Bankruptcy Law Reporter Index-Summary

HEALTH CARE

– AtheroGenics Inc. second amended plan confirmed (Bankr. N.D. Ga.), 844
– Chapter 11 filings

– – Biopure Corp., pharmaceutical developer and marketer (Bankr. D. Mass.), 1063
– – CCS Medical Inc., medical supplies provider (Bankr. D. Del.), 974
– – LifeMasters Supported SelfCare Inc., disease management and health improvement firm (Bankr. C.D. Cal.), 1345
– – Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp. and subsidiary (Bankr. D. Mass.), 1064
– – Scantek Medical Inc., breast cancer detector device producer/distributor (Bankr. D.N.J.), 37

– Debt collection, high interest charges, Minn. attorney general sues Allina Health (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 170
– ERISA plan sponsors have priority over third-party administrator funds held in bank accounts (N.D. Ind.), 219
– Fraudulent accounting scheme, National Century Fin. Enters. execs sentenced (S.D. Ohio), 498
– General Motors securities, Labor Dep't releases proposed exemption to allow retiree health plan to acquire, 1341
– Health benefit plan, third-party administrator only liable as fiduciary for payments upon termination of contract with employer (6th Cir.), 1249
– Hospitals

See HOSPITALS

– Illness and medical bills tied to rise in U.S. bankruptcy filings, study shows, 852; medical debt cited in 62 percent of filings, witness tells House panel, 1066
– Insurance, one-fifth of U.S. adults underinsured in 2007, report says, 536
– Medical debt, easing of filing process

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1624

– Nursing home chain exec permanently barred from federal programs, 1019
– Orthodontist business services pact violates Tex. dental practice statute (5th Cir.), 57
– Sanitec Indus. plan confirmed (Bankr. C.D. Cal.), 560
– Self-funded employee health plan, trustee not liable re failure to protect funding (10th Cir.), 1058
– Unpaid health benefits, employees who did not render services within 180 days of bankruptcy filing denied priority status (9th Cir.), 721

HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

– Conversion of nonexempt assets to exempt assets on eve of bankruptcy, fraud not shown (B.A.P. 8th Cir.), 13
– Married debtors may claim enhanced exemption under new state law (E.D. Tenn.), 95
– Monetary cap on acquired property inapplicable to property acquired more than 1,215 days pre-filing (9th Cir.), 1491
– Property fraudulently transferred and voluntarily reconveyed prepetition may not be denied (1st Cir.), 503

HOSPITALS

– Forum Health reaches concessionary contracts covering Northside Medical Center, 1057
– Pascack Valley Hospital plans, PBGC takes control, News Brief, 11
– Wadley Regional Medical Center plan, PBGC takes control, 1420
– Willfully withheld payroll taxes, CEO must pay (M.D. Fla.), 1144

HOTELS

– Chapter 11 filings

– – Extended Stay Inc. and affiliates, hotel chain (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 896
– – Greenbrier Hotel Corp., four-star resort owner (Bankr. E.D. Va.), 405; union members ratify contracts, 602; case dismissed, Justice Family Group takes control, 724
– – River Road Hotel Partners LLC and affiliates (Bankr. N.D. Ill.), 1214

HOUSING

– Downturn to last one to 2 more years, Bair tells Realtors, 695
– Homestead exemption

See HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

– Mortgages

See MORTGAGES