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The Legal Intelligencer

Physician 'Blacklisting' by the National Practitioner Data Bank

HCQIA called for the creation of a national database "to protect peer review bodies from private money damage liability and to prevent incompetent practitioners from moving state to state without disclosure or discovery of previous damaging or incompetent performance."
6 minute read

The Recorder

'We Need to Deliberate': Democratic AGs Plot Obamacare Defense Strategy

"This is late in the session for the court to be taking up cases, but this is a critical one," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

5th Circuit Declares ACA's Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Punts on Scrapping Entire Law

"The individual mandate is unconstitutional because it can no longer be read as a tax, and there is no other constitutional provision that justifies this exercise of congressional power," the split panel wrote.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

MDL Panel Sends Allergan Breast Implant Cases to Martinotti

The multidistrict litigation assignment is the second for U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti of the District of New Jersey.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Chilivis Firm's Cochran and Bever Decamp for Smith Gambrell

Trial lawyers Tony Cochran and Tom Bever will head a white-collar defense practice for Smith Gambrell, while their former boutique will have new name partners.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Manatt Hires Ex-Penn Health CEO to Join Growing Consulting Unit

Ralph Muller stepped down from leadership of Penn Health in June, and will join Manatt Health in January.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Watch Out for New Calif. Laws Affecting Employers Relating to Health Coverage

There are two new laws governing employee benefits that will affect employers with California employees beginning Jan. 1, 2020: a new individual health coverage mandate and a new notice requirement related to flexible spending accounts.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Attack on Physician Compensation Models Under the Stark Law

In their Federal Civil Enforcement column, William Harrington, Annie Railton and Roger Cohen analyze a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has thrown in doubt the common practice of hospitals paying doctors based on the amount of work those doctors do.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis Administration Fights Medical Marijuana Ruling for Florigrown

The Florida Department of Health is challenging a July appellate decision that found a state law requiring medical marijuana operators to grow, process and sell cannabis and derivative products runs afoul of a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

After Contentious Meeting, State Senate Panel Backs Abortion Bill

Senate Health Policy Committee Chairwoman Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, tried to balance testimony between people on both sides, but the legislation sparked passionate debate.
5 minute read

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