1. Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System filed a new lawsuit as it seeks to get the money a court ordered Ammon Bundy to pay in a lawsuit alleging harassment and intimidation against St. Luke’s and its workers.
2. Donaldsonville, La.-based Prevost Memorial Hospital reached a settlement worth up to $1.16 million in a lawsuit accusing the hospital of not paying overtime for nurses.
3. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is suing MultiPlan for an alleged ongoing conspiracy among commercial health insurers to reduce the reimbursement rates they pay to providers for out-of-network services.
4. Bridgeport, Conn.-based federally qualified health center Optimus Health agreed to pay more than $470,000 to settle improper billing allegations.
5. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from NYU Langone Health that alleges the health system used a similar shade of purple in its advertising campaign.
6. Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health agreed to pay a $2 million settlement after a patient-led lawsuit accused the health system of sharing patient data put into MyChart with Facebook,
7. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is facing a lawsuit for a May 31 data breach that affected 1.2 million patients.
8. A certified registered nurse anesthetist filed a lawsuit against Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare seeking lost wages and $15,000 in damages after a surgical machine allegedly exploded and injured him.
9. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing a fifth lawsuit from patients relating to a July data breach that compromised the information of 11 million patients
10. A New Jersey judge restricted the amount of damages Bayonne-based CarePoint Health can receive in a lawsuit over ambulance services.
11. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is facing a lawsuit for a March 30 data breach that compromised the protected health information of 168,000 patients.
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