Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital officials are hoping to have a decision in late January or early February on its Chapter 9 bankruptcy eligibility, a spokesperson for the Hollister, Calif.-based hospital told Becker's. 

Kenilworth, N.J.-based clinical laboratory RDx Bioscience and its owner have agreed to pay more than $13 million to resolve allegations of kickbacks and unnecessary testing.  

Four senators have introduced a bill aiming to strengthen healthcare price transparency. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law in October that gradually increases California's minimum wage for healthcare workers. Three months later, he has indicated that he wants to potentially delay the wage increase in the face of the state's projected $37.86 billion budget shortfall, the Los Angeles Times reported Jan. 10.

Four owners and operators of Fairfax, Va.-based 1st Adult Pediatric Healthcare Services were among nine indicted for their roles in an alleged scheme to submit false claims to Medicaid for services that were not provided. 

A former medical assistant at the urology department of Weston (Fla.) Hospital, part of Cleveland Clinic, is facing video voyeurism charges after being accused of recording victims secretly while they urinated, NBC Miami reported Jan. 8. 

Atlantic Home Health Care has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which is administered by the Department of Labor.

Two Florida residents were sentenced to prison after being convicted for their roles in a scheme that billed Medicare $93 million for home health therapy services that were never performed. 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order on Jan. 5 banning anyone under the age of 18 from receiving gender-transition surgeries at any Ohio hospital or ambulatory surgical facility. 

After initial review, the Supreme Court has revived an Idaho abortion law that a federal trial judge partially blocked in 2022, NBC News reported Jan. 5. 

Do No Harm, a medical watchdog group based in Richmond, Va., has sued Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, challenging racial criteria for appointments to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

The family of Eddie Bernice Johnson, a former U.S. representative from the Dallas area, has alleged that medical negligence at Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation led to her death. They plan to file a lawsuit, KERA reported Jan. 4. 

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and its Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals have paid $7.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations along with kickback allegations.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center agreed to pay more than $19.5 million to resolve civil liability after self-disclosing that it improperly billed federal healthcare programs for clinical trial costs. 

In the last month, two New York health systems have received cease-and-desist letters from the state Department of Health.

Medford, Ore. police on Jan. 3 confirmed they are investigating medication theft and concerns of adverse patient care at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center — a day after local news outlets reported on allegations from sources at the hospital who say several patient deaths may be tied to a nurse's actions. 

A medical biller is accused of stealing more than $1 million that was intended to be paid directly to physicians who provided medical care to injured workers under the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law.

The owner of a durable medical equipment company was indicted for his alleged role in a $60 million fraud scheme. 

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners has received a cease-and-desist letter from the state Department of Health ordering against shutting down beds or services at its Troy, N.Y.-based Samaritan Hospital's Burdett Birth Center, a spokesperson for St. Peter's Health Partners confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.

The judge overseeing the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's civil case made famous by a Netflix documentary determined there was no juror misconduct during the eight-week trial, Fox 13 reported Jan. 3.