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A Connecticut doctor, who was apprehended after he fled to Canada, pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering.

CMS issued a proposed rule on Monday that would eliminate or update a slew of regulations deemed “unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome.”

HHS' Office of the Chief Technology Officer found five major challenges facing the agency's data-sharing protocol in a new report released on Monday.

Nearly 20 million Americans suffer from chronic pain that interferes with their daily activities, according to a new report from the CDC.

Doctors are receiving few signals that they need to re-evaluate how they prescribe opioids.

A Texas doctor has apologized over published comments in which he said female physicians make less money because they don’t work as hard.

As officials announced record rates of three sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S., they warned about the increasing threat of drug resistance.

The former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was charged Friday with sexual abuse, police said. 

A New York doctor was sentenced to prison Tuesday for his participation in a $30 million fraud scheme, and more physician practice news.

A new government report took a first look at what types of information doctors are sending and receiving via their EHRs.