Two pharmacy owners and a physician were convicted in a Texas federal court for their roles in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Labor Department through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams.

Authorities have identified the man suspected of shooting a security guard to death Nov. 17 at Concord-based New Hampshire State Hospital.

On Nov. 16, a judge sentenced Geoffrey Kim, MD, a plastic surgeon in Colorado, to 15 days in jail and two years of supervised probation for his role in the death of a patient after a procedure in 2019, according to a report from NBC affiliate KUSA. 

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is facing a class-action lawsuit after about 450 patients were potentially exposed to infection due to the improper administration of an intravenous drug.

The former director of NYU Langone Health's cancer center is suing the system over his firing, which occurred after he used social media to express views on the Israel-Hamas war. 

The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block John Muir Health's proposed $142.5 million acquisition of San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center from majority owner Tenet Healthcare, arguing that the deal will drive up healthcare costs.

The owner of two durable medical equipment companies pleaded guilty to conspiracy for his role in a kickback scheme that resulted in more than $20 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare. 

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has agreed a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve an alleged violation of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act when it rejected a worker's valid work authorization document based on the worker's national origin.

President Joe Biden has signed a stopgap funding bill that will delay a potential government shutdown until early 2024, NPR reported Nov. 17. 

Rite Aid has countersued the Justice Department in a pursuit to halt the government's lawsuit, filed in March, that claims the drugstore chain knowingly filled hundreds of thousands of illegal opioid prescriptions.

A board of trustees member has filed a lawsuit against Perry County Health System in Missouri asking a judge to require the system to release documents through the state's open records act, The Southeast Missourian reported Nov. 16. 

The man accused of killing a 29-year-old nurse at a behavioral health facility in Kaneohe, Hawaii, was indicted by a grand jury Nov. 15. The defendant is being held without bail, according to court records. 

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., intends to submit post-trial motions challenging the $261 million judgment imposed by a Florida jury for a lawsuit made famous by a Netflix documentary.

Two former NBA players were convicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the league's healthcare plan out of $5 million, Bloomberg reported Nov. 15. 

The CEO of a Florida pharmacy, his co-owner and the lead sales representative were sentenced Nov. 14 in a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving Tricare, according to the Justice Department. 

The Indiana Legislature could tackle prior authorizations in its next session, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported Nov. 14. 

San Francisco-based Dignity Health is suing several patients in California for trespassing after they allegedly refused to be discharged, KFF Health News reported Nov. 15. 

A patient who sued the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics for allegedly sharing medical information with Facebook might seek to settle after a judge threw out the case, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 14.

The House on Nov. 14 passed a continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown until early next year, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association. 

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health is claiming that Mattel, the toy and entertainment company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, never followed through with a pledged $49 million donation, the Los Angeles Times reported Nov. 14.