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Report explains the need for a waste-free formulary for pharmacy benefits
A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund and the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) shows that developing a waste-free…
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Who gets the value in value-based care?
Last year on this blog, I asked a rhetorical question: Is value-based care a fad? I did not expect to…
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Reports, tip sheet explore payment reform as a way to reduce high C-section rates
In a report late last year, the Commonwealth Fund included two statistics about women’s health that were particularly startling. In…
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When reporting on efforts to reduce drug prices, be skeptical and follow the money
The Trump administration has been talking tough on drug prices for many months and, of course, pharmaceutical companies and other…
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California reporter followed one lead after another to an award-winning series
To some of us, this procedure might have sounded too good to be true: A national network of infusion clinics…
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Reporter finds reviewing comments on federal proposals provided insight into what was to come
What can journalists learn from reading the comments that health care professionals send to federal agencies that propose new rules…
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Researchers asking tough questions about Medicare’s readmission reduction program
Researchers and health policy experts are questioning the value of Medicare’s efforts to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. The latest example…
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Webcast to focus on the value of ‘value-based’ care
In a blog post last summer, we asked what appeared to be a simple question: Is value-based care a fad?…
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Webcast to feature author of book on rampant fraud in the generic drug industry
Investigative journalist Katherine Eban will discuss her new book documenting rampant fraud in the generic drug industry during an AHCJ…
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Profile of a Kennedy led reporter to an investigation of mental health parity in N.C.
In September, Yen Duong, Ph.D., had just started work for North Carolina Health News when Hurricane Florence was churning up…