Jersey City, N.J.-based CarePoint Health Systems was partially denied a request to delay its antitrust lawsuit against West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health by a New Jersey federal magistrate judge due to the health system's Nov. 3 filing for Chapter 11 protection, Law360 reported Nov. 5. 

The owner of a St. Louis-area home health company is accused of a more than decade-long scheme that defrauded Missouri's Medicaid program out of more than $3 million. 

The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has reached a settlement with McKesson Medical-Surgical to resolve allegations of systemic hiring discrimination at its Grapevine, Texas, facility. 

Walgreens has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the pharmacy chain of inflating prescription drug prices for insured customers. 

Horizon Medical Center of Denton (Texas) has agreed to pay $14.2 million to settle potential Medicare regulation and Stark Law violations.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 5 in a case challenging how HHS calculates disproportionate share hospital payments for Supplemental Security Income benefits. 

The owners of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Rocky Hill Pharmacy face charges following a federal investigation into alleged healthcare fraud, NBC affiliate WBIR reported Nov. 1. 

On Oct. 31, Louisiana healthcare workers filed a lawsuit against a new state law that classifies abortion medications as controlled substances, a designation the plaintiffs say will delay care and harm patients. 

Medisca, an ingredient supplier to compounding pharmacies, will pay $21.75 million to resolve allegations of false and inflated prices, according to the Justice Department. 

Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy has raised concerns with Vernon, Conn.-based Rockville General Hospital's service cuts that "may be in violation" of state law, according to an Oct. 17 letter.

A Columbus, Ohio physician and his clinic were found guilty of billing the state's Medicaid program for medical equipment that was never purchased. 

Beginning Nov. 1, CMS will require hospitals to report admission information related to respiratory illnesses, including capacity, to the CDC. The new rule reinstates some pandemic-era requirements that have been voluntary since May 1. 

A second physician in Texas is facing a lawsuit from Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly violating state law by prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy drugs to minors. 

The owner of a medical billing company pleaded guilty to submitting false claims to public and private insurers. 

A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would stop Medicare payment cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has sued Prospect Medical Holdings for years of "mismanagement and neglect" of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, which has disrupted healthcare services and resulted in various facility closures, according to an Oct. 29 news release. 

Providence St. Joseph Hospital has agreed to California Attorney General Rob Bonta's stipulation that the hospital will provide emergency abortion care in the future.

A Texas physician was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing durable medical equipment without having any contact with the patients. 

From a New York health system suing a payer over withheld payments to the Texas attorney general becoming the first in the nation to sue a physician over transition-related care to minors, here are 10 hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker's has reported since Oct. 8:

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Oct. 10: