A New Jersey pharmaceutical sales representative pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiring to disclose patients' personal health information, the Justice Department said Oct. 20. 

Court proceedings began this week in California in a case alleging medical apparel manufacturer Figs made false claims about its scrubs, Seeking Alpha reported Oct. 18. 

Antitrust lawsuits are mounting against Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health and its parent company, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

Oklahoma City-based Carter Healthcare, its affiliates, and two senior managers have agreed to pay $7.18 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, and its affiliate Sutter Bay Hospitals, will pay more than $13 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing for lab tests, the Justice Department said Oct. 17.  

An Oklahoma City-based home health company has agreed to pay $22.9 million to settle allegations the provider paid kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals and submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare. 

A California woman was convicted for healthcare fraud and prescription drug diversion schemes, the Justice Department said Oct. 17. 

A bankruptcy judge has blocked California health officials from suspending Medicaid reimbursements to Borrego Springs, Calif.-based federally qualified health center Borrego Health, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Oct. 17. 

The University of Iowa's Board of Regents has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with current and former Hospitals & Clinics employees who alleged managers didn't pay overtime, bonuses or accrued leave as quickly as state…

Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., has hired Pittsburgh-based law firm Horty Springer & Mattern to conduct an "independent, external review" of its cardiac surgery program. The move comes after the hospital allegedly protected a surgeon with 21 malpractice settlements.