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Private equity ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities

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However, between 2013 and 2023, private equity firms made over 1,000 acquisitions of disability and elder care providers — a likely undercount, according to the report published by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit watchdog focused on the growing impact of the private equity industry.

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Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say

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Work by device manufacturers to improve the performance of pulse oximeters on people with darker skin has progressed little since the Food and Drug Administration asked manufacturers in 2013 to voluntarily test the devices on more diverse skin tones, according to a study published Monday in JAMA.

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HPV Vaccination Rates Could Improve With Increased Reimbursement

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of women aged 18-59 in 2013-2014. According to the CDC, HPV is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection in the US, with a prevalence of 45.2% of men and 39.9%

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Study finds hepatitis C cure saved Medicaid $15 billion

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The study finds that since curative direct-acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C were approved in 2013, even after factoring in the cost of treatment, Medicaid has saved an estimated $15 billion in avoided health care costs and nearly 285,000 Medicaid enrollees are estimated to have been cured.

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At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end

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Joung, an early pioneer of the gene-editing technology, was the first to show CRISPR could target and cut DNA inside an embryo — in zebrafish — back in 2013. If, of course, society decided that was a good idea.

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STAT+: Feds accuse CVS of filling ‘thousands’ of illicit opioid prescriptions

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The lawsuit alleged that, since October 2013, CVS knowingly filled prescriptions for “dangerous and excessive quantities” of controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid, and were not issued in the “usual course of professional practice. Department of Justice.

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Study points to weaknesses in FDA accelerated approval path

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Less than half of the cancer therapies given accelerated approval by the FDA in 2013 to 2017 showed a clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial within the next five years

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