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Health - February, 2018

243 articles

• Del. Class Suit Over Weight Loss Drug Trial Leaks Tossed
• Weight-Loss Surgery Docs Hit With Fraud Charges
• USOC Revamps Amid Nassar Scandal, CEO To Step Down
• Fla. Home Health Agencies' Owner Sentenced For $66M Fraud
• Chancery Rules For Class In UnitedHealth FCA Books Demand
• Cherokee Slam Bid To Take Opioid Suit To Federal Court
• 2nd Circ. Backs Hospital's Quick Win In ERISA Row
• Drug Cos. Want Blue Cross Unit Sanctioned In Aggrenox MDL
• Shkreli Argues For Short Prison Stint Ahead Of Sentencing
• Doc Admits Letting Aegerion See Patient Data, Target Teens
• OptumRx, Providers Look To Toss Pharma Audit RICO Suit
• Goulston & Storrs Lures Back ERISA Atty From Murtha Cullina
• DOJ Unveils Opioid Task Force, Eyes Foray Into Ohio MDL
• Ex-Drug Distribution Exec Convicted In $50M Scheme
• Insurer Must Cover $4.8M Fraud Loss, Medidata Tells 2nd Circ.
• Harvey-Flooded Facility Says Insurer Lied About Coverage
• Latest ACA Assault Has Fighting Chance Despite Clear Flaws
• CVS, Aetna Pitch Lawmakers On Merger Benefits
• Gov't Fights Challenge To ERISA Church Plan Exemption
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• Ohio Doc Says Health Plan Should Pay For Ill Son's Transport
• Navigating The Complexities Of A Digital Health Transaction
• 7 Tips For Creating Effective Employee Wellness Programs
• 20 AGs Sue To Toss What's Left Of Obamacare
• Geico Blasts Law Firms, Network In $15M Fake Claims Suit
• Ex-Jets Player Loses Pot Decriminalization Suit
• Judge Keeps Retaliation Suit Against Medical Co. Alive
• DOJ Ditches Much Of UnitedHealth FCA Suit
• Civilian Hospitals To Train Military Docs Under House Bill
• House Passes Health Care Research, Outreach Bills
• Hospital Group Wants ERISA Suit Nixed After High Court Loss
• Shkreli Caused $10.4M In Losses, Not Zero, Judge Rules
• Ex-JPM Banker Argues Conviction Served On 'Silver Platter'
• Seyfarth Adds Employee Benefits Litigator In San Francisco
• Doctor Charged Over Sharing Patient Info With Aegerion
• Texas Justices Nix Health Co.'s 'Death Penalty Sanctions'
• 4th Circ. Revives Junk Fax Suit Over 'Free' E-Books
• Anticipating This Year's HIPAA Enforcement Trends
• Health Hires: Goodwin, Alston & Bird, Lucas & Mercanti
• Meningitis Pharmacist Must Forfeit $175K Before Restitution
• Opioid MDL Attys Clash With DEA Over Drug Data
• Shkreli Can't Beat Stock Fraud Rap Post-Trial
• UK Health Care REIT Scores £94M From Share Sale
• Tilton, Patriarch Hit With $10M Suit In TransCare Case
• US Steps Into Tricare FCA Suit Against Pharmacy, PE Owner
• Nontraditional Health Care Programs Under The Microscope
• Goulston & Storrs Grows Corporate Team With Boston Hire
• Ill. Executive Inspector General To Join Schiff Hardin
• Trump's Pick For Indian Health Service Head Withdraws Name
• 4th Circ. Resurrects Medical Device Co. Investor Suit
• DOJ Health Fraud Vet Joins Crowell & Moring
• Miami Medicare Conspirator Gets 5 Years For $63M Scheme
• Pa. Attys' $38K Sanctions Halted For 3rd Circ. Appeal
• Senior Living Center Operator Rejects $1.68B Buy Offer
• Litigation Over The Flu Shot: A New Symptom Of Flu Season
• Menendez-Connected Eye Doc Gets 17 Years For $42.6M Fraud
• CEO Accused Of Tipping Ex-MLB Player Gets 2nd Mistrial
• Guidelines Set At 20-24 Years For Eye Doc's Fraud Sentencing
• AIG Denied Quick Win In Becton Antitrust Coverage Fight
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over Rite Aid Flu-Shot Calls
• HHS Scrubs $12B ACA Request Spotlighted By Insurers
• Houston Pharmacy Owners Deny $23M Health Fraud
• Meet The Forthright Judge Who Crushed A $350M FCA Verdict
