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Michigan Federal Judge Denies Temporary Injunction In Birth Control Suit
DETROIT - A Michigan federal judge on March 22 denied an emergency motion for a temporary injunction brought by a natural foods company and its owner, who are seeking to halt the implementation of the...
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Ohio Federal Judge Dismisses Birth Control Mandate Suit For Lack Of Standing
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio federal judge on March 22 dismissed an action brought by religious organizations to stop the implementation of a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Florida Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge To Birth Control Mandate
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on March 29 denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to the birth control mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, saying that the...
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Plaintiffs Seek To Enjoin Government From Requiring Registration In Medicare...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Plaintiffs appealing the dismissal of their challenge of changes to Medicare arising from the Patient Protection and Affordable Act (PPACA) on March 13 filed an emergency motion for...
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Health Care Class Arbitration Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 25 heard oral arguments to address whether, in a dispute over a health insurer's reimbursement of physicians' claim, an arbitrator acted within his...
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California Federal Judge Awards Plaintiff Benefits In Denial Of Benefits Case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California judge on March 18 awarded a plaintiff benefits in a wrongful denial of benefits case at the rate for out-of-network providers, finding that no evidence produced by the...
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N.J. Federal Judge Dismisses Wrongful Denial Of Health Care Benefits Suit
NEWARK, N.J. - In an unpublished opinion, a New Jersey federal judge on March 18 granted a motion to dismiss brought by health insurers in a wrongful denial of benefits suit (Montvale Surgical Center...
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N.Y. Federal Judge Denies Remand In Health Care Denial Of Benefits Case
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on March 21 denied a plaintiff's motion to remand her denial of health care benefits case to state court, holding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
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California Appeals Court Finds No Showing Of Unlawful Conduct In Premium Case
LOS ANGELES - In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals panel on March 21 affirmed summary judgment in favor of a health insurer in a premium dispute case, saying there was no showing that the...
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DOJ, Michigan Move To Dismiss Antitrust Suit Against Blue Cross Over MFN Clauses
DETROIT - Following the Michigan Legislature's passage of bills prohibiting the use of "most favored nation" (MFN) clauses, the United States, Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on March...
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Supreme Court Holds Medicaid' Anti-Lien Provision Preempts State Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a divided opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court on March 20 held that an anti-lien provision contained in the federal Medicaid Act preempts North Carolina's irrebuttable statutory...
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Kentucky Federal Judge Allows Amendment To Add Defendant In Medicaid Waiver Case
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Kentucky federal judge on March 28 allowed plaintiffs to amend a complaint to add a defendant in a Medicaid waiver dispute (Appalachian Regional Healthcare, et al. v. Coventry Health...
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Minnesota Federal Judge Dismisses Medicare Case For Lack Of Jurisdiction
MINNEAPOLIS - Saying that although he found the allegations in the complaint to be "highly disconcerting," a Minnesota federal judge on March 19 granted the government's motion to dismiss a Medicare...
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Minn. Federal Judge Issues Sanctions For Defendants' Violations In Medicare Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal Minnesota judge on March 20 granted in part a motion for violation of a protective order brought by plaintiffs in a Medicare and Medicaid false claims suit (United States of...
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Judge: Recoupment Of Medicare Payments Does Not Violate Bankruptcy Discharge
AIKEN, S.C. - A South Carolina federal judge on March 22 affirmed a ruling by a bankruptcy judge that the withholding of post-petition Medicare reimbursement claims to recoup pre-petition Medicare...
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Florida Federal Judge Dismisses False Claims Suit For Lack Of Specifics
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A federal judge in Florida on March 19 dismissed a federal False Claims Act (FCA) suit against Health Management Associates and one of its hospitals, saying the relator failed to...
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Air Ambulance Company Files Suit In Federal Court For Full Payment Of Services
PHOENIX - An air ambulance company on March 18 sued a health plan and plan administrators in an Arizona federal court for allegedly failing to pay the full amount for services provided to transport a...
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No Coverage Owed For Underlying Pollution Suits, Panel Determines
NEW ORLEANS - An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured for underlying lawsuits arising out of dust and particulate pollution discharged by the insured because the policies' pollution...
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Missouri Panel Upsets Order Applying Pollution Exclusion To Carbon Monoxide...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A unanimous Western District Missouri Court of Appeals panel on March 26 overturned summary judgment in favor of an insurance company in a duty to defend declaratory judgment action...
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Insurance Company Relieved Of Duty To Defend Insured In Produced Water Class...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. - Summary judgment was granted March 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to an insurance company that provided general liability and umbrella coverage to...
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