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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…
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Increased optimism about new Alzheimer’s drugs, tests
You may have recently heard about the multimillion-dollar donation that Bill Gates and Leonard Lauder made to support research into…
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Landmark oral health report due for an update
In his landmark Oral Health in America report in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher reminded the nation that oral health…
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Newly merged infectious disease organization offers journalists’ resources
More than five million children around the world die before the age of five from infectious diseases like pneumonia, malaria…
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Series explores how pharmacy contracts obscure drug pricing details from consumers
When covering prescription drug pricing, one problem that journalists face is understanding the almost-labyrinthine complexity of the drug supply chain,…
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Checking conflicts of interest: If cutting corners, at least do it right
Sometimes you have to learn things the hard way to get them right the next time – even when you…
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Prior authorization rules: Yet another way the health insurance system frustrates physicians and patients
For patients and physicians, many aspects of the health care and health insurance systems are frustrating and appear to be…
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‘Short-term’ plans can now be renewed for years
In my most recent post, I recapped what Georgetown University’s Sabrina Corlette, who is also a former Senate health policy…
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New poll: More counseling, prescribing limits needed for seniors using opioids
Nearly a third of older adults have received a prescription for an opioid pain medicine in the past two years,…
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Why are patient portals such duds?
Patient portals — those consumer-facing websites that enable patients to access their medical information securely and communicate with their doctor…