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Kaiser Permanente fined $2.5 million for missing Medicaid data
The California Department of Health Care Services says this was the first fine imposed against one of its Medicaid managed care plans since at least 2000.

Kaiser Permanente fined $2.5 million for missing Medicaid data
Merger aims to create massive repository of medical records
A merger between nonprofit California Integrated Data Exchange and the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange could lead to the pooling of medical records of 16.7 million people in California.

Merger aims to create massive repository of medical records
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Autism-linked copy number variants always boost autism likelihood
By contrast, varied doses of the same genes decrease or increase the odds of five other conditions, with distinct biological consequences, two new preprints show.

Autism-linked copy number variants always boost autism likelihood
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Everything everywhere all at once: Decision-making signals engage entire brain
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Everything everywhere all at once: Decision-making signals engage entire brain
The findings, gleaned from the most comprehensive map yet of brain activity during decision-making in mice, show that the process is even more distributed than previously thought.