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Arizona to add limited dental services for Medicaid-eligible adults
America’s poor children are entitled to dental benefits under Medicaid. But adult dental benefits are considered an optional part of…
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Resources for tracking rural hospital closures
The phenomenon of rural hospital closures has gotten a fair amount of attention in the last few years with all…
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Latest scorecard of long-term services says improvement still slower than needed
When it comes to access to long-term supports and services (LTSS) for older or disabled Americans, where you live matters.…
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VA head opts for no-bid approach to EHR upgrade
Last week’s announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs would replace its homegrown electronic health record system VistA with a…
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A cautionary tale: Have you checked that citation?
No fewer than four of the 2016 winners of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism covered the opioid…
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Hospitals, health systems struggle to define population health
Population health was a term that became popular as Congress was passing the Affordable Care Act in 2010. In the…
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Revised HHS rules aim to shift more health plan control to states
Before the Affordable Care Act, health insurance regulation in the individual market largely was managed by the states. The ACA…
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Report: Health care cybersecurity unprepared and under threat
The first rule of health care cybersecurity is you don’t talk about health care cybersecurity. In reporting on cybersecurity threats,…
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Explore how communities prepare for rise in people with Alzheimer’s
More people are living with Alzheimer’s than ever before — and more are also dying from the disease, according to…
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Minnesota’s dental therapist experiment receiving good reviews
Minnesota’s first dental therapists went to work six years ago. Now approximately 70 of the licensed midlevel providers are offering…