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A National Safety Council survey found 99 percent of primary care physicians prescribe opioids for longer than the three-day period the CDC recommends, according to The Chicago Tribune.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found within an 18-month period, HealthCare.gov had 316 security-related incidents, and the site is still vulnerable to attack, according to money talks news.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Wisconsin appointed Paul Nobile the new president.

Providers can now use Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Community Health Worker model in the outpatient setting, based on a Perelman School of Medicine study, according to Medical Xpress.

St. Louis-based SSM Health, a Catholic, nonprofit health system, opened a $10.4 million outpatient clinic in Wentzville, Mo., according to St. Louis Business Journal.

Primary care physicians often help patients manage other chronic diseases better than depression, based on a New York City-based Weill Cornell Medical College study, according to Kaiser Health News.

On March 29, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edward and other policymakers will meet at the 2016 Health Summit: Creating an Agenda for a Healthy Louisiana, according to KALB.

On March 24, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report on subsidized health coverage's cost, according to Reuters.

A new study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examines quality measure documentation for inflammatory bowel disease in academic, community and private practice; their findings are bleak.

A study published in the journal Open Heart suggests that more heart disease patients than suspected could benefit, or at least could perceive benefit, from primary prevention therapy, as reported by Medscape.