• Express Scripts Beats NY Pharmacy's Antitrust, Contract Suit
• Surgical Robotics Co. Reaps $118M In Private Financing
• Suspended Doc Can't Challenge Authority Of Ky. Med Board
• Embattled Shulkin Working To Stop 'Hijack' By VA Staff
• Investor Counsel Sanctioned For ExamWorks Suit Delays
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Working For Uncle Wally
• High Court Won't Review CareFirst Data Breach Standing Row
• Texas Health Science Center Pays $13M To Settle Grant Row
• 4 Takeaways As Trump Admin. Backs Skimpy Health Policies
• Medical E-Records System Maker Counters Rival's $30M Suit
• Justices Let Stand Health Workers' Convictions in $63M Fraud
• FDA Warning Wire: Problems At Pfizer Plant
• Ex-Katten Muchin Atty Says Jury Misconduct Tainted Trial
• Ky. Says Distributor Failed To Police Opioid Prescriptions
• Ex-Workers Hit NJ Hospital Network With Whistleblower Suit
• Atty Relishes Role As Longtime Foe Of Tort Reform Laws
• Meet The Attys At The Opioid MDL's Negotiating Table
• Rehab To Pay $25M To End Investor Suit Over Murder Probe
• Insmed Beats Stock-Drop Suit Over Lung Disease Drug
• Massage Envy Ducks EEOC Suit Over Ebola Fear-Driven Firing
• Health Care-Focused Blank Check Co. Prices $250M IPO
• Momenta, Sandoz Can't Nix Drug Antitrust Suit, Court Told
• Kindred Investors Seek To Stop Humana's $4.1B Acquisition
• NLRB Tees Up Misclassification Standard For Review
• $12B ACA Case Strengthened By Trump Budget, Insurers Say
• New FCA Ruling Puts Medicare Advantage Plans On Alert
• Bass Berry Snags Ex-HHS, Polsinelli Health Care Atty
• McElroy Deutsch Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Atty For New RI Office
• NJ Teacher Cops To Role In $50M Drug Fraud Scheme
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis, Skadden, Weil
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Orthodontist Backs Off On Extension Challenge In Award Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Union Investment, ADME, Braintree
• Hospital Workers Win Less Back-Pay Than Sought At NLRB
• Dubious Timeline Saves Nursing Home Chain From OT Suit
• HHS 'Subverted' Congress On Medicare Pay, Labs Say
• Pa. Justices Snub Patient's Appeal Over Brain Hemorrhage
• Davis Polk Advises Roche On $1.9B Flatiron Health Buy
• Agencies Better At Cybersecurity Than Vendors, Study Says
• W.Va. Opioid Suit Against McKesson Sent Back To State Court
• Jury Awards Ex-UCLA Doctor $13M In Gender, Age Bias Trial
• VA Chief Admits Bad 'Optics' Of His Euro Trip
• NJ Justices' Unemployment Ruling Invites Changes To Law
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Ex-Tribal Health Clinic CFO Gets 1 Year For Wire Fraud
• Golub Capital Sinks $270M Into Radiology Co.'s Calif. Growth
• Drawing A Road Map For Nationwide Health Info Sharing
• How Natural Experiments Can Help In Estimating Damages
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• 4 Tips For Applying Arbitration Agreements To TCPA Claims
• NuVasive Says Rival Hired Key Workers, Copied Spine System
• NY Pharma Sales Rep Cops To $45M Health Fraud Scheme
• Ex-UCLA Doctor Seeks $16M As Gender Bias Trial Wraps
• Trustee Fee Fight Prompts Ch. 11 Retroactive Closing Bid
• Orthodontist Says Supply Co. Can't Keep Stalling €3.9M Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Healthineers, Blackstone, Takata
• Athenahealth Must Face Fired Worker's Claims
• Freshfields Snags DOJ Litigation Head For Antitrust Group
• Idaho Breached ACA With Health Insurance Move, HHS Told
• HHS Fines Co. That Left HIPAA Medical Records In Dumpster
• Ex-NFLer's Pot Decriminalization Suit Hits Possible Snag
• VA Watchdog Slams Shulkin's Eurotrip, Secretary Hits Back
• Czech Republic Faces $1B In New Claims From Plasma Co.
