OakBend Medical Center is facing a class action lawsuit over a September ransomware attack and data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 1 million patients. 

A Houston man who owned several home health companies was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a $21 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

The owner of a telehealth company has been charged with submitting Medicaid claims for services that were never provided. 

From a former Tenet executive asking a judge to throw out a $400 million fraud case, to a Texas physician pleading guilty for his role in a $54 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since Oct. 17. 

Two former cleaning staff members at the New York City-based Montefiore Health System are filing a lawsuit against the health system and the staffing agency who hired them, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Gothamist. 

John Holland, a former executive at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, has asked a Georgia judge to throw out a case brought against him in 2017, according to an Oct. 27 report from Law360. 

A Lavaca, Ark., man who owned clinical labs in several states pleaded guilty to his role in a $130 million Medicaid fraud scheme. 

Houston-based Memorial Hermann is facing an investigation from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a policy that allegedly prevents parents from accessing their children's medical records once they become teenagers.

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is facing a lawsuit over a photo that was posted on social media showing an injury of a patient, the Miami New Times reported Oct. 27.

A former employee of Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against the facility and its CEO, alleging she was fired for breaking off her relationship with him, The Jersey Journal reported Oct. 25.

A 37-year-old woman is accused of practicing medicine as a registered nurse without a license at seven South Carolina nursing and assisted living facilities over the course of 16 months.

A man from Granville, Iowa, was arrested Oct. 26 after threatening gun violence toward Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Hospital, CBS affiliate KELO reported. 

Oswego (N.Y.) Hospital has agreed to pay a nearly $100,000 fine to resolve allegations it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid. 

A 51-year-old man who was found guilty of stalking female physicians at California VA hospitals was sentenced Oct. 25 to 18 years in federal prison.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health filed suit Oct. 25 against Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels over the use of its logo in the Republican's campaign advertisements, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Oct. 26. 

A Virginia wellness center owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a $2.2 million billing fraud scheme. 

A former nurse at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, Forsyth County, N.C., District Attorney Jim O'Neill told local news outlets during an Oct. 25 press conference.

A man from Canada has been arrested in connection with multiple alleged bomb threats targeting locations in the Boston area.

After the Oct. 22 shooting deaths of two employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, a suspect charged in the incident reportedly reloaded his handgun and started to leave a room at the hospital, then engaged in a standoff with police before being taken into custody, according to a statement from the Dallas Police Department.

A New York physician will pay $568,750 to New York to settle claims he upcoded smoking cessation services.