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Health - January, 2016

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• In Congress: Republican Messaging, Fiscal Year 2017, Flint
• Smokers Fight For Earlier Screenings At Philip Morris Trial
• NJ High Court Won't Review Limited Med Malpractice Award
• Planned Parenthood Asks 8th Circ. To OK Ark. Medicaid Ruling
• HHS Not Protecting Immigrant Children, Report Finds
• Insurer Says Tribe Hasn't Shown Plan Is Governed By ERISA
• Becton Shakes Hospital's Antitrust Suit Over Syringes
• GAO Says No Bias In $31M Pentagon Survey Contract Award
• Tiversa Says LabMD Can't Revive Data Leak Claims
• Fla. Radiology Center To Pay $8.71M To Settle FCA Claims
• DOJ Health Fraud Suit Flimsy, Rehab Chain Says
• Exec Used Up Sentencing Appeal With Sex Addiction Claim
• Chinese VC Firm Qiming Looks To Raise $620M For 5th Fund
• Medical Airlifter Sues To Block Price Regulation By Texas
• EEOC Wants En Banc Rehearing In CVS Severance Suit
• DOL Cements Tough Stance On Joint Employment
• The FDA's Priority List For 2016
• Philip Morris Casts Doubt On Lung Screening In Boston Trial
• Cerner Asks NY Court To Enforce $3.8M Abu Dhabi Judgment
• HIV Charity Missed Its Chance To Contest Back NJ Taxes
• CMS Floats Changes To Medicare Shared Savings Program
• Aetna Can Run Surgery Center Kickback Claims By 3rd Circ.
• Ill. Hospital To Appeal Charitable Tax Exemption Loss
• Medical Marijuana Amendment Qualifies For 2016 Fla. Ballot
• Feds Say States Can't Sue Over ACA Fee That They Don't Pay
• 'King Of Nursing Homes' Medicare Fraud Trial Gets Started
• Jury Orders Wal-Mart To Pay Pharmacist $31M For Sex Bias
• The Precision Medicine Initiative's 1st Annual Checkup
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• Burns White Adds 4 From Grogran Graffam To Liability Unit
• School Execs Must Forfeit $7.4M For Visa, Loan Fraud
• Health Care Providers Ask Justices To Clarify FCA Liability
• Breaking Down The Philip Morris Monitoring Trial
• Marlboro Smokers Demand Medical Monitoring As Trial Opens
• Pa. Hospital Urges DC Circ. To Overturn NLRB Raise Ruling
• Hospitals Can Seek Limits On Private Docs In FTC Merger Suit
• Lawmakers Want VA Ban On Medical Marijuana Talk Lifted
• La. Hospital Admitting Rules For Abortion Doctors Shot Down
• Surgery Center Can Shield Some Info In Meningitis MDL
• Defense Attys Ask High Court To Define FCA Liability Narrowly
• 9th Circ. Stands By Army Care For Experimented-On Vets
• Ill. Hospice Provider Escapes Some Medicare Fraud Claims
• Politically Connected Philly Woman Charged In Fraud Scheme
• NuWave Escapes False Billing Suit But Can't Win Sanctions
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Indicted Anti-Abortion Filmmakers To Turn Themselves In
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2015 JPML Practice Trends
• Ex-CEO Says He Was Fired Over $10M Medicare Whistleblowing
• Texas Jury Awards EMS Instructor Win In Sex Bias Suit
• Jury Finds Home Health Care Doctor Guilty Of Medicare Fraud
• Disabled Vet Convicted In $1.5M VA, SSA Benefits Scam
• Anti-Gay Marriage Judge Faces Removal From Ore. Bench
• Mass. Hospital Operator Seeks To Duck Rival's Monopoly Suit
• HHS Removes 3 STIs From List Barring Immigrant Entry
• 1st Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of PharMerica FCA Suit
• Examining Recent Corporate Integrity Agreement Trends
• Health Care Enforcement Reflections And Forecasts: Part 3
• Planned Parenthood Class OK'd In Ark. Medicaid Fight
• Justices Skim Tribal Trust Question In Contract Costs Row
• Dentists Pull Together To Sue Supply Distributors
• Indian Health Service Proposes Rules For Emergency Fund
• Faraci, Weitz Attys Named Lead Co-Counsel In Excellus Suits
• Baker, Hunton Guide Physicians Realty's $321M Offering
• Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Indicted
• 4 Hospitals Say Sensitive Info At Risk In FTC Merger Suit
• Select Medical Drops $400M On Pa. Rehab Provider
• Health Care Enforcement Reflections And Forecasts: Part 2
• Justices Won't Consider Overturning Roe In ND Appeal
• Justices Say Tribe Can't Excuse Delay In Fed. Contract Row
• In Congress: Snow, Energy, ISIS
• Thousands Of Cases Hinge On Fla. Justices' Allstate Decision
• Justices Urged To Deny Teeth-Whitening Clinic's Appeal
• United Healthcare Blasts Mom's Bid To Join ERISA Case
• NJ Atty Loses License For Misusing Client Funds
• Home Care Tops New Orleans' Health Fraud Fight: US Atty
• NY Managed Care Plans Hit With Insufficient Care Class Action
• Wilentz Loses Bid To Arbitrate Whistleblower Suit In Appeal
• Regulator Sanctions Halt Enrollment In Cigna Medicare Plans
• Ex-Gov. Beshear Returns To Old Ky. Home: Stites & Harbison
• Split Kan. Appeals Court Upholds Ban On Anti-Abortion Law
• Jones Day Scores Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Houston
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• Health Care Enforcement Reflections And Forecasts: Part 1
• Fla. Home Health Exec Convicted Of $57M Medicare Fraud
• What The Demise Of Insurance Co-Ops Says About The ACA
• Who's To Blame For 'Superbug' Outbreak And What's Next
• 4th Circ. Upholds Virginia Certificate-Of-Need Laws
• Acadia Shareholder's Suit Ends In $15.75M Deal
• FCA Theory Is 'Frankenstein's Monster,' High Court Hears
• The State And Federal Evolution Of LGBT Workplace Rights
• CMS Explains 'Turbocharge' Pay Policy After DC Circ. Loss
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• NY Managed Care Biz Ponies Up $47M In False Claims Row
• Chicago Doctor Appeals Sentence In Massive Kickback Scam
• Hospice Exec Says Affair Rumors Irrelevant In Fraud Trial
• Medical Billing Co. To Pay $500K Over False Tricare Bonuses
• Aides Slap NYC Home Health Agency With FLSA Suit
• Fla. High Court Will Hear Allstate PIP Insurance Case
• House GOP Subpoenas Treasury, IRS Brass Over ACA Payouts
• 10th Circ. Affirms NLRB Decision In Dispute Over Back Pay
• Privacy May Trump Free Speech In Anti-Abortion Video Suit
• Attorneys React To High Court ERISA Reimbursement Ruling
• High Court ERISA Ruling Could Stretch Benefit Plans Thinner
• J&J Unit's Expert Slams Tylenol Death Timeline At Retrial
• Home Health Co. Co-Owner Gets 10 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Pa. CVS Stores Pay $450K To Settle Expired Product Claims
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• CMS Targets Abuse Of ACA Special Sign-Up Periods
• Ex-NYU Professor Launches Sex Harassment Suit
• Anthem Denies That Massive Data Breach Did Harm
• Consumer Finance Deceptive Ad Enforcement Lessons: Part 2
• Justices Say ERISA Plan Can't Chase Spent Settlement Funds
• Senate Panel Splits Approach To 21st Century Cures
• FCA Suit Over Grants To Ohio State Dismissed As 'Spurious'
• Trial Opens In Mobile Doctors Medicare Fraud Suit
• Hospitals Urge FTC To Hand Over Data In Merger Opposition
• Christie Pocket-Vetoes NJ Hospital Tax Exemption Bill
• Statistical Sampling Debate: A Growing Web Of FCA Cases
• High Court Axes ACA Origination Clause Suit
• $31M Malpractice Deal Kills Bad Faith Claim, Insurer Says
• Justices Reject Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban Appeal
• VA Pays $3.2M To End Dispute Over Hospital Project Delays
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• How EEOC Costco Case Impacts Customer Harassment Claims
• What To Know About NY's New Pregnancy Law
• Fla. Court Sees Conflict In 'Offer Of Settlement' Fee Rulings
• Labor Department OKs $15K Settlement In H-1B Wage Dispute
• LabMD Urges Review Of Data Security Suit Dismissals
• FDA Clears Redesigned Scopes In 'Superbug' Saga
• NJ Says It Lawfully Quarantined Nurse Who Treated Ebola
• Ex-Medco Exec Says He Had Front-Row Seat To FCA Fraud
• Okla. Judge Says Criminal Abortion Law Constitutional
• Hogan Lovells Snags Ex-Glaser Media, Antitrust Trial Pro
• Imposter Doctor Doesn't Void Insurance Policy, 4th Circ. Says
• Federal Says It Needn't Defend Health-Care Co. In $30M Suit
• DC Circ. Says FDA Menthol Study Didn't Harm RJ Reynolds
• Calif. Hospital Pays $3M Over Stark Law Violations
• Anesthesiologist Group Denied Early Win In Firing Suit
• Tribe Tells Court Its Benefits Plan Is Covered By ERISA
• Pentagon To Reassess PwC's $58M Health Contract Award
• 4th Circ. Urged To Allow Sampling To Show FCA Liability
• Hospital Can't Revive 2 Meningitis MDL Bellwether Cases
• 2nd Circ. Offers No Relief In Ambulance Co.'s NLRB Suit
• Planned Parenthood Sues Abortion Foes Over Secret Videos
• Miami Medicare Fraudster Pleads Guilty In $63M Scheme
• Republicans Ask GAO To Review Obamacare State IT Systems
• Ex-CFO Drops FCA Claims Against Ariz. Hospital
• EU Committee Advances Novel Cybersecurity Rules
• Lessons In Enforcing Paid Sick Leave Protections
• Ex-Pharmacist Gets 9 Years For $14M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• When Motions In Limine Lead To Due Process Violations
• Ky. Gov. Says Exec. Order Nulls His Role In Kim Davis Suit
• Insurer Says Fed. Law Bans $3M Suit Over Air Ambulance Fees
• Calif. Atty Sanctioned For Sexist Deposition Comment
• Report Says FDA, Device Makers Failed In Superbug Outbreak
• New Louisiana Gov. Tears Out Of Gates With More Medicaid
• Whistleblower Firm Phillips & Cohen Adds Miami Office
• Kan. Gov. Urges End Of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
• Sidley Austin Nabs Veteran FDA Device Regulator
• Abbott Asks For Reconsideration To End Stent FCA Suit
• PE Buyer Nabs AED Maker Cardiac Science In Ch. 11
• Husch Blackwell Beats RICO Claims In $625M Suit
• How The Budget Act Will Help Fight Disability Program Fraud
• Congress' Conflicting Approach Toward Medical Marijuana
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• Jury Makes Surgery Center Pay $321K In Retaliation Case
• Texas High Court Told Funds Can't Dodge $45M Deal Row
• Lewis Brisbois Nabs 14 Mannion Gray Injury Suit Pros
• Obama Says Politics Need A Fix In Final State Of The Union
• LabMD's Data Security Suit Too Late, Ex-Dartmouth Prof. Says
• Fla. House Panel Passes 3 Health Care Deregulation Bills
• Chicago Hospitals Fight FTC, Say Merger Isn't Anticompetitive
• Birth Control Mandate Unlawful, Texas Again Tells High Court
• NJ High Court Maintains EMS Takeover Law During Appeal
• Florida 'Pill Mill' Operator Gets 30 Years Behind Bars
• NY Clinic Owner Gets 12 Years For Role In Painkiller Ring
• Takeda Execs Admitted To Actos Scheme, Relator Claims
• Rehab Therapy Co., Nursing Centers Pay $133M In FCA Deals
• Health Care Delivery — Where Do We Go From Here?
• FDA One Step Closer To New Chief After Senate Panel Vote
• Philip Morris Rips Smokers' 'Inflammatory' Jury Instructions
• NJ Doc's Patent Lawsuit Sunk By No-Sue Agreement
• Business Groups Oppose Fla. Workers' Comp Law Challenge
• DOJ, FTC Back SC Bill To End Certificate-Of-Need Laws
• Nursing Home Slams NLRB's Quick Rulings In Labor Row
• CVS Pharmacists' OT Suit Meets Its End In 9th Circ.
• Nursing Facilities Can't Fight Pa. AG's Cohen Milstein Hiring
• DOJ Should Block Health Insurer Tie-Ups, AAI Says
• Ill. Relators In FCA Suit Call Sanctions Bid Attempt To Mislead
• High Court Stays Out Of CAFA Dismissal Fight
• Ex-Lab Owner To Pay $3.75M For Unnecessary Cancer Tests
• Justices Won't Review Texas Medical Arbitration Rule Case
• Health Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
• High Court Won't Review Ex-Ala. Gov.'s Bribery Conviction
• Deal Makers Hope JPMorgan Conference Will Perk Up Biotechs
• Nurses Say Whistleblowing Activity At Iraq Base Protected
• Hospital, Staffing Cos. Settle Nurses' Wage Action For $1.6M
• 4 Charged In Fla. Social Security, Immigration Scheme
• Mo. Lawmaker's ACA Birth Control Suit Survives
• Supreme Court Arbitration Row Settles Before Args
• Miami Man Convicted In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Hospitals Sue Over Changes To Medicare Reimbursements
• Texas Medical Board To Appeal Teladoc Immunity Decision
• 3 Retail Industry Trends To Watch In 2016
• Obama Vetoes Latest Attempt To Dismantle ACA
• Health Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
• 'Wicked Tuna' Star To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
• Dentons Wins Overhaul Of Ill. Prison Mental Health System
• Jenner & Block Competition Pro Joins DLA Piper In Chicago
• Ambulance False Claims Suit Sent Back To Drawing Board
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• A Look At FTC Challenge Of Chicago-Area Hospital Merger
