The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit May 2 against the Trump administration over a final rule that eases healthcare workers' ability to refuse to provide care contradicting their religious or moral beliefs, according to CNBC.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare has entered into a $17 million settlement to resolve allegations its drug treatment centers in West Virginia submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement to the state's Medicaid program, according to the Department of Justice.

Eight current and former employees of Mount Sinai Health System's global health institute filed a federal lawsuit April 26 against the health system and several officials for alleged sex and age discrimination that led to the demotion or resignation of women in senior leadership, Science magazine reported.

A former nurse manager for three clinics owned by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic was charged with felony theft by swindle May 2 for allegedly making nearly $71,000 in false mileage reimbursement claims, according to The Mankato Free Press.

Decatur Hospital Authority, which is doing business as Wise Health System in Decatur, Texas, agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice said May 3.

From the Department of Justice filing a formal request to strike down the entire ACA to investors suing UnitedHealth Group, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

A famous plastic surgeon in Miami is suing two of his former patients for writing negative online reviews about him and his practice, according to NBC News.

The former CEO of a company providing chronic care management services to Medicare beneficiaries was sentenced to two years of probation for his role in a kickback scheme, according to the Department of Justice.

The Department of Justice argued the ACA is unconstitutional and urged a federal judge to strike down the entire law in a brief filed in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on May 1, according to CNN.

The former CEO of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has entered into a settlement agreement with the federal government that resolves allegations that he caused HMA to submit false claims to Medicare and pay illegal kickbacks to physicians, according to the Department of Justice.

Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan has agreed to forgive medical debt and rehabilitate the credit of thousands of patients who qualified for charity care at its acute care hospitals between 2012 and 2017 but did not receive it, according to a press release from the Washington Attorney General's Office.

Central Laborers Pension Fund and a set of investment funds managed by Amalgamated Bank LongView sued UnitedHealth Group's directors and former CEO in Delaware Chancery Court, according to Law360.

The founders and former executives of a mail-order diabetes testing supply company each agreed to pay $500,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.

An Indianapolis-based IU Health former patient filed a lawsuit against the health system for allegedly altering his medical records used in prior litigation, RTV, an ABC affiliate, reports.

From a California hospital facing a lawsuit for secretly recording patients to a Tennessee hospital settling a lawsuit over a mandatory flu shot policy, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

A pharmacy technician at CVS Health was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing $100,000 worth of diabetic test strips from his employer, according to a KTAR news report.

The Tulare (Calif.) Local Healthcare District sued three of its former board members and its prior legal counsel April 24 for allegedly breaking their fiduciary duty to the district, according to the Valley Voice.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint April 17 in federal court against Surescripts, a health information network focused on e-prescriptions, alleging the company used illegal tactics to maintain monopolies over two e-prescribing markets.

A U.S. district judge dismissed Pittsburgh-based UPMC's lawsuit against Pennsylvania's attorney general April 24, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare recently responded to a civil lawsuit filed by two cardiologists who claim they were fired from their leadership positions at Detroit Medical Center for raising concerns about quality of care and patient safety, according to local NPR news station Michigan Radio.