Probe Of Horizon Tiered Plans
• Texas Tells High Court To Leave Abortion Ruling Intact
• Feds Unveil HIPAA Portal For Medical App Makers
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Tenn. Hospital's FCA Appeal
• USAA Skimped On MedPay Reimbursements, Class Suit Says
• SEC Points To Menendez Decision In House Subpoena Fight
• 'Right To Die' Becomes Law In Calif.
• GOP Bill Targets Federal Agency Whistleblower Retaliation
• Fla. Judge Won't Let Health First Dodge FCA Suit
• Arkansas Can't Duck Planned Parenthood Medicaid Payments
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Pays $14M Over Alleged China Bribes
• Privacy Risk Considerations In Health Care IT Investments
• Aetna Seeks Sanctions Over Counterclaim In $120M Fraud Suit
• SEC Judge Says Ex-Assisted Living CEO Owes $4.2M For Fraud
• Nurses' Registry To Pay $16M To Settle False Claims Suit
• EEOC Says Suit Over Worker Wellness Program Is Timely
• 6th Circ. Revives Ex-Ford Worker's Denied Disability Suit
• Faulty Medicare Payments, Tax Gap Costing Gov't Billions
• HCA Hospitals Claim Aetna Owes $16.4M In ER Payments
• Ga. Hospice Providers To Pay $3M To Settle FCA Claims
• Midmarket IPO Activity Drops In Q3 But Offers Sizes Grow
• NJ School Faces New Suit Over Surgical Tech Program
• NJ Hospitals Sue CMS Over Medicare Reimbursement Rates
• Ex-Dartmouth Prof. Urges Toss Of LabMD's Tiversa Suit
• 5 Firms Work On UK REIT's Financing Deals Worth $1.4B
• Sens. Introduce Bill To Protect Medicare Advantage Plans
• State AGs Vocal In New Supreme Court Term
• Geico Suit Over Kickbacks Paused For Ringleader Sentencing
• Genesis Healthcare Complied With FCRA, Judge Rules
• In Split Decision, 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Contraception Row
• VA Cops Should Have Expected Video Spying, Officials Say
• 7th Circ. Says Blue Cross Docs Aren't ERISA Beneficiaries
• Excess Insurers Off Hook For PIP Underpayment Claims
• Bill To Keep ACA 'Small Employer' Limit Goes To President
• 7th Circ. Skeptical Of Bid To Revive Wis. Abortion Law
• 4 IPOs Price Below Range In Health-Heavy Day Of Debuts
• Nursing Home Operators Blast Pa. AG's Hire Of Cohen Milstein
• Specialty Pharmacy Market Ripe For Private Equity Buyers
• Healogics Wound Centers Bilked Medicare, FCA Suit Says
• Justices Take On Arbitration Provision In Counselors' OT Suit
• Senate Dems Filibuster $78B Military Construction, VA Bill
• Jones Day Adds Ex-K&L Gates Partner To Pittsburgh Office
• DOJ Asks High Court To Resolve ACA Birth Control Split
• 11th Circ. Creates Flexibility For Courts On FLSA Suits