Miami-based Jackson Health System has suspended and plans to terminate a nurse who is charged with making threats to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, NBC News reported April 17. 

From a physician collecting $26 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit to lawyers requesting $184 million from a California health system's antitrust settlement, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

At least nine lawsuits have been filed objecting to plans by UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum to buy Change Healthcare, Change revealed in a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

A patient recruiter in Florida was sentenced April 14 to 10 years in prison for his role in a genetic testing and telemedicine scheme that resulted in approximately $3.3 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare, according to the U.S. Justice Department. 

A woman who took parental leave from her job as a nurse anesthetist at a Pennsylvania hospital has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her employer used COVID-19 pandemic-related layoffs as a pretext to fire her, according to Law360.

A Louisiana man was charged with seven counts of healthcare fraud related to a scheme to falsely bill commercial and government insurers, the U.S. Justice Department said April 13. 

An emergency room physician is collecting $26 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against ER staffing company EmCare after originally being awarded $29 million in the case, according to KCUR.

The California Attorney General's Office and five law firms that sued Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health alleging antitrust violations are seeking 32 percent, or $184 million, of the $575 million settlement that would end the litigation, according to Bloomberg Law. 

From physicians suing UnitedHealthcare to a South Carolina urgent care network paying $22.5 million to resolve false claims allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

Steward Health Care, a private hospital operator based in Dallas, and Aya Healthcare, a San Diego-based staffing firm, are suing each other over the costs of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Wall Street Journal.

South Carolina's largest urgent care network and its management company will pay $22.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Justice Department said April 8. 

A Connecticut behavioral health company and its owners will pay $273,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly billed the state's Medicaid program, the U.S. Justice Department said.

The CEO, vice president and a former employee of a Maryland behavioral health provider have been charged in a healthcare fraud scheme involving kickbacks and false billing, according to the U.S. Justice Department. 

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America is seeking to "claw back" some of the emails it turned over to federal investigators as part of an investigation started three years ago, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

A large group of anesthesiologists is suing UnitedHealthcare in Colorado and Texas, alleging the health insurance giant is suppressing competition by forcing physicians out of its network and pushing hospitals to stop referring patients to them, according to The New York Times.

From a Florida healthcare provider suing Amazon Web Services to California hospitals filing a lawsuit challenging conditions imposed on their affiliation plan, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

A Wisconsin physician has pleaded guilty to his role in a $26 million fraudulent billing scheme involving telemedicine, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Hospital and Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai have filed a lawsuit challenging the conditions imposed for approval of their affiliation by the California attorney general, according to a March 30 update from the hospital systems.

The former cafeteria supervisor of Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital is facing felony theft charges of stealing $218,630 from his employer, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.  

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill March 29 that protects businesses and healthcare providers from COVID-19 lawsuits if they can show they complied with guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus, according to the Orlando Sentinel.