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COVID-19 changed the American public in several ways over the last three years. Importantly, it showed persistent gaps in U.S. public health infrastructure, and the importance of improving emergency responses for future global health events. 

Michigan podiatrist Kenneth Mitchell, DPM, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a healthcare fraud conspiracy that involved nearly $2 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims, in addition to identity theft and false records.

Some lenders offer special mortgage loans aimed at physicians. Here are 10 things to know about physician mortgage loans, according to a May 5 report from Bankrate:

Rochelle Walensky, MD, is stepping down as director of the CDC.

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., appointed Ken Hopper, MD, Angela Pierce, PhD, and Quoc-Anh Thai, MD, to assistant dean positions. 

The American Hospital Association — a healthcare advocacy organization with 5,000 member hospitals, 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and 43,000 healthcare leaders — has penned a letter to the U.S. Senate to support the Medical Student Education Authorization Act. 

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