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Gender-affirming surgeries tripled in the U.S. between 2016-2019, study finds

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nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, according to new national estimates from a cohort study in JAMA Network Open. Over 48,000 people got some type of gender-affirming surgery between 2016-2020, with a slight decrease in the number of surgeries performed in 2020, likely because of the pandemic.

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OIG audit: Aetna may have raked in $25.5M in MA overpayments in 2015, 2016

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million in overpayments from Medicare Advantage in 2015 and 2016. | million in overpayments from Medicare Advantage in 2015 and 2016. A new federal audit estimates that Aetna may have received at least $25.5 A new federal audit estimates that Aetna may have received at least $25.5

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Study Finds Non-Opioid Pain Prescriptions Increased Following 2016 CDC Guideline

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The increase in prescriptions for non-opioid pain medications coincided with a significant drop in opioid prescribing over the same period.

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The Unintended Impact of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Part 1

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The CDC first released opioid prescribing guidelines in 2016.

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