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Insurance
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New tip sheet helps explain why AHCA, Medicaid matter to seniors
The future of Medicaid – the health program for low-income adults, children and seniors – is now in the hands of…
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#AHCJ17 panel explores ongoing quest for reliable measures of hospital quality
Health reporters should be asking the hospitals they cover plenty of in-depth questions about their star ratings and other collected…
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Experienced freelancers provide valuable tips, advice
Ah, the freelance life. Sleeping until noon. Working in your pajamas. Picking and choosing just the right assignments that appeal…
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#AHCJ17 panelists wrestle with the unintended consequences of complying with MACRA
Any legislation is bound to have unforeseen outcomes, and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 is no exception, according to two…
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What’s next for drug costs? #AHCJ17 hears from the experts – including a patient
President Donald Trump has spoken about the cost of drugs frequently. Though not always clearly and consistently, he has called…
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Is value-based pricing doomed? #AHCJ17 session to address this question
Paul Levy, former chief executive of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, recently made a compelling argument in a blog…
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#AHCJ17 panel to explore what’s next for Health Policy
For those of us who cover health policy nationally or in our states and local communities, it has been a…
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Albany reporter fills in the holes that state report left out
How often has this happened to you? Over the transom comes a report you believe will be the basis for…
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Despite ‘repeal and replace’ vow, Republicans pull health care bill before vote
Obamacare is the law of the land. … We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.” –…
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Health care repeal bill would have dealt death blow to ‘essential health benefits’
A variety of fixes aimed at appeasing resistant conservative House members failed to save the GOP’s Affordable Care Act repeal…