A physician at Farmington-based UConn Health was arrested March 26 after allegedly coughing on and hugging nurses, according to the Hartford Courant, which cited a police report.

Patients can now appeal to Medicare for reimbursement for nursing home stays that were initially not covered because their "inpatient" status had been changed to "observation," according to Kaiser Health News.

From the Department of Justice suing Anthem to employees alleging they faced years of racial discrimination while working at a Missouri Veterans Affairs hospital, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.

The Department of Justice sued Anthem March 26, alleging the health insurance company submitted inaccurate diagnosis codes to the federal government to get higher reimbursement.

Fairmont (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center closed March 19 and is allegedly refusing to pay workers the wages and benefits they had previously been promised, according WBOY.

The U.S. Justice Department said this week that intentionally infecting others with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, could be prosecuted as criminal activity, Politico reported.

A former Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurse has sued the Chicago-based hospital, claiming she was fired after warning co-workers that the face masks being used at the facility were not as effective in protecting them from contracting COVID-19, according to The Chicago Tribune.  

Prestige Ameritech, the largest maker of medical face masks in the U.S., is warning consumers that its name is being used in scams during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Justice set up a centralized process for people to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19, the DOJ said March 20.

The owner of a 25-bed critical access hospital in Gulfport, Miss., cheated Medicare out of more than $10 million, a federal jury found March 12, according to the Sun Herald.

From patients suing a Minnesota health system alleging it overcharged for medical records to a Texas pharmacist convicted in a healthcare fraud scheme, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

Six female physicians are suing a high-ranking Yale University anesthesiologist and professor, accusing him of sexual harassment, according to NBC News.

On March 10, a federal jury convicted a Houston pharmacist, dubbed the "Compound King," in a $21 million healthcare fraud and kickback scheme, according to the Department of Justice.

Valencia, Calif.-based Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has fired several employees after wrongfully viewing the information of the Saugus High School shooter, an official confirmed to the Santa Clara Gazette.

The following hospital lawsuits were reported since Feb. 20, beginning with the most recent.

A legal challenge to the Trump administration's rule requiring hospitals to post prices online is testing the bounds of U.S. constitutional free speech, according to Bloomberg Law. 

The owner and operator of a medical billing company in Florida was sentenced to five years of probation March 4 for partaking in a scheme to defraud federal healthcare programs, according to the Department of Justice.  

A Wisconsin resident is suing Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health alleging the health system overcharged her for copies of her medical records, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

From the federal government suing Mallinckrodt to a nursing home chain settling false billing allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest ACA challenge, it put many Senate Republicans in a tough spot, according to The Hill.