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Health care ballot measures challenge reporters to separate fact from fiction
In California, an initiative known as Proposition 8 asks voters to limit the revenue that kidney dialysis clinics can earn.…
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CVS-Aetna merger approval raises questions about competition and drug costs
The merger of CVS Health, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy retailers, with third-largest health insurer Aetna has the potential…
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Digging into stakeholders’ comments for insight into AHPs
When Noam N. Levey was preparing to write about association health plans for The Los Angeles Times, he mined one…
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AHCJ webcast to feature authors of award-winning ‘Seven Days of Heroin’ project
In April, the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for an extraordinary special…
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When covering maternity care, look for local angles such as state rankings, racial disparities
One of the problems with the fee-for-service payment system is that it’s a flawed method of payment for sick patients…
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Report shows how hospital rating reports can meet patients’ needs more effectively
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Hospital Compare website to let consumers evaluate hospital performance based…
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Is value-based health care a fad?
There’s no doubt that the health system needs new payment models to replace the aging fee-for-service (FFS) method criticized for…
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Ohio Medicaid program demands new payment strategy after journalists explain how PBMs use ‘spread pricing’
Over the past six months, journalists for the Columbus Dispatch have written more than 40 articles about the murky world…
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Series explores how pharmacy contracts obscure drug pricing details from consumers
When covering prescription drug pricing, one problem that journalists face is understanding the almost-labyrinthine complexity of the drug supply chain,…
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Prior authorization rules: Yet another way the health insurance system frustrates physicians and patients
For patients and physicians, many aspects of the health care and health insurance systems are frustrating and appear to be…