A Kansas nurse practitioner filed suit against CVS on Oct. 12, accusing the retail pharmacy chain of firing her because she refused to prescribe birth control and emergency contraceptives, despite formerly having a religious exemption. 

The Oregon Justice Department has opened an investigation into Renton, Wash.-based Providence's financial practices, The Oregonian reported Oct. 13. 

Providence Centralia (Wash.) Hospital, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a former employee who alleged the hospital refused to accommodate limitations caused by an on-the-job injury, The Chronicle reported Oct. 12.

A company that handled billing for a Georgia pharmacy will pay $6.5 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by waiving copays, charging government payers higher prices than permitted and trading federal healthcare business with other pharmacies,…

Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., has discontinued many services as it plans to acquire 50 psychiatric beds from another Merit Health facility. However, the hospital's lease agreement requires it to serve as a "full service general acute care hospital,"…

Three pharmacists and one New York City physician were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone Oct. 12, according to the Justice Department. 

A Florida medical equipment company owner will serve 4 1/2 years in prison for a fraudulent Medicare billing scheme, the Justice Department said Oct. 12. 

A nurse at Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., was robbed at gunpoint Oct. 10, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

The former CEO of South City Hospital in St. Louis claims in a lawsuit that conditions of a separation agreement were not met, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Oct. 10.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is being sued for allegedly unreasonably denying gender reassignment surgery under the state's Medicaid program, the Idaho Capital Sun reported Oct. 10.