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Insurance
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#AHCJ18 panel to examine impact of hospital consolidations on costs
Last year, there were 115 hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions – the highest number recorded in recent history,…
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Winners of 2017 health journalism awards announced
Investigations into what’s causing global obesity, who’s blocking regulation of addictive pain pills and who’s raking in billions of dollars…
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Potential pros, cons of those short-term health plans
As promised, the Trump administration has released a proposed rule to allow short-term health insurance plans that do not conform…
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Talking of wishes and waivers in Phoenix at #AHCJ18
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, one of its clear intents was to create a lot more…
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Plans coming together for #AHCJ18 in Phoenix
The Valley of the Sun will host Health Journalism 2018, AHCJ’s annual conference marking its 20th anniversary. The conference in…
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What’s being missed in coverage of Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration in January gave a long-expected approval for states to proceed with work requirements for their Medicaid beneficiaries,…
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Physicians say Anthem policy on ‘unneeded’ ER visits puts patients at risk
Emergency medicine physicians contend that Anthem’s policy regarding payment for emergency room visits in some of its markets has been…
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Keep an eye out for expanded Medicaid managed care in your state
More and more states are offering Medicaid managed care, with more than half of all Medicaid beneficiaries now receiving their…
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Tussle over CMS data shows the importance of getting all the facts, without delay
When the federal government in June began to post a series of maps that showed how many health insurers would…
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Mergers may transform health care as insurers encourage moving patients into lower cost sites of care
For decades, those who pay for health care have urged providers to move patients out of hospitals into lower cost…