The New York State Supreme Court, appellate division, ruled against Utica-based Mohawk Valley Health System's request to use eminent domain to procure a parcel of land as part of the construction of a medical office building, The Observer-Dispatch reported Dec.…

UC Medical Center in Cincinnati allegedly misplaced the remains of stillborn twins, FOX19 reported. 

A pharmacy worker in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statute through a two-year, $2.4 million bribery scheme.

Just hours before the facility was set to close, a judge ordered Franciscan Health to keep the emergency room of its hospital in Hammond, Ind., open for nine months, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported Dec. 22. 

A New York physician has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to settle allegations he submitted more than 1,000 false claims to Medicaid.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, alleging the pediatric health system illegally fired a maintenance assistant for requesting a religious exemption to its flu vaccination policy.

Physicians and consumer advocates are monitoring a California lawsuit against Envision Healthcare, which alleges that Envision uses shell business structures to retain de facto ownership of emergency room staffing groups and asks the court to declare these structures illegal, Kaiser…

From a mistrial in a $158 million case, to a Georgia lab owner's conviction in a $463 million Medicare scheme, here are eight healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since Dec. 14:

Two women who police say were sexually assaulted by a nurse and filmed while unconscious in the intensive care unit are suing the Colorado hospital where the alleged incidents took place, the Denver Post reported Dec. 21.

From fired MetroHealth CEO filing a second lawsuit against the system to three California hospitals paying $22.5 million to settle billing fraud allegations, here are eight recent legal actions involving hospitals that Becker's has reported since Dec. 6: