Hundreds of patients' medical records were found near the trash outside of a New York City medical office building, according to NBC New York.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health will pay $570,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee, according to The Sacramento Bee.

A judge has ordered Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital to release a secret report that investigated instances of concurrent surgeries at the facility, according to The Boston Globe.

A Philadelphia-based pharmacy allegedly billed Medicare more than $1 million for prescriptions that were never filled or dispensed to patients, the U.S. Justice Department announced Sept. 23.

An Alabama hospital and one of its former executives are among a group of defendants who agreed to pay a combined $1.45 million to resolve false claims allegations, according to the Department of Justice.

From hospitals winning a challenge to site-neutral pay cuts to Walgreens settling a class-action lawsuit over ad restrictions, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

PainMD, a pain management company, received a court order Sept. 17 to preserve the medical records of its patients from several shuttered Tennessee clinics for at least one year, the Tennessean reports.

A 59-year-old woman is accused of impersonating a licensed practical nurse and treating patients at a Louisiana nursing home, according to USA Today affiliate Shreveport Times. 

Thousands of patient health records were discovered across three shuttered abortion clinics in Indiana that were operated by the late Ulrich Klopfer, MD, according to CNN.

Thirty-four people, including 17 physicians and other licensed medical professionals, have been charged for their alleged roles in Medicare and Medicaid fraud schemes in three states, the Department of Justice announced Sept. 18.

A former patient at Houston-based U.S. Pain & Spine Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the medical center, saying officials have failed to provider her copies of her medical records, according the SE Texas Record.

A former nurse accused of injuring infant patients at Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter will plead guilty to 19 counts of felony child abuse, reports ABC affiliate WKOW.

A former Houston-area hospital administrator was sentenced to 10 years in prison Sept. 16 for his role in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.

A bankruptcy judge has temporarily halted the sale of Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital's residency programs, according to WHYY.

A couple who previously worked in medical research labs at Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital's Research Institute are accused of stealing scientific trade secrets for their own financial gain, according to the Department of Justice.

A physician who previously operated a women's health clinic in South Bend, Ind., died Sept. 3. His family found 2,246 medically preserved fetal remains while looking through his personal belongings, according to CNN.

A Tennessee lawmaker says he is immune to liability in a defamation lawsuit filed by Rennova Health President and CEO Seamus Lagan, according to the Independent Herald.

From a Texas physician paying $2 million to settle false claims allegations to a nurse suing a Tennessee hospital over a patient attack, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare filed a lawsuit over uneven floors in its new patient tower, a problem the health system said delayed construction by a year and cost "millions of dollars," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Lawyers for the Department of Justice are appealing a bankruptcy judge's decision to allow six health systems to buy Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital's residency programs, reports Philadelphia radio station WHYY.