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Health - November, 2015

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• Doctor Urges Cert. For 10K Health Providers In Junk Fax Suit
• UPMC Can't End Highmark Medicare Contracts: Pa. High Court
• CMS Doubles Down On $220M Hospital Pay Cut
• 'No Urgency' To Restore Redstone Ex-Caretaker, Judge Says
• Alabama Reinstates Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Contract
• CVS Pharmacists Win OK For $3M OT Deal On 2nd Shot
• Nursing Home Chain To Pay $3M Over Ambulance Kickbacks
• Justices Won't Hear Texas Vet's Occupational Speech Appeal
• Saul Ewing Wins M&A, Private Equity Pro From McCausland
• O'Melveny Guides $1.5B Group Bid For Chinese Health Co.
• SEC Freezes Assets Related To Alleged $10M EB-5 Scam
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Snell & Wilmer Deal-Maker In LA
• Dermatologist Clears 40 Counts Of Health Care Fraud
• Incompetence Claims Motivated By Money, Redstone Attys Say
• House Panel, Ex-Aide Take SEC Subpoena Fight To 2nd Circ.
• Quest Escapes Antitrust Class Action
• Texas AG, Others Support Obamacare Tax Row In High Court
• Canada Faces $4.8B NAFTA Claim Over Marijuana Facility
• Aetna Pushes For Sanctions In Surgery Center Kickback Suit
• Muslim Worker Sues NJ Hospital Over Henna Tattoo Bias
• Feds Expect $30M From FCA Deals With Fla. Pharmacies
• Air Force Extends Health Care Contractors' Work For $984M
• Health, Enviro Orgs Seek To Join EPA Ozone Row In DC Circ.
• The MVPs Of Health Law
• Prime Violated NLRA During Union Negotiations, Board Rules
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Attacked From All Sides
• Pa. High Court Won't Reinstate Atty Disbarred Over Fraud
• The Dangerous Secrets Your Client Is Keeping From You
• FTC Appeals Unfavorable LabMD Data Breach Decision
• HIPAA Fine Follows Stolen Laptop At Mass. Hospital
• NLRB Tells DC Circ. To Let Director Authority Decision Stand
• IRS Won't Challenge Loss Over $24M LifeCare Sale Tax Bill
• NJ High Court To Consider Insurance Fraud Standard
• UnitedHealth Plan Reaches Settlement In ERISA Suit
• Ex-Hospital CFO, Docs Guilty In $580M Referral Billing Scheme
• LabMD Sues 3 FTC Lawyers Over Data Security Case
• Anthem Says Data Breach MDL Should Be Tossed
• Medco Says Ex-Worker Can't Bring FCA Suit
• Spirit Tells 6th Circ. Arbitrator Steamrolled Health Row
• Health MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford
• Shearman Says Ex-Employee Faked Med Docs In FMLA Suit
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• A Lawyer's Guide To Analyzing Age Discrimination Claims
• Health, Life Sciences Cos. Have Most IP Theft Issues: Report
• 2015: A Blockbuster Year In Health, Life Sciences M&A
• Blue Cross Entities Want Out Of Anthem Data Breach MDL
• Texas Pol Gets 1 Year For Barratry In Kickbacks Plot
• Extortion Claims Against Calif. Union Tossed As Repetitive
• 7th Circ. Affirms Illegality Of Wis. Abortion Law
• OSHA Fines Hospital Cabinet Maker For Workplace Violations
• Consumers Seek Cert. Again In Medical Records Fee Row
• Nursing Home Worker In OT Suit Says Arbitration Doc Forged
• Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Cut Medicaid Contracts
• Ex-MedCap CEO Reaches Deal With SEC Over Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-TPG Employee, Cousin Settle SEC Insider Trading Case
• Buchanan Says GC Docs Key To Sports Deal Malpractice Row
