Dallas-based Steward Health Care has agreed to pay $4.7 million to resolve kickback allegations. 

The Federal Trade Commission is considering a new regulation to tighten employers' use of noncompete clauses and plans to target the use of noncompete clauses in individual cases through enforcement, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

An India-based multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer has agreed to pay $12.9 million to settle claims it reported inflated prices to the Texas Medicaid program, the Texas attorney general said June 8. 

U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., has introduced the Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act, which would require the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress the business practices of healthcare staffing agencies during the pandemic.

Eight lawsuits have been filed challenging the No Surprises Act since December, Health Affairs reported June 6. 

Teladoc is facing a lawsuit alleging the company misled investors regarding its business, operations and future prospects that will result in "significant losses and damages" for stakeholders.  

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., is facing another antitrust lawsuit. 

Gregory Ulrich, who shot and killed one person and injured four others at an Allina Health clinic in 2021, was found convicted of all 11 counts against him June 2, according to the Star Tribune.

An Illinois diagnostic company that provides home sleep testing services has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle claims that it defrauded Medicare and other federal healthcare programs through kickbacks and unnecessary testing. 

The U.S. The Supreme Court ruled that states can seek reimbursements for future medical care from Medicaid beneficiaries who win money in personal injury litigation, Bloomberg reported June 6. 

The California legislature has voted to approve a bill that designates the spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19 by a member of its medical board an act of misconduct.

A federal judge in Georgia June 2 ordered an outpatient facility to pay more than $9.6 million for submitting hundreds of fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Tricare. 

A Florida medical biller who admitted to billing Medicaid for services that were not rendered was sentenced to five years and five months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $2.2 million. 

Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital is facing a lawsuit after a number of patients' personal health information was exposed in a March 2022 data breach, 10News reported June 2. 

A group of healthcare providers in Florida filed a lawsuit June 1 to block the state's new abortion ban, according to The Hill. 

The family of a nursing assistant killed by a co-worker in October at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the hospital alleging wrongful death and negligence. 

As more hospitals and health systems mandated COVID-19 vaccination for their employees, lawsuits arose related to the policies.

A father and son formerly employed by Kaiser Permanente were sentenced May 27 for a scheme they operated from 2010 to 2018 to defraud the health system, resulting in the loss of $1.5 million.

Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center is accused of violating state law by firing a new employee, along with two executives who helped hire her, over concerns about her political views and activism work, according to the Times Union.

From a health system facing an antitrust lawsuit to a Georgia hospital accused of disability discrimination, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.