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CMS is extending the 2014 informal review period for individual eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System that think they have been incorrectly assessed the 2016 PQRS negative payment adjustment.

Here are 35 updates from the last month.

Researchers found surgical patients who had seasonal flu vaccines had no worse outcomes than patients who were not vaccinated, according to MedPage Today.

Faced with seemingly endless administrative tasks, physicians experience burn-out more than any other specialty in the United States.

There is no shortage advice and avenues to take in healthcare, but sorting out the advantageous steps from the tactical errors can be tricky. Here are three solid strategies for ASC leaders to invest in and three missteps to avoid…

Patients forget between 40 percent and 80 percent of what a provider tells them during an appointment, leading to a broken, inefficient healthcare system, according to MedPage Today.

Jeb Bush proposed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it what a law that would increase tax credits for Americans, allowing them to purchase coverage protection against "high-cost medical events," according to Star Tribune.

Should physicians be prosecuted for drug overdose deaths? Alan G. Santos, chief executive of Avantha Solutions, considers the question on The New York Times opinion page.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care, based in Downers Grove, Ill., launched a new health plan called BlueCare Direct.

Digestive Diseases and Sciences, a renowned medical journal in the gastroenterology and hepatology fields, published the results of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Reduction Evaluation and Safety Trial study.