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Health Policy
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Knees and hips and what they could reveal about ACA’s quality drive
The Affordable Care Act created many opportunities for Medicare to test new ways of paying for health care. One of…
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What reporters should know about GOP proposal to replace Obamacare
“Across state lines.” That’s shorthand for what many GOP politicians see as part of an acceptable replacement for the Affordable…
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Financial incentives for physicians may not be working as expected
One premise behind the formation of accountable care organizations is that physicians and other health care providers would have financial…
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Covering health care quandaries in an anti-immigrant campaign year
Here’s a story worth looking at in the states, particularly in the midst of a pretty heated campaign season: health…
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Despite $30 billion spent to improve it, health information technology rated a top patient safety issue
Just seven years after the federal government announced plans to invest in health information technology (HIT) for physicians and hospitals,…
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Panel will assess continued growing pains of Health Policy in the states #AHCJ16
For several years now, I’ve moderated an AHCJ conference panel on Health Policy in the states and will do it…
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What doctors really think about ACA and the role their politics play
We have reams of data showing that people’s views of the Affordable Care Act largely align with their political view…
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Financial services journalist provides pointers on connecting the dots in the co-op failure story
Don’t take my word for it. Check out what others have said about Adam Cancryn’s coverage of the growing number…
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What’s behind dramatic differences in Medicare Advantage, ACA enrollments?
Medicare Advantage enrollment is soaring, defying expectations after $150 billion in spending cuts over a decade that were part of…
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Just how “narrow” are the ACA networks – and how much do the insured care?
We all hear stories (and perhaps have personal experience) of people having trouble accessing one of their regular physicians or…