A Connecticut home visit nurse was killed Oct. 28 in the home of a patient she was caring for and later discovered in the basement, the CT Mirror reported Nov. 1.

A woman is suing Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System after a medication delay that allegedly caused her to experience a stroke in late 2021, according to court documents obtained by the Bend Bulletin. 

Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital was fined and reprimanded for numerous state and federal health and safety violations before its closure in December 2022. Between 2016 and 2022, the hospital was hit with at least six immediate jeopardy warnings from state regulators, according to inspection reports reviewed by The Fresno Bee. 

The North Carolina attorney general's office could sue HCA Healthcare for an alleged violation of the 2019 asset purchase agreement to acquire Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, according to a formal notice of breach sent Oct. 31 to Dogwood Health Trust. 

After suspecting manipulated results in clinical trials for simufilam, an Alzheimer's drug, by Hoau-Yan Wang, PhD, a neuroscience professor at the City College of New York, the City University of New York announced Oct. 27 it is conducting an investigation into the professor's research process. While that investigation is ongoing, the investigation into Dr. Wang’s research is on hold, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Nostrum Laboratories and its founder and CEO, Nirmal Mulye, PhD, agreed to pay between $3.8 million and $50 million to settle allegations of underpaying Medicaid rebates. 

California's recent push for universal healthcare coverage has been a long time in the making. 

A Justice Department antitrust division leader is telling payers and providers they should expect close scrutiny of any acquisitions, Politico reported Oct. 27.  

From the arrest of the former leader of Arkansas' medical board, to a former executive of HealthSun Health Plans accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme, here are 10 healthcare fraud cases Becker's has reported since Oct. 10: 

The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 65-year prison term on a former nurse's aide who pleaded guilty to stealing valuables from dozens nursing homes, The Columbus Dispatch reported Oct. 25.

Federal officials issued proposed changes to the No Surprises Act's independent dispute resolution process in an Oct. 27 news release. They said those changes, if finalized, will improve communication between payers providers and certified IDR entities, create a more efficient dispute resolution process and change the administrative fee structure to improve accessibility. 

UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Memorial Medical Group have filed a lawsuit against Boston-based St. Elizabeth's Medical Center for alleged nonpayment of oncology services, the Worcester Business Journal reported Oct. 27.

A medical marketer was convicted by a federal jury in Texas for his role in a $55 million scheme that defrauded Tricare and other federal healthcare programs. 

A Virginia medical equipment company owner pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare. 

A former director at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 from the system almost two years after an investigation was launched, according to an Oct. 25 WHYY report.

A murder suspect who escaped Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University Hospital is back in custody after a seven-week search, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26.

Community Hospital for the Monterey Peninsula and its parent company, Montage Health, may file for a new trial after losing a $9.475 million wrongful termination case, Monterey County Weekly reported Oct. 26. 

Sokari Bobmanuel, the former pharmacist-in-chief of Cornerstone Rx Pharmacy in Houston, and co-conspirator Alantha Stewart, the co-owner of Sunnyside Medical clinic were sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison for their roles in running a pill mill operation.

Cindy Norgen, 61, a former account manager at North Ottawa Community Health System, which joined Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health in October 2022, was given a minimum sentence of seven years in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from the health system, MLive reported Oct. 25.

Ten people have been indicted in an alleged scheme that defrauded Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million by trafficking black-market HIV medication.