• Ex-CEO Hid Millions, Lived Large Off Pa. Co., Feds Charge
• Norwest Grabs $1.5B For Its Largest-Ever PE Fund
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• Bill Paxton's Family Sues Hospital, Doc For Wrongful Death
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Lab Vendor's RICO Suit
• 11th Circ. Asked To Rehear Amgen, Pfizer Win In Enbrel Suit
• Texas AG Says ERISA 'Likely' Preempts State Reg Of HRAs
• ExamWorks Seeks Investor Sanctions In Del. Appraisal Suit
• Dental Supply Co. Hits Back At FTC Antitrust Allegations
• Fox Rothschild, MRI Cos. Founders Sued By Investors
• Clinical R&D Lab To Scoop Up Pharma Testing Co. For $800M
• 1st Circ. Denies Bid To Stall Solodyn Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Senate Panel Grills OMB's Mulvaney On Trump Budget
• NLRB Needs Quorum To Certify Union Votes, DC Circ. Told
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 14
• Baylor Can't Use Med Mal Law To Beat Wrongful Firing Suit
• What Hospitals Need To Know Before Forming A Drug Co.
• Meningitis Pharmacist Tells Court Restitution Is Too Much
• Mich. Is Unlawfully Storing Newborns' Blood, Suit Says
• FTC Hits Top 3 Dental Supply Cos. With Antitrust Suit
• Will Big Drugmakers Mimic Purdue On Opioid Marketing?
• Trump Budget Would Cut BIA Funds, Up Indian Health Money
• UnitedHealth Can't End DOJ Suit In Big FCA Battle
• Ex-Siemens Exec Claims He Was Ousted For Extortion Report
• Nossaman Adds Health Care Litigator To Austin Office
• UnitedHealth Unit Urges Fed. Circ. To Reverse $12M IP Loss
• Fla. Appeals Block Of Abortion Waiting Period Law
• Shkreli Seeks Light Sentence, Saying His Victims Profited
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Health-Focused PE Firm 1315 Capital Closes $300M Fund
• Supplier Wins $100M DOD Radiology Systems Contract
• Emerging Trends In FCA Enforcement: 2018 Outlook
• 5 Takeaways As White House Dishes On Drug Prices
• Biomet Denied Early Wins In Metal Hip Replacements MDL
• Hospital Wants Last Meningitis Case Back In Md.
• Computer Sciences To Pay Md. $81M To End Medicaid IT Row
• People Have Right To Keep Health Data Secret, 2nd Circ. Says
• DOJ Slams Hospital Chain In Surgery Center's Antitrust Row
• Health Hires: Ropes, Brown Rudnick, Mallinckrodt, DLA Piper
• Enviro Analysis Says Congress Threatens Access To Courts
• Mental Health Centers Strike $4M Deal In Medicaid Fraud Row
• Gov't Steps Into Eye Products FCA Suit After $3M Settlement
• DOJ Settles Antitrust Suit Against Mich. Hospital
• Records Clinched Amputee's $109M Win In Surgery-Error Trial
• Wis. Tribe Sues State For Right To Grow Hemp
• Cherokee AG Wants Federal Opioid Jurisdiction Case Dropped
• Kindred Shareholders Sue Over $4.1B Deal's Missing Info
• Agency Guidance Limits May Shift Health Care Enforcement
• Congress Fumbles Spending Debate, Shutting Gov't Down
• Texas Justices Told Record Refutes $9.6M Brain Injury Verdict
• Hospice Co. Pays $1.2M To Settle 2 Whistleblower Suits
• Sens. Unveil Bill Aimed At Curbing Opioid Crisis
• Ex-Shields Pharmacy Exec Asks 1st Circ. To Allow FCA Claim
• Special Master Tapped For $38M Anthem Atty Fee Fight
• Top HIPAA Enforcer Joins Polsinelli, Sees No Discipline Dip
• Texas Court Won't Force Hospital Into Med Mal Case
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Whistleblower Can't Avoid Tax On FCA Award, NJ Court Says
• Ill. Women's Clinic Hit With OT, Retaliation Suit
