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Pa. Justices Let $10M Verdict Against CHOP Stand

A more than $10 million verdict against Children's Hospital of Philadelphia over a failure to promptly diagnose an infant's bacterial meningitis remains in place after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to take up the hospital's appeal.
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New York Law Journal

Court Reinstates Med Mal Case Over Catheterization Gone Awry

An Appellate Division, First Department, panel found that issues of fact were raised as to whether Dr. May exacerbated decedent's injuries by advancing the catheter and performing excessive manipulation.
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New York Law Journal

NYC Agency Entitled to Portion of $4.3M Settlement, Panel Rules

A Manhattan appeals court said New York City's Department of Social Services may claw back more than $250,000 from a man who was shot during a home invasion and was awarded a $4.3 million settlement in a suit against his property manager.
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Corporate Counsel

Suit Against UnitedHealth is Tossed by Federal Judge, but DOJ Gets Second Shot

A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government's lawsuit alleging that UnitedHealth Group Inc. violated the False Claims Act by receiving inflated payments based on inaccurate information about the health status of Medicare beneficiaries in California. But he gave the government until Friday to amend the complaint.
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The Legal Intelligencer

New Medicare Billing and Payment Schedule for Telehealth Reimbursements

On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that includes proposals to update payment policies, payment rates and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after Jan. 1, 2018.
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New Jersey Law Journal

AG Proposes Stricter Limits on Pay, Gifts to Doctors From Pharma and Device Makers

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is proposing new regulations that would sharply curtail money and gifts health care providers may receive from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies.
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Corporate Counsel

Calithera BioSciences Hires Industry Vet as New SVP/GC

Calithera BioSciences Inc. has hired Sumita Ray as senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. Ray's practice will focus on U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory law, global health care and compliance, brand support and product launches, collaborations and alliances.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Hospitals Sue Anthem Over New Reimbursement Arrangement

After it turned down a three-year contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hartford HealthCare Corporation alleges Anthem retaliated by refusing to pay HHC directly for emergency care. Instead, the new policy calls on patients to get reimbursed and then make arrangements to pay HHC.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Denies New Companies' Motion to Dismiss Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Against NY

Judge W. Brooks DeBow, who is presiding over the case in Albany County Supreme Court, issued an order Monday denying the recently awarded medical marijuana companies' motion to dismiss the lawsuit against the state filed by the original five medical marijuana licensees who opposed extending the program to the additional grower-distributors .
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Federal Judge: Attorney Has Until Nov. 3 to Amend WWE Complaint

 An attorney for dozens of former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers who are suing the company for alleged brain injuries has been given…
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