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A Florida nurse practitioner was convicted for her part in a Medicare fraud scheme that racked up $200 million in claims for expensive genetic testing and Medical equipment that beneficiaries did not receive, the Department of Justice announced.

The Biden administration is starting the rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ Credit Reports. (KFF Health News)

California’s attorney general Sued an anti-abortion group for fraud over claims that they can reverse the abortion pill, mifepristone. (Reuters)

Cardiology organizations including the American College of Cardiology are looking to establish an independent medical board for their specialty.

Travere Therapeutics said its phase III trial of sparsentan (Filspari) for proteinuria in IgA nephropathy narrowly missed a confirmatory secondary endpoint; the drug was approved under the accelerated approval pathway earlier this year.

A convicted child sex offender who escaped from a Missouri hospital on foot earlier this week has been recaptured, police said. (NBC News)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that half a million children and other individuals disenrolled from Medicaid in error will have their coverage reinstated.

The 2023 Lasker Awards winners include scientists who pushed forward advancements in retinal imaging and protein structures. (Forbes)

HHS plans to dole out $45 million in grants to long-COVID clinics. (Reuters)

A federal appeals court is considering cases that could affect whether states are required to cover gender-affirming care for individuals with public insurance, cases that will likely wind their way to the Supreme Court. (AP)

Two Senators are urging the FDA to stop its study of opioids for chronic pain. (STAT)

U.S. military members who received the smallpox vaccine around a decade earlier had substantial protection against mpox. (New England Journal of Medicine)

SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists may be less beneficial for Black patients with type 2 diabetes when it comes to cardiovascular and kidney outcomes. (Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine)

The Federal Trade Commission sued U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its private equity owner, alleging that they formed a monopoly to inflate prices. (STAT)

Healthcare economics pioneer Victor Fuchs, PhD, died at age 99, Stanford University announced. He once told the New York Times, “If we solve our healthcare spending, practically all of our fiscal problems go away.”

Nine deputies in Tennessee were charged with involvement in the death of an inmate in the throes of a mental health crisis. (USA Today)

An Arizona-based transgender doctor lost a civil rights suit filed against a hospital, which alleged sex/gender discrimination. (Bloomberg Law)

Doctor and former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announced his retirement from the NFL. (CNN)

A New York City hospital system reported a concerning rise in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

A 2014 Olympic bobsled bronze medalist sued a team chiropractor, alleging almost a decade of sexual abuse. (ESPN)

“Euphoria” star Angus Cloud died of an accidental overdose of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and benzodiazepines, a California coroner said. (AP)

Over in Belgium, kids with chickenpox in the Flanders region are no longer required to skip school. (The Brussels Times)