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Conflicts of interest
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Network drives increase in painkiller prescriptions
In the latest installment of his ongoing investigation for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, John Fauber looks for…
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AHCJ calls for accessible reporting of physician payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should create an easily usable and searchable database when it publishes information from…
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PLoS Medicine article advocates using legal system to stem ghostwriting
An essay published by PLoS Medicine makes the case that the “guest” authors of ghostwritten articles – typically academic researchers who…
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BMJ analysis reveals widespread publication/selection bias in research
Reporting on a study released by BMJ and characterized as an almost existential threat to the medical research system by…
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AHCJ weighs in on FCC broadcast transparency proposal
AHCJ is supporting a new effort to require broadcasters to report their funding sources online, because that would make it…
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Project looks at problems in how deaths are investigated
The results of a yearlong joint investigation of the American autopsy system by ProPublica, Frontline and NPR show that problems…
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AHCJ objects to CMS meeting privately with investors
Responding to a report that federal health officials met in private with Wall Street investors, AHCJ leadership sent a letter…
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New Wisc. rules lead to interesting disclosures
Thanks to new disclosure requirements from the University of Wisconsin’s doctor group, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s David Wahlberg was able…
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Medicaid programs slow to act against system exploiters
At ProPublica, senior reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have published the latest turn in their ongoing analysis of conflicts…
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Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration today republished the public version of the National Practitioner Data Bank, after intense…