Health Law Reporter Index-Summary

VACCINATIONS

– Influenza

– – N.Y., temporary restraining order bars enforcement of state requirement for health care workers, 3 suits (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 1414; mandatory vaccination suspended by state, lawsuit to be withdrawn, 1451
– – Wash. State Nurses Ass'n claims MultiCare Health Sys. unilateral policy violates federal labor law (W.D. Wash.), 1336

VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PROGRAM (VBP)

– HHAs and SNFs, under consideration, 553
– Quality FIRST bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1776

VENUE

– AndroGel, antitrust suit allege generic companies colluded with branded drug maker to delay competition transferred to more convenient forum (C.D. Cal.), 488
– Certificate of good faith filed after transfer of malpractice case from federal court in another state timely (D. Conn.), 1265
– Transfer of lease breach case to La. where involuntary hospital bankruptcy case pending granted (D. Minn.), 1198

VERMONT

– Expanded gift and disclosure law signed by governor, 775
– License suspension for over-prescribing narcotics affirmed (Vt.), 1502
– Prescription drugs, state law barring sale or use of prescriber-identifiable data upheld (D. Vt.), 555; injunction pending appeal denied, 793
– Unprofessional conduct by ophthalmologist assessing and treating patients with cataracts, discipline affirmed (Vt.), 1176

VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (VA)

– Privacy rights, VA doctor did not violate by revealing employee's HIV status and marijuana use to union representative (U.S., rev den), 132

VIRGINIA

– Abortion, “partial birth infanticide” law upheld (4th Cir.), 861
– Carilion Clinic's acquisition of outpatient clinics harms competition in Roanoke area (FTC), 1011; firm agrees to divest two outpatient clinics, 1361
– DSH, physician services billed separately so could not be included in “hospital services,” disallowance of claim upheld (D.D.C.), 438
– Electronic health records privacy, states consider breach bills, 216
– EMTALA failure to screen claims against Navy hospital dismissed (E.D. Va.), 103
– Former plan participant who failed to convert to individual policy has no private right of action (W.D. Va.), 29
– Statutes of limitations, ERISA penalties time-barred (W.D. Va.), 30

VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

– ESRD, nutritional supplement program expansion not basis for penalties, advisory opinion, 902
– K-Dur 20, class of potassium supplement direct purchasers certified to pursue antitrust claims (D.N.J.), 55