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In new tip sheet, Chicago reporter suggests questions to ask about low hospital occupancy rates
For many years, health insurers have worked to keep patients out of hospitals, the costliest care setting. At the same…
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Atlanta journalist finds one series leads to another … and another … and another
Cover health care, or any beat, long enough and most journalists will discover that one story leads naturally to another.…
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Webcast to explore how consumers, payers and provider groups can evaluate physician quality
Next month, the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) will publish methodology that will allow consumers, health plans, provider organizations…
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N.J. officials ask attorney general to investigate Horizon’s new tiered insurance network
Hospital administrators in New Jersey have asked state officials to intervene in a disagreement over a proposed tiered network of…
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Calif. publishes better insurance price and quality data, but gaps remain
California has embraced the Affordable Care Act in big way. It launched one of the first and most robust state-run…
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Rand analysts point out limitations in ProPublica’s Surgeon Scorecard
It’s inevitable that when any organization publishes a report card on physician quality, doctors and policy experts will critique its…
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IOM spotlights diagnostic errors, continues call to improve patient safety
Efforts to improve health care quality and safety are mostly missing one significant source of concern: diagnostic errors, according to…
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Two government reports on the uninsured show trend toward historic lows
For the past two months, new data on the rate of the uninsured in the United States have reached what…
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Report shows lack of competition among Medicare Advantage plans
Anyone examining health insurance competition should look closely at a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, which indicates competition among…
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AHCJ webcast will address how payers, providers are implementing bundled payment
Late last month we wrote about criticism leveled at the federal government’s latest bundled payment proposal. Since then, other experts…