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Insurance
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Digging into stakeholders’ comments for insight into AHPs
When Noam N. Levey was preparing to write about association health plans for The Los Angeles Times, he mined one…
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Tips for telling the stories of rural hospital closures
Bram Sable-Smith, who spent a year doing in-depth reporting on an endangered rural hospital in Pemiscot County, Mo., as part…
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Tips for tracking health plan participation in the 2019 markets
Open enrollment begins in just a few weeks and overall it’s looking like a better year for the ACA markets…
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ACA lawsuit may cause chaos in the states
We earlier told you about one lawsuit that aims to take down the ACA – or at least wipe out…
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AHCJ webcast to feature authors of award-winning ‘Seven Days of Heroin’ project
In April, the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for an extraordinary special…
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When covering maternity care, look for local angles such as state rankings, racial disparities
One of the problems with the fee-for-service payment system is that it’s a flawed method of payment for sick patients…
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AHCJ seeks ideas for Health Journalism 2019
Now is the time to send in your ideas for the Health Journalism 2019 conference, set for May 2-5 in…
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Report shows how hospital rating reports can meet patients’ needs more effectively
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Hospital Compare website to let consumers evaluate hospital performance based…
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Is value-based health care a fad?
There’s no doubt that the health system needs new payment models to replace the aging fee-for-service (FFS) method criticized for…
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Ohio Medicaid program demands new payment strategy after journalists explain how PBMs use ‘spread pricing’
Over the past six months, journalists for the Columbus Dispatch have written more than 40 articles about the murky world…