Mobile Life Support Services, an Orange County, N.Y.-based ambulance company, has settled with the state for unlawfully billing patients, the New York attorney general said Oct. 6. 

A federal grand jury has indicted a Westfield, Mass., woman in connection with an alleged fake bomb threat made against Boston Children's Hospital, the Justice Department announced Oct. 7.

A phlebotomist is accusing Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, of failure to pay employees overtime wages, according to court documents accessed by Becker's.

A Jackson, Miss.-based durable medical equipment owner was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay $7.5 million for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme. 

The Justice Department has established a task force to provide legal support to those affected by recent abortion legislation, including healthcare workers, Vice President Kamala Harris said. 

A North Carolina pharmacy owner pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicare, North Carolina Medicaid and private insurers, the Justice Department said Oct. 6. 

Allied Health Systems, a Springfield, Mass.-based home health provider, will pay $430,000 to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Oct. 5. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is facing charges from a landlord who alleges it overstayed its lease, the Commercial Observer reported Oct. 4. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Physicians Groups Services has agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations the healthcare provider submitted false claims to the state's Medicaid program. 

A judge sentenced a former pharmacy owner and his Pennsylvania pharmacy to pay $4.1 million for healthcare fraud and conspiracy to sell the controlled substance oxycodone.  

An 18-year-old man is facing several charges, including attempted capital murder, after police say he assaulted two infants and staff at Odessa (Texas) Regional Medical Center on Oct. 3.

A Nevada behavioral health provider and its owner were ordered to pay restitution after being found guilty of Medicaid fraud, the state attorney general's office said Sept. 28. 

Minneapolis-based Children's Hospital and Clinics' disclosure of patient health information to its charitable foundation didn't violate the Minnesota Health Records Act, according to an Oct. 3 court ruling. 

The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems sued the state over a law it says poses a threat to patient access, according to an Oct. 4 report from the Portland Business Journal.

Two physicians who question COVID-19 vaccines are suing to stop a California law that allows regulators to punish physicians for spreading misinformation or disinformation related to the virus.

A former Kentucky state representative was sentenced to 25 months in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a $2.7 million billing fraud scheme, the Courier Journal reported Oct. 3. 

The law firm Hagens Berman has filed a lawsuit against Concord, Calif.-based John Muir Health accusing the health system of "unconscionable" billing practices.

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos who was convicted of defrauding investors, has been granted a hearing for a new trial, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 3. 

Radeas, a Wake Forest, N.C.-based laboratory, has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for urine tests to the state's Medicaid program.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3 declined a case brought by 10 states challenging the Biden administration's rule that requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if they work in healthcare facilities that receive federal funding.