• Whistleblower Wins $4.5M In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• More Regulators Eye Health Info Blocking
• Class Counsel Fees Getting 'Intense Judicial Scrutiny'
• Husch Blackwell Wants State Claims Resolved In $625M Suit
• Texas Doctor Petitions Supreme Court To Hear His ACA Suit
• NJ Bills Look To Boost Health Care Cost Transparency
• U. Of Fla. To Pay $19.9M To Settle Grant Overcharge Claims
• Vt. Urges High Court To Overturn ERISA Preemption Finding
• Faegre Baker Daniels Can't Duck $4.6M FCA Malpractice Suit
• Novartis Faces Strict Pharmacy Oversight In $390M Deal
• ND Urges Justices To Reconsider Roe V. Wade
• LSU's Bid To Oust Hospital Operator Premature, Judge Rules
• Health MVP: Skadden's Jeremy London
• SEC Says At Least $10M Was Diverted From Calif. EB-5 Funds
• SEC Accuses Nursing Home Exec Of $190M Fraud
• LabMD Is Major Setback For FTC In Data Security Cases
• Texas High Court Takes On Row Over $45M Hospital Buy
• Locke Lord Exits Doctor's $2.5M Offshore Trust Suit
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• NJ Hospitals Sue Over Approval Of Horizon's Tiered Coverage
• Chancery Says Ex-Universata Exec Waited Too Long To Sue
• 5 Key Issues As UnitedHealth Mulls ACA Exit
• Gov't Urged To Team With Industry To Tackle Cyber Risk
• Coverage Suit Flop Not On Anderson Kill, NY Court Affirms
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Tribe Deserved Extra Time In Support Costs Suit, Justices Told
• DOJ Settles Florida Hospice FCA Row For $3M
• LabMD Wants Cybersecurity Co. Sanctioned For Info Leak
• Oregon Agency Immune To Oracle Copyright Suit, Judge Says
• Firm's Records Destruction Irrelevant In HealthPort Suit: Judge
• Physician, Clinic End Post-Employment Retaliation Row
• Health MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein
• Kennedy's Hazy Abortion Record Clouds High Court Case
• Nursing Home Took Serious Anti-Union Actions, NLRB Says
• Philly Doctor Accused In $15M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• Health MVP: Boies Schiller's Stuart Singer
• Wis. Home Care Biz Cuts Felony Medicaid Fraud Deal
• NY Doc Gets Almost 4 Years In $100M Test-Referral Scheme
• Gibbons Gov't Affairs Chief Takes VP Role With Horizon
• Pa. High Court Affirms Law Banning 'Wrongful Birth' Suits
• Hospital Says Atty Paid Witnesses In Arbitration Hearing
• Pa. Must Join Multistate Tobacco Settlement Arbitration
• Feds Wants 10 Years For Detroit Doc's Medicare Fraud
• Abortion Providers Say Tenn. Laws Overly Restrictive
• OB/Gyn Licensing Board Slaps Test Co. With Copyright Suit
• HHS Seeks 11th Circ. OK To Cut Medicare To Nursing Home
• A Little-Known Powerful Tool To Fight Calif. Insurance Fraud
• HIPAA Lessons From The Warner Chilcott Settlement
• FTC's Data Security Authority Limited In LabMD Ruling
• Judge Trims Breach Suit Against Health Data Co.
• 7 More Sentenced In $126M Florida Health Care Fraud
• Health MVP: BakerHostetler's Susan Feigin Harris
• 3rd Circ. Sends $26M Healthfirst Repayment Row To NJ Court
• Sullivan Stolier Denies Talking To Media About Hospital Suit
• Whistleblower Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Medicare FCA Suit
• Millennium Labs Defends $5M HIPAA Coverage Ruling
• VA Says Nurses Failed To Show Harm In Age Bias Suit
• Pa. Justices Told Bankrupt Biz Can't Add Trustee To Suit
• Air Liquide Inks $13.4B Deal For Industrial Gas Co. Airgas
• Suture Express Wants Liability Ruling In $200M Antitrust Suit
• 'Bridge Contracts' Ensure Continuity, But At What Cost?
