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A whistleblower claims in a lawsuit he was fired by medical services firm Aledade after objecting to overbilling by the company.

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Newly unsealed whistleblower suit alleges giant primary care firm Aledade “rigged” software to make patients appear sicker and boost revenues tinyurl.com/757etj3y

NEW: Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis, said David Newman-Toker of Johns Hopkins Medicine, a problem he calls “significant and inexcusable.'

Liz Szabo reports:

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NEW: Think most new medical devices are tested for safety? Think again.

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FDA database that tracks heart device harms may miss red flags, safety experts warn cbsnews.com/news/fda-datab… via CBS News

Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half. - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

Dozens of Broward Sheriff's deputies face indictment in burgeoning PPP loan fraud case floridabulldog.org/2023/10/dozens… via Florida Bulldog

A provision in Virginia law exempts public university presidents’ papers from disclosure even after they step down. But the universities aren’t required to invoke the exemption — they can provide the information if they choose. propublica.org/article/virgin…

Thousands got Exactech knee or hip replacements. Then, patients say, the parts began to fail. cbsnews.com/news/exactech-… via CBS News

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'It was a bloodbath': Rare dialysis complication can kill patients in minutes — and more could be done to stop it cbsnews.com/news/hemodialy… via CBS News

NEW: In Wesley Chapel, Fla., residents will soon have three general hospitals within a five-minute drive. The new construction is part of a hospital-building boom across Florida.

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Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a US Leak kffhealthnews.org/MTY3ODc5NA via @kffhealthnews

Pain, Hope, and Science Collide as Athletes Turn to Magic Mushrooms kffhealthnews.org/MTY3NzI2Ng via @kffhealthnews

Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: NY Provider Has Sued More Than 300 Patients Who Had Bariatric Surgery kffhealthnews.org/MTY3MjczMg via @kffhealthnews

Lose weight, but gain huge medical debt cbsnews.com/news/bariatric… via CBS News

Assisted-living homes are rejecting Medicaid and evicting seniors washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…