From a Montana physician pleading guilty to participating in a $39 million scheme to the Justice Department filing charges against nearly 200 people for $2.8 billion in fraud schemes, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since June 20:

While burnout among physicians fell overall last year, several specialties still reported rates above 50%, according to findings released July 9 from the American Medical Association's national physician comparison report.

Fitch downgraded Beaver, Pa.-based Heritage Valley Health System's rating from "A+" to "A."

The board of managers for the University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) has approved plans to ask county commissioners for their approval of a $396.6 million bond to go on the Nov. 5 ballot.

After the Federal Trade Commission released its report highlighting the "enormous power" pharmacy benefit managers have over drug pricing and access, agency Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, criticized the report and its findings in a dissenting statement.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health has tapped Daniel Drake as CEO for its three national continuing care organizations, effective Aug. 1.

Medtronic is recalling all NIM Standard and Contact EMG endotracheal tubes because of blockage issues, the FDA said July 9. 

The chemotherapy shortage "remains a moving target," the National Comprehensive Cancer Network said in June. 

CMS for the first time has proposed "baseline" requirements related to hospitals' obstetrical services, which include standards related to staffing and emergency readiness. 

From operating margins still causing challenges for many health systems to consistent worries about healthcare workforce shortages, the current economy has trumped cost reduction concerns for CFOs in 2024, according to a new Deloitte annual survey.

A Texas hospital has returned to paper records after failing to secure a new EHR contract, D Magazine reported.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has integrated informatics within its IT department to harness the potential of new technologies such as generative AI.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced July 9 that the state would deploy 25 additional ambulances and add 250 medical beds at NGR Arena "to support Houston’s EMS and hospital capacity needs" in the wake of Hurricane Beryl's aftermath.

OhioHealth, based in Columbus, signed an agreement to sell certain assets of its outreach laboratory services business to Quest Diagnostics.

A Boston-based Harvard Medical School study found oncologists unsure how to handle artificial intelligence if it presents a treatment plan they would not recommend.

Change Healthcare plans to begin contacting patients whose data was breached during the February ransomware attack in late July.

CMS has published its Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2025, which, among other things, would raise Medicare outpatient payment rates for about 3,500 hospitals and 6,100 ASCs next year. 

Michael Lucchesi, MD, former chairman of emergency medicine and chief medical officer at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, has been charged with using a business card for nearly $1.5 million in personal purchases and cash advances.

Health systems across the nation are laying off IT workers as they outsource technology functions and aim to cut costs. 

Tenet Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Dallas, is seeking leaders for multiple C-suite roles.