About 50 employees are suing Henry Ford Health System alleging the Detroit-based organization's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is unconstitutional, according to court documents.

Lawsuits filed by workers to block COVID-19 vaccination requirements at six hospital systems in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky have been refiled.

From a Pittsburgh-based health system facing false claims allegations to a San Francisco-based system reaching a final settlement in an antitrust case, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

West Chester (Ohio) Hospital doesn't have to use ivermectin to treat COVID-19, a judge ruled Sept. 6, according to NBC News. The ruling reverses a previous court order requiring the hospital to administer the anti-parasite drug, which the FDA has warned against using to treat COVID-19.

From Sutter Health paying $90 million to resolve false claims allegations to a cardiologist receiving a prison sentence for his role in a "fountain of youth" billing scam, here are eight cases that have made headlines since Aug. 1.

A former nurse at Hacienda Healthcare, a long-term care facility in Phoenix, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a female patient in a vegetative state who gave birth there in December 2018, court records show. 

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Pittsburgh-based UPMC, its physician practice group and the chair of its department of cardiothoracic surgery.  

A former vice president of Janesville, Wis.-based Mercyhealth was charged Sept. 1 in a $3 million kickback scheme, according to the U.S. Justice Department. 

A district court judge ruled against 48 hospitals that sued HHS over a change in how it determined disproportionate share hospital payments. 

On Jan. 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act will take effect.

Hospitals are finding themselves in court over their decision to deny giving COVID-19 patients ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug the FDA has warned against using to treat COVID-19.

A New Jersey woman is accused of selling about 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards for $200 a piece to hospital employees and other healthcare workers, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Aug. 31. 

Workers accusing Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics of failing to pay wages and overtime in a timely manner are asking a judge to end the dispute and issue a ruling in their favor, The Gazette reported Aug. 31.

Several medical clinics across the U.S. are hiring lawyers to help improve their patients' health, according to NPR.

Lawsuits filed by workers to block COVID-19 vaccination requirements at six hospital systems in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky have been voluntarily dismissed, but will be refiled, a law firm spokesperson told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and several of its affiliates will pay $90 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate information about Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, the Justice Department said Aug. 30.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo granted final approval of Sutter Health's $575 million antitrust settlement Aug. 27.

From Ohio and Kentucky hospitals being sued over COVID-19 vaccination mandates to health systems settling allegations of fraud and discrimination, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, agreed to settle allegations that it upcoded healthcare claims submitted to federal programs, the Department of Justice said Aug. 27.

Ascension entered into a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department that resolves claims that the St. Louis-based health system violated the Immigration and Nationality Act.