Lake Forest, Ill.-based pharmaceutical company Akorn Operating Co. agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations it caused Medicare Part D to pay for three generic drugs that were no longer eligible for coverage. 

Ventura County, Calif., supervisors initiated an oversight body on Sept. 13 to ensure the county medical system complies with billing federal healthcare programs following a dispute that cost the county $29 million, according to a Sept. 14 report in the Ventura County Star.

From a hospital in Washington, D.C., facing an executive's retaliation case to a St. Louis-based health system settling a wage lawsuit, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

Police on Sept. 14 arrested a Dallas anesthesiologist on a federal warrant as authorities investigate whether the physician tampered with IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, leading to a colleague's death and patient complications, according to ABC affiliate WFAA. 

A Massachusetts nurse has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a $100 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced Sept. 13. 

From a former NBA player pleading to orchestrating a $5M health insurance scheme, to the conviction of a medtech CEO in a $77M COVID-19, allergy testing scheme, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has covered since Aug. 25. 

NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that a former physician performed and billed for unnecessary procedures, according to a Sept. 14 statement from the U.S. attorney's office.

A man was charged for allegedly threatening a nurse at knifepoint while being treated at Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center, the Herald-Star reported Sept. 14.  

Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System has agreed to pay $24,255 to eight nurses to resolve allegations it illegally forced the nurses to pay fees if they resigned or were fired within three years of employment, according to a Sept. 13 news release from New York State Attorney General Letitia James. 

Two Florida women were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare out of more than $12 million. 

The Texas Medical Board has temporarily suspended the license of a Dallas anesthesiologist after being notified by federal authorities that the physician is under investigation in connection with tampered IV bags that led to a colleague's death and a serious patient complication.

United Medical Center in Washington, D.C., lost its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by its former chief medical officer Julian Craig, MD, according to Bloomberg Law. 

In states with strict abortion bans, physicians are consulting lawyers to help determine whether an abortion is legally justified when patients arrive at emergency rooms with severe pregnancy complications, The New York Times reported Sept. 10.

Three providers settled self-reported fraud claims — worth at least $800,000 each — in July and August, according to the HHS office of the inspector general. 

A Miami-based durable medical equipment owner was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in using the company to commit Medicare and Medicaid fraud. 

Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health has accused West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health of conspiring to eliminate competition — specifically three CarePoint-operated hospitals in Hudson County, N.J. — in a lawsuit filed Sept. 6. 

A Des Moines, Iowa, plastic surgeon has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle allegations that he fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid.

A hospital that Tower Health acquired from Community Health Systems was in compliance with state and federal licensing at the time of the transaction, according to a Sept. 6 opinion from a Pennsylvania federal court. 

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos who was convicted of defrauding investors, has asked for a new trial, saying a witness has had second thoughts about his testimony, Yahoo Finance reported Sept. 6.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Elderwood at Burlington (Vt.) Sept. 6 for alleged racial harassment of its employees.