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Insurance
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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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#AHCJ16 session to tackle how consumers might benefit if they shop for care based on price
It’s no secret that health care prices nationwide vary widely from one market to the next, and even within individual…
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AHCJ award winner spoke at professional meeting of industry she investigated
Last fall, I was fortunate to hear journalist Ellen Gabler give a presentation about one of her investigations to a…
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Conference session will explore the hidden costs of hospital consolidation #AHCJ16
Research from the Health Care Pricing Project shows that when hospitals have a monopoly in a market, prices are 15.3…
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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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Now that 20 million Americans gained coverage under ACA, is it possible to lower the uninsured rate further?
In Milwaukee on Thursday, President Obama reported that, under the Affordable Care Act, 20 million Americans who were previously uninsured…
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Here’s how one journalist discovered the rush to robotic surgery was ahead of the evidence
What does it take to write an award-winning article? For Richard Mark Kirkner, the process involved finding the right idea,…
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High court ruling could affect state efforts to collect insurance claims data
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 1 in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual, the justices gave journalists a chance to…
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Here’s some guidance on understanding the hospital consolidation trend
Hospitals have been merging and acquiring physician practices at a breakneck pace. They say it’s what they have to do…