A Houston pharmacist was sentenced to more than two years in prison for a $22 million healthcare fraud "cream scheme," the Justice Department said Oct. 11. 

A nurse at Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., was robbed at gunpoint Oct. 10, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

The former CEO of South City Hospital in St. Louis claims in a lawsuit that conditions of a separation agreement were not met, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Oct. 10.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is being sued for allegedly unreasonably denying gender reassignment surgery under the state's Medicaid program, the Idaho Capital Sun reported Oct. 10. 

From an Ohio radiology company president getting sentenced to 15 years in prison, to an Indiana health system agreeing to settle claims that it submitted improper revenue codes to Medicaid, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has covered since Sept. 20. 

Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, both in New York City, have reached a $165 million settlement with 147 former patients who reported sexual abuse or misconduct by a former gynecologist.

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.