A Michigan physician has been indicted for allegedly selling more than $17 million worth of cancer drugs.

An Arizona physician was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $3.7 million healthcare fraud scheme.

A New York physician has been charged with allegedly receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans.

The American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have filed a lawsuit against MultiPlan alleging the data analytics firm is colluding with with commercial payers in a price-fixing scheme that has "undercut fair payment for out-of-network health care services and eliminated market competition, resulting in harm to patients and physicians."

St. John's Health in Jackson, Wyo., is denying allegations of negligence in a patient's death, arguing the case should not be filed under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act but as a state malpractice suit, WyoFile reported Oct. 21.

The owners of a New York Medicaid-enrolled transportation company pleaded guilty to their roles in a $2.1 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme. 

Five former employees at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the health system Oct. 21 regarding its retirement plan.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has agreed to pay $900,000 to resolve alleged discrimination against 6,123 Black applicants.

A Chattanooga, Tenn., based outpatient clinic has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million dollars to settle allegations it knowingly and improperly billed Medicare electro-acupuncture using auricular stimulation devices. 

From BCBS reaching a record antitrust settlement, to Epic asking a judge to dismiss a startup's lawsuit against it, here are 10 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal actions that Becker's has reported since Oct. 10: 

Revenue cycle management company Gryphon Healthcare is facing multiple lawsuits after thousands of patients' data was exposed by a data breach involving one of its partners. 

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services agreed to pay $13 million to settle allegations that it caused psychological damage after conducting a surprise active shooter drill at a children's psychiatric hospital, The Washington Post reported Oct. 17.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center physician over violating state law by providing hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors. This is the first time an attorney general has sued an individual physician over transition-related care for minors, NBC News reported Oct. 17.

Moderna is facing allegations that it misused innovations from researchers at Northwestern University to develop its mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which became widely available to the public in 2021 to combat the pandemic. 

The judge overseeing Dallas-based Steward Health Care's bankruptcy has approved  a request for reimbursement of $36 million for fees and expenses from the company's lawyers, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 17.

The CEO of a Houston-based pharmaceutical company was convicted on all 15 charges against him for leading a scheme to fraudulently bill payers for expensive topical creams.

A Philadelphia EMT was stabbed by a patient while transporting them in an ambulance, NBC affiliate WCAU reported Oct. 17.

Epic is asking a U.S. federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against them by startup Particle Health.

An OB-GYN working at Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center was attacked by a patient's son and hospitalized with severe injuries, local10.com reported Oct. 15.

More than 230 lawmakers in the House of Representatives have sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging House leadership to address the scheduled 2.8% Medicare reimbursement cut for physicians before the end of 2024.