A retired physician and former chief of staff of Elizabethtown, Ky.-based Hardin Memorial Hospital filed a lawsuit in July to halt Hardin Memorial's sale to Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health. The judge presiding over the case upheld the process used in the $361.4 million deal on Oct. 4, according to Louisville Business First.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/9/18

A judge in California has delayed ruling on a request to release nearly $1 million seized from the former administrator of Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, according to the Visalia Times Delta.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/9/18

Most hospitals were found to be noncompliant with federal and state regulations when completing patient medical records requests, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/8/18

From the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suing a Tennessee health system over its flu shot policy to a Montana health system paying $24 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/5/18

BRF, a hospital operator in Shreveport, La., and the regional Vantage Health Plan are surging forward with an antitrust lawsuit against Shreveport-based Willis-Knighton Health System, even though BRF left the hospital business Oct. 1, according to the New Star.  By Morgan Haefner - 10/4/18

The Arizona Center for Disability Law filed a lawsuit Sept. 12 against Phoenix-based Arizona State Hospital, claiming hospital officials violated federal law by refusing to provide the center with access to the facility, patients and their records, according to ABC15 Arizona.  By Harrison Cook - 10/3/18

A jury awarded a Kansas emergency physician $29 million for his lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully terminated by the emergency room staffing company he worked for after voicing concerns about the organization's business practices, according to KCUR News.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/3/18

Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen will pay $625 million to resolve allegations that the company improperly distributed tampered and repackaged drugs, including syringes for cancer patients.  By Alia Paavola - 10/2/18

HealthCare Partners Holdings, which does business as DaVita Medical Holdings, will pay $270 million to settle False Claims Act violations and a whistle-blower lawsuit, according to the Department of Justice.  By Morgan Haefner - 10/1/18

Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare System and six subsidiaries and related entities agreed to pay the federal government $24 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act, Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, according to the Department of Justice.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/1/18

From a subsidiary of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems agreeing to pay $262 million to settle a fraud probe to a judge being assigned to the criminal case against executives of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/1/18

Walgreens Boots Alliance will pay $34.5 million to settle charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission that the Deerfield, Ill.-based company misled investors about its financial goal announced when Walgreens and Alliance Boots agreed to merge in June 2012.  By Kelly Gooch - 10/1/18

Police are searching for a man accused of opening fire in Ellenville (N.Y.) Regional Hospital's emergency department Sept. 28, according to a NBC New York news report.  By Alia Paavola - 10/1/18

Bangor-based Eastern Maine Medical Center discovered a video camera inside a staff bathroom and suspended the person suspected of putting it there from accessing the hospital, the Bangor Daily News reported.  By Megan Knowles - 9/28/18

A permanent judge was assigned Sept. 26 to the criminal case against former and current leaders of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, according to the Sun Sentinel.  By Ayla Ellison - 9/27/18

A federal grand jury indicted police officer Roger Then on Sept. 21 for several offenses arising from the assault of a patient at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., according to the Department of Justice.  By Ayla Ellison - 9/27/18

The operator of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and related healthcare facilities in Richmond has agreed to pay the federal government $3,994,151 to resolve inaccurate payments for radiation oncology services, according to the Department of Justice.  By Kelly Gooch - 9/26/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems subsidiary Health Management Associates has agreed to pay the federal government $262 million to settle fraudulent billing and kickback allegations.  By Ayla Ellison - 9/26/18

Opelika-based East Alabama Medical Center and its subsidiary Aperian Laboratory Solutions have agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute, according to Law360.  By Ayla Ellison - 9/25/18

A federal judge has dismissed the lab industry's challenge to a Medicare payment regulation issued by HHS on the grounds that it's out of her jurisdiction, according to Law360.  By Kelly Gooch - 9/24/18