• Docs Say Egg Cos. Influenced Abolition Of Cholesterol Limit
• Fla. Lawmakers File Health Care Cost Transparency Bills
• Ill. Appellate Court Overturns Hospital Tax Exemption
• NJ Lawmakers Weigh Hospital Tax Exemption Bill
• 5 Key Arguments As High Court Abortion Fight Begins
• Abbott, Whistleblower Can't End Stent False Claims Suit
• Fed. Claims Court Says Army Contract Protest Looks Futile
• Top 10 Privacy Issues To Watch This Year
• Toe Implant Fight Wrongly Sent To State Court, Stryker Says
• PE Firm Summit Partners Invests $250M In Medical Group
• UnitedHealth To Settle NY AG Antitrust Probe
• Health Group of the Year: O'Melveny & Myers
• A Checklist For Avoiding HIPAA Violations On Social Media
• Challenging The Contraception Mandate Once Again
• BigLaw Attys Share Abortion Stories At High Court
• NLRB Won't Reconsider Rulings In Noel Canning-Era Row
• Health Group Of The Year: Latham
• House Sends ACA Repeal Bill To White House
• NJ Says Town Left In EMS Lurch Without New Law
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rush House Panel In SEC Subpoena Spat
• Medical Tech CEO Gets Probation In Kickback Scheme
• Patient Data Access Legal In Mount Sinai FCA Suit, Court Told
• Lobbying Group AHIP Takes Another Hit As Aetna Jumps Ship
• Cigna Settles Patient Harassment ERISA Suit
• Mental Health Employees Settle Wage Class Action
• New Guidance On ACA 1332 Waivers Unlikely To Deter States
• Chicago Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Medicare Scam
• Nurse Opposes Feds' Defense Limit Try In $14M Fraud Case
• Feds Fight Ex-Warner Chilcott Exec's Bid For Witness Info
• ACA Allows Forced State Payments Into Reinsurance Fund
• Ambulance Co. Sounds Alarm On NLRB Firing Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Rite Aid Cures Judge's Concerns, Gets $9M Wage Deal OK'd
• Chancery Dampens Bid To Halt $17B Rite Aid-Walgreens Deal
• Chicago Doctor Sentenced In Massive Kickback Scam
• WARN Notice Is Not End Of Employment, 6th Circ. Says
• Birth Control Opt-Out Process Unfair, Religious Orgs Argue
• NJ, Equality Group Say Gay Conversion Ban Is Constitutional
• Justices Asked To Compel Arbitration In Nursing Home Row
• Pa. Court Axes Law Barring Convicts From Nursing Home Jobs
• FTC Dings Dental Software Provider For Encryption Promises
• Nashville Pharmacy Co. Settles FCA Suit For Almost $8M
• NJ Didn't Justify Stay In EMS Law Case, Hospital Says
• EEOC Says Orion Has No Safe Harbor With Wellness Program
• 3 Hottest Industries For Deal-Making In 2016
• 6 Health Cos. Line Up For IPOs In Busy 2016 Start
• Guam Ambulance Biz Operators Cop To $11M Fraud Scheme
• Health Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
• Binding Arbitration For Health Care Cost Disputes In NJ?
• Top 10 Health Law Developments In 2015 And What's Ahead
• Assessing The Legal Risk Of Unregulated Yoga Therapy
• Is Morbid Obesity An Impairment Under The ADA?
• 7th Circ. Revives Civil Rights Suit Against Medical Co.
• Doctors Urge 11th Circ. To Review 'Gun Gag' Ruling
• Hospital Says Judge Can't Decide Ebola Nurse's Work Status
• Health Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• Insurer Says It Can Push Bad-Faith Claim Over $31M Award
• Clinic Tells Justices ND Abortion Case Lacks Novelty
• Smokers Say Philip Morris Can't Slam Cancer-Screening Test
• Hospital Urges Fla. High Court To End Workers' Comp Fight
• Miss. Hospital Pays $156M To Settle Pension Fraud Suits
• NJ High Court To Decide If EMS Law Stays During Appeal
• Grocer Wants Justices To Strike Down Wash. Plan B Law
• Pa. Justices Reject Appeal Over $125M Tobacco Settlement
• EEOC Loses ADA Challenge To Wis. Co.'s Wellness Program
• ERISA Litigation In 2015 And A Forecast For The Year Ahead
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Polsinelli, Cozen, Robins Kaplan
• Gov't Extends Some ACA Reporting Deadlines For Employers
• Teladoc Antitrust Case Offers 3 Lessons For State Boards
• What Your Outside Counsel Doesn't Know About E-Discovery
• In Congress: A Light Week
• This Could Be A Monumental Year For The 340B Program
• What To Expect From State Attorneys General This Year
• Dispute Settlement At The WTO: Outlook For 2016