California is one legislative signature away from becoming the first state to legally require chain pharmacies to report all medication errors and create staffing level guidelines, according to CBS News. 

Brawley's Pioneers Memorial (Calif.) Healthcare District is opposing state legislation that would consolidate three healthcare districts within Imperial County, Calif., into one, Imperial Valley Press reported Sept. 18.

An advocacy organization is asking the Missouri Health Department to decertify accreditation of a three-bed urgent care center due to the facility's proposed name, The St. Louis American reported Sept. 15.

A New York nurse pleaded guilty to forging COVID-19 vaccination record cards and illegally obtaining prescriptions for oxycodone for herself in the name of relatives.

Syed Rizwan Mohiuddin, former president of United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the federal government, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Federal investigators alleged that Clinicas del Camino Real — a 16-location clinic chain headquartered in Camarillo, Calif. — illegally terminated its former CFO in an act of retaliation in 2021, the Ventura County Star reported Sept. 15.

A federal judge temporarily denied a motion that would force Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals to use outside oncologists to treat patients, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Sept. 15.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against IU Health and IU Healthcare Associates, alleging that the Indianapolis-based academic medical center failed to train employees and protect personal health information a year after a physician spoke to the media about a 10-year-old patient's abortion. 

From the IRS appealing a ruling that required the agency to repay $11.5 million to Mayo Clinic, to Kaiser Permanente paying $49 million to settle improper disposal allegations, here are 10 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's reported since Sept. 8:  

A pharmacist in Houston was convicted for her role in a pill mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed more than 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash.

A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against an executive at three different healthcare staffing agencies in the Las Vegas area, charging him with wage fixing and wire fraud. 

A former Missouri physician was sentenced to 22 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to using his father's name to bill Medicare and Medicaid after his own privileges were revoked. 

A Florida osteopathic physician was ordered to pay $20 million to the family of a patient who died while being treated for acute pancreatitis, Palm Beach Post reported Sept. 14.

A former Wisconsin nurse was sentenced to 15 months in prison and one year of supervised release and fined $30,000 for stealing fentanyl from her hospital and replacing it with saline.

Four people have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud insurers by billing for fake COVID-19 tests. 

A Louisiana lab owner was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay over $5 million in restitution for his role in a $42 million healthcare fraud scheme, The Advocate reported Sept. 14. 

Two acupuncturists, two physical therapists and an insurance company employee were indicted in connection with a $20 million healthcare fraud scheme at medical offices in three New York City boroughs. 

A former Frederick, Md.-based oncology and hematology practice will pay $850,949 to settle allegations it improperly billed Medicare. 

Denver Health and individual defendants are being sued over alleged lack of care to an incarcerated man who later died in his cell, according to a Sept. 13 Denver Post report.

Physicians and women in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee are filing lawsuits against their respective states over abortion bans, saying they were denied the procedure despite dangerous pregnancy complications, ABC News reported Sept. 12.