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Health Policy
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Rau explains using data to write about hospital readmissions
Many health policy experts believe that hospital readmissions are symptomatic of the broad dysfunction of the health care system in…
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Explore aspects of Medicaid expansion in the states
It’s unlikely that too many states (particularly but not exclusively “red” states) will be making up their mind about Medicaid…
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Potential stories about changes in health care delivery are abundant
Many of you probably saw the recent Sunday New York Times Magazine story about home- and community-based health care, called…
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Find evidence that insurers can – or can’t – rein in health care costs
Here’s a question that reporters on the aging beat should look into as the debate over Medicare rages on: Where’s…
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Explaining the Medicare fight in a nutshell
Just about every major news outlet has done a “fact check” on the Medicare wars that erupted after Mitt Romney…
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Quick links to cover Ryan’s view of health care spending
Judith Graham, AHCJ’s topic leader on aging, wrote a good post about Paul Ryan’s health policies’ impact on the elderly…
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Ryan selection brings Medicare, Medicaid proposals to forefront
It’s time to bone up on Republican proposals for overhauling Medicare and Medicaid, and how they compare with the Democrat’s…
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Berwick reminds next class of doctors of their responsibility
Several weeks ago I got an email from a Democrat on the Hill that said, “This might make you cry,…
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Decisions on Medicaid expansion could affect demands for ER care
Now that Medicaid expansion is uncertain in a number of states, it’s likely that some low-income people who might have…
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OIG: While adverse events are common, records of them aren’t
To draw attention to its ongoing monitoring of the incidence of adverse events in US hospitals and the accurate reporting…