• 28 Indicted In $9.5M Workers' Comp Billing Fraud Scheme
• Surgical Co. Can't Nix Investor Suit Over Lens Implants
• Maryland Couple Found Guilty Of $80M DC Medicaid Fraud
• High Court Won't Hear Planned Parenthood FOIA Request Suit
• New Fla. Medical Pot Bill Revamps Distribution System
• O'Melveny Brings Back White House Senior Counsel In DC
• Merck Sales Reps Seek OK To Send Sex Bias Suit Notices
• More Hospitals Hit HHS Over Medicare Reimbursement Cut
• Navigating The Circuit Split On Implied False Certification
• FTC Loses LabMD Data Security Suit
• Blue Cross Must Cover In-School Autism Care, Pa. Judges Say
• Justices Won't Scrutinize ERISA Suits Against Claims Admins
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• Former Fla. HMO Owners Sue BankUnited for $1.2B
• Seneca Nation's Funding Dispute With HHS Put On Hold
• FTC Kicks Marketer To Curb In Insurance Scam Settlement
• 10th Circ. Keeps Coal Worker's Benefits After APA Challenge
• EEOC Dodges Timeliness Defense In Wellness Program Suit
• Twitter Hit With Patent Suit From Doctor Contact Site
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Airs Doubts On Health Insurer Tie-Ups
• Wyeth Rejects Claim That It Promoted Off-Label Prescribing
• Doc Says Arbitration Group Falsely Advertises 'Neutral' Judges
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• US Supreme Court To Review Texas Abortion Law
• Blocking Medical Expense Claims Just Got Harder In Fla.
• Fla. Man Gets 30 Months For Role In $126M Health Fraud
• UPMC, Highmark Agree To Terms Over In-Network Access
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank, T-Mobile, Syngenta
• Judge OKs Prime's $62M Bid For Bankrupt NJ Hospital
• Judge Opts Out Of Class In Insurance Data Breach Suit
• Sava Execs Not Sued As Nursing Home Officers, Insurer Says
• Judge OKs Univita's $2.5M Asset Sale To Fla. Home Care Co.
• HUD Floats Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule
• Whistleblower Can't Get Stuck With 'Costs,' 2nd Circ. Told
• Akin Gump, Paul Weiss Guide Apollo In Deal For Hospital Co.
• DOJ Must Block Health Insurance Mergers, AMA Says
• No-Show In Miss. Hospice FCA Suit Must Pay Treble Damages
• AseraCare Is Now A Key Case For FCA Defendants
• Ky. Clerk's Marriage Ban Doesn't Break Law, 6th Circ. Told
• Akerman Launches Fraud And Recovery Practice Group
• Prime's $62M Bid For Bankrupt NJ Hospital Tops Auction
• Blue Shield Sues Former Exec Over Divulged Secrets
• Millennium Hits Ch. 11 Amid $200M Lab Tests FCA Deal
• Health Data Co. Denies Duty To Protect Patient Info
• Chinese Investors Traded Tips On PE Deals, SEC Says
• Fla. Ruling Tees Up Fight Over Access To Hospital Reports
• Misclassified Careworkers Owed Nearly $200K In Back Wages
• Senate OKs $80B VA And Military Construction Funding Bill
• Court Says Pa. Health Care OT Law Can Restore Wages, Job
• GAO Says VA Justified In Canceling Overbudget Clinic Project
• 3 Pressing Challenges For Personalized Medicine
• State Forays Into The Regulation Of Biometric Data
• High Court Grills Health Plan Over Settlement in ERISA Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Medical Record Fee Row, For Now
• Boeing Gets Nod For ERISA Settlement Over Autism Benefits
• Tribal Health Plan Lacks Immunity In ERISA Row, Judge Says
• Hospital, Vendor Resolve Conn. AG's Claims Over Data Theft
• Novant Health To Pay $32M To Settle ERISA Fees Row
• Mount Sinai Must Face Whistleblower Suit, Judge Rules
• Hospital Tells DC Circ. Lack Of NLRB Quorum Invalidates Deal
• Christie Axes Four Of Five Atlantic City Recovery Bills
• Highmark Wants Arbitration For Ex-CEO's Termination Suit
• AHA Says DC Circ. Must Resolve Medicare Appeals Backlog
• Ky. Gov.-Elect To Drop Clerk Names From Marriage Licenses
• Untainted-Asset Freeze Creates Atty Conflict, Justices Told
• The Evolution Of Federal Policy On Human Test Subjects
• Full Medical Bills Allowed Before A Calif. Jury, Again
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• RJ Reynolds Asks DC Circ. To Stub Out FDA Menthol Study
• PharMerica Agrees To Pay $15M To Settle TCPA Class Action
• W.Va. Appeals Ruling It Can't Sue Feds Over ACA Rule Fix
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Challenge To SEC In-House Court
• Whistleblower Too Late On Humana FCA Claims, Court Told
• 4 Sentenced In $64M Medicare Mental Health Scheme
• Brookdale Again Defeats Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• 5th Circ. Will Rehear Stryker Toe Implant Fight
• Policyholders Slam CareFirst's Bid To Nix Data Breach Suit
• Aetna Says Texas Hospital Already Has $120M RICO Suit Docs
• FTC Opposes Planned Merger Of Two W.Va. Hospitals
• Abortion Foes Challenge Pittsburgh Buffer Law At 3rd Circ.