• Cooley Guides Canadian Pot Co.'s $48M Funding Round
• Inside New HHS Plan For Health Care Worker Protections
• NY Doctor Gets 13 Years for $25M False Medicare Charges
• Judge Caps Escobar FCA Claims, Tells Attys 'Get On With It'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wyndham, Goldman Sachs, Ping An
• Aetna Sues, Settlement Admin Counters In HIV Privacy Case
• PTAB Finds Widely Asserted Fitness Tracker Patent Obvious
• Atty Negotiating Teams Set In Opioid MDL
• Senate Leaders Reveal Spending Deal As Shutdown Looms
• FDA's Off-Label Delay Not Enough For Big Drugmakers
• FTC Again Urges Alaska To Nix Restrictive Health Care Laws
• FTC Nominees Focused On Mergers, Tech, Health Care
• Hospital To Face Some Claims In Last Meningitis MDL Case
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• Pa. Medical Pot Bidder Grilled Over Permit Challenge
• Epic Beats Whistleblower's 'Woefully Deficient' FCA Suit
• The Latest On TCPA Exemption For Health Care-Related Calls
• After Tragedy, Mom Says Pharmacists Must Seek Docs' Rx OK
• Gag Order Issued Over Opioid MDL Settlement Talks
• Investors Want Closing Of Millennium Labs Ch. 11 Blocked
• House Passes Government Funding Band-Aid
• UPenn Hospital Can't Yet Exit Brain-Damage Suit, Judge Says
• Doc Must Face Undiagnosed Heart Disease Suit, Court Says
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Former NFL Player Convicted Over $40M Tricare Fraud
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Attys As Partners
• Docs Call Cigna's 11th Circ. Appeal Over $25M Deal Premature
• Ballard Spahr Sued For Malpractice Over IP Rental Advice
• SoCal Senior Housing Community Scores $82M Loan
• Omnicare Settlement: Outlier Or Beginning Of Broader Trend?
• Surgery Center, Estate Contest Punitives In Meningitis MDL
• Ex-Doc Gets 8 Years For Fraud, Illegally Dispensing Opioids
• What To Know About CMS' New Bundled Payment Model
• Ex-USA Gymnastics Doc Gets 40 To 125 More Years In Prison
• Navajo Nation Sues HHS Over $7.2M Education Program Cut
• Chiropractors Fight State Farm Bid To End Payments Suit
• IRS Asks Supreme Court To Skip Appeal In Marijuana Case
• Trump Admin. Greenlights Ind. Medicaid Work Mandate
• Biomed Co. Appealed Too Late In Trade Secrets Row: 7th Circ.
• Mass. Health Boards Raise Concerns Over Potential Pipelines
• EEOC Tallies More Than $400K In Settlements
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Dr. Scholl's Class Action
• UNC, Duke Med Faculty Get Cert. In No-Hire Antitrust Suit
• UK Health-Tech Co. Closes $28M Series A Funding Round
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• DOJ Limitation On Agency Guidance Levels Playing Field
• What To Expect After Trump's State Of The Union Address
• Ex-Lab Execs Found Liable For $17M Medicare Fraud
• Nurse Gets $100M In Medical Helicopter Crash Suit Deal
• Gov't Defends FCA Whistleblower Provision At 10th Circ.
• Nurse Who Left Job Can't Get Unemployment Pay: NJ Justices
• Inside The Opioid MDL's Big Closed-Door Hearing
• Fresenius To Pay $3.5M After Quintet Of HIPAA Breaches
• 5th Circ. Won't Interfere With Opioid Probe Into Texas Doc
• 5 Challenges For Attys In Doc-Patient Sex Assault Cases
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age
• DOJ Has New Policy On FCA Dismissals — Finally
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: A Judge's Example