The nation's highest court has rejected an appeal to overturn a $64.6 million antitrust judgment against Martin Shkreli after inflating the price of a lifesaving anti-infection drug.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care and Mission Cancer + Blood plan to partner in a $280 million deal to create a comprehensive cancer care network.

A judge has dismissed the open meetings lawsuit filed by former MetroHealth CEO Akram Boutros, MD, ending the only pending case he has filed against the organization's board, cleveland.com reported Oct. 7.

From a former hospital CEO agreeing to pay $5.3 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, to the indictment of seven people in an alleged $40 million scheme, here are 12 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 16: 

Joel North was promoted to CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, effective Sept. 30.

Three crew members died after a medical helicopter crashed in Kentucky, ABC affiliate WLKY reported Oct. 7.

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health named John Cassani, DO, MBA, chief physician enterprise officer.

A South Carolina judge denied Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health's bid to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the system of overbilling Medicaid patients, The State reported Oct. 8. 

As part of its annual best children's hospitals rankings, U.S. News & World Report examined hospitals across 10 specialties.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024-25 Best Children's Hospitals rankings on Oct. 8, featuring 10 Honor Roll hospitals.

Hospitals in Florida are coordinating patient transfers and ensuring they have adequate fuel supplies for their generators ahead of the second major hurricane headed for the state in less than two weeks. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Denver-based HCA HealthOne, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, have expanded their relationship to provide additional healthcare access in central Denver.

Ten individuals, including five pharmaceutical distributor executives and five sales representatives and brokers, have been charged by the Department of Justice in connection with the unlawful distribution of nearly 70 million opioid pills and over 30 million doses of commonly abused prescription drugs. 

Epic Systems has filed a federal lawsuit accusing life sciences staffing firm, Epic Staffing Group, of trademark infringement, according to an Oct. 4 lawsuit obtained by Becker's.

Alan Levine, chairman, president and CEO of Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, has overseen healthcare responses for more than a dozen major hurricanes throughout his career, but he told Becker's that Hurricane Helene was unlike anything he had seen before.

Maury Baker was named COO of Trident Medical Center in Charleston, N.C., according to a news release shared with Becker's. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins has tapped Alexander Brown as vice president of the fund.

Collin Pruitt has been appointed CFO of Palatka-based HCA Florida Putnam Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, effective Oct. 14. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has deployed a conversational artificial intelligence tool within its patient access center, which serves almost 1,000 CHS-affiliated primary care providers and handles more than 25,000 inbound calls a day.

Warwick, R.I.-based Kent Hospital, part of Providence-based Care New England, has tapped Jennifer La Luz as executive director of operations.