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. Clerk Must Keep Issuing Marriage Licenses
• High Court To Review ACA Birth Control Opt-Out
• Health Care Caught In RCRA Hazardous Waste Enforcement
• Union Funds Ask Del. High Court To Reinstate False Ad Suit
• Hospital Co. Beats Claims That It Fixed 9th Circ. Panel
• Houston Hospital Says Fired Manager Never Made FCA Claims
• Fla. Cardiovascular Center Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• Sens. Want Army Probe Of Alleged Mental Health Sanctions
• La. Firm Holds Rival Atty Has Conflict In Conspiracy Suit
• Polsinelli Adds 7 Kilpatrick Townsend Lawyers In Atlanta, DC
• Senate Dems Block DOD Funding Bill But Advance VA Bill
• Ky. Clerk Slams Judge's Contempt Order At 6th Circ.
• Target Workers Closer To Unionizing As NLRB Won't Undo Vote
• Community Health, 3 Whistleblowers Strike $2.6M Fee Deal
• Tiversa Blasts LabMD's Sanctions Bid In Defamation Row
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Hogan Marren Health Care Expert
• Senior VA Officials' Punishments Pending, House Panel Hears
• Marketing Co. Seeks To Pare Whistleblowers In $80M FCA Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Mazie Slater Bullying Allegations
• Clinic Owner In Fla. Fraud Scheme Says He's 'Least Culpable'
• HCA To Pay $215M To Settle Shareholder Class Action
• Insurer Maintains That Policy Doesn't Cover Guard's Theft
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• FTC Names Pay-For-Delay Czar To Interim Antitrust Post
• BigLaw Eyes Benefits Cuts Amid 'Cadillac' Tax Wrangling
• Texas Hospital Wants Aetna Sanctioned In $120M RICO Suit
• Rite Aid Investor Seeks To Block Walgreens' $17B Takeover
• House Duels Over Reasons Behind ACA Co-Op Failures
• HHS Home Health Authorization Rule Survives Industry Protest
• FTC Urges SC Lawmakers Not To Further Restrict Nurses
• Munger Tolles Can't Deny Conflict In Inmate Case, LA Says
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• CMS Pressed On 'Creative Accounting' At ACA Co-Ops
• Lawmakers Query VA On Breach Of Veterans' Personal Data
• AmSurg Withdraws $7.6B TeamHealth Buyout Bid
• UnitedHealth Hit With ERISA Suit Over Insurance Nonpayments
• HHS Inspector General Details 2016 Investigative Plans
• Babcock & Wilcox Sued Again Over Pittsburgh-Area Pollution
• Therapist Asks For Fairness In $63M Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Iowa Man Takes Obamacare Tax Challenge to Supreme Court
• Debevoise & Plimpton Slashes Associate Health Benefits
• Health Data Co. Had Duty To Victims Of Breach, Judge Told
• Blue Shield Faces Suit In Calif. Over Hep C Drug Denials
• Pa. High Court To Hear Latest Challenge To Natural Gas Law
• Medical Informatics Says Lack Of ID Theft Sinks Breach Suit
• Union Says GM Is Cheating Retirees Out Of $95M In Benefits
• Using Information Graphics Effectively In The Courtroom
• In Congress: Default Averted, A Return To The 'Typical'
• 5 Takeaways From The Novartis FCA Settlement