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Report on Cruz amendment shows how one option would affect insurance market
With efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act sidelined, for now, it may be a good time take…
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For N.C. reporter, news brief led to series on solitary confinement, mental illness
In most states, care for those with behavioral health problems is so poor that the nation’s prisons have become the…
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Opposition forces GOP senators to delay ACA repeal-and-replace vote
Senate GOP leaders today scrapped this week’s planned vote on their version of Obamacare repeal-and-replace legislation, with plans for a…
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Health plan execs fear Senate version of AHCA would gut Medicaid
The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill unveiled Thursday, would do little to promote better care…
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Hospitals, health systems struggle to define population health
Population health was a term that became popular as Congress was passing the Affordable Care Act in 2010. In the…
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Writing about new subjects, pursuing fellowships help freelancers keep careers fresh
Journalists desiring to keep their freelance career fresh might consider writing new types of stories for different publications, says Laura…
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#AHCJ17 panelists wrestle with the unintended consequences of complying with MACRA
Any legislation is bound to have unforeseen outcomes, and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 is no exception, according to two…
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Is value-based pricing doomed? #AHCJ17 session to address this question
Paul Levy, former chief executive of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, recently made a compelling argument in a blog…
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Eyre’s Pulitzer-winning work shows power of hard data, big numbers
In two days in December, the Charleston Gazette-Mail published two blockbuster articles about the opioid crisis in West Virginia, the…
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Albany reporter fills in the holes that state report left out
How often has this happened to you? Over the transom comes a report you believe will be the basis for…