CVS, Walgreens and Walmart have appealed a ruling that ordered them to pay $650 million for fueling the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties, arguing the case should be thrown out or a new trial introduced, NBC affiliate WFMJ reported…

A married couple who owned multiple diagnostic testing facilities in New York City were sentenced to three years in prison for their roles in an $18 million healthcare fraud scheme. 

A Minnesota psychologist has pleaded guilty to defrauding Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the Justice Department said Dec. 1. 

A Wyoming couple can now proceed with their case against the hospital where their disabled son was born, the state's Supreme Court ruled, according to a Nov. 30 report from the Cowboy State Daily.

A former New York physician was sentenced to prison for 111 months for fraud and identity theft as he attempted to steal almost $1 million from medical peer review companies, the Justice Department said Nov. 30. It was the second…

Madison, Wis.-based SSM Health Dean Medical Group is suing two physicians who resigned to start a new practice, The Chippewa Herald reported Dec. 1.

Management at Jackson, Wyo.-based St. John's Hospital have reached an agreement with a current physician board member over a noncompete conflict, averting the need for a possible trial and payment of up to $260,000, according to a Nov. 30 report…

Two North Carolina physicians who have accepted new roles within UNC Health Care's Pardee system are suing Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, alleging they were "threatened" with noncompete legal action, the Asheville Citizen Times reported Nov 29.

North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley wants more staff for the state's Medicaid fraud unit, Prairie Public Broadcasting reported Nov. 28. 

From MetroHealth's fired CEO suing over alleged open meetings law violations, to CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs settling disability discrimination violations, here are eight hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported on since Nov. 8: