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Insurers offer physicians ways to earn discounts on the size of medical malpractice premiums, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has extended its pandemic-era controlled drug rules, which were set to end May 11 with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

Physicians for Human Rights has issued a statement commending the American College of Emergency Physicians' policy reversal on use of the diagnosis "excited delirium."

Northeast Medical Group and Yale New Haven Health Service Corp. have entered into a civil settlement agreement to resolve allegations that they overbilled federal Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid programs.

Kansas physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, has admitted to his role in a telemedicine fraud scheme.

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.

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

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. 

The American College of Physicians has issued a statement condemning the May 3 shooting at Northside Hospital Medical Midtown in Atlanta that left one dead and four injured.