From a Maryland CEO indicted in connection with more than $100 million in at-home COVID-19 test billing, to an Arizona addiction treatment clinic owner sentenced to 14 years in prison for a $69 million Medicaid fraud scheme, here are 10…

Surveyors found immediate jeopardy at U.S. hospitals in 1,346 surveys from 2021 through 2025, according to a Becker’s analysis of CMS data. An immediate jeopardy is the most serious finding a hospital can receive. It means a hospital’s failure to…

A North Carolina Superior Court judge has denied the North Carolina State Health Plan’s request for a temporary injunction against Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health’s new affordability program, ruling the plan is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its case,…

Physicians, nurses and other clinicians who worked at Steward Health Care’s former Massachusetts hospitals are facing personal liability for malpractice claims after the chain’s in-house insurer, TRACO, was left effectively broke, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 13. Like many health…

The founder and CEO of Gaithersburg, Md.-based Tiero was indicted in connection with billing insurers more than $100 million for at-home COVID-19 tests while claiming the tests were done in a lab, the Justice Department said Oct. 9. Here are…

The North Carolina State Health Plan and the state treasurer filed a lawsuit against Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health on Oct. 9, alleging the health system overstepped with a recently announced affordability program and acted in bad faith. In 2025, North…

The American Hospital Association, Maine Hospital Association and four safety-net hospitals filed a lawsuit Oct. 9 seeking to block a revised federal 340B drug rebate program that they say could impose more than $1 billion in annual administrative costs on…

In a new lawsuit, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan of conspiring with other Blues plans to block competition and using its grip on the health insurance market to overcharge the state and…

The Federal Trade Commission has spent 2026 widening what it treats as its healthcare beat, and hospital pricing is now squarely inside it. The agency on Oct. 5 warned 24 of the country’s largest health systems that incomplete, inaccurate or…

The Trump administration plans to put more than $100 million toward education programs for U.S. researchers in science, technology, engineering and math, Bloomberg reported Oct. 7. President Donald Trump will announce the initiative at an Oct. 8 White House summit,…