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Newspaper’s economic health series explores role of oral health
The oral health of a state or community can serve as an interesting lens for examining economic health. That is…
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How often do drugs obtaining accelerated approval fulfill their potential?
If a new drug appears to show remarkable success in curing patients with a specific, aggressive cancer type that has…
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OIG report: CMS not doing enough for vulnerable nursing home residents
News on Wednesday that eight residents of a Hollywood, Fla. nursing home had died a few days after the facility…
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One big question remains as single-payer coverage gains popularity: how to pay for it
The idea behind a single-payer health care system is simple: Have one entity pay for all health care. The result…
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Study suggests FDA medical device approvals ripe for investigative dives
Medical devices — and the unrecognized or undisclosed risks some of them have — have been in the news quite…
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Nuance – rather than just numbers – helps tell the full story
Ah, the precision of numbers! For editors and journalists alike, the right number can slam a story into high gear,…
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What we can learn from the failed effort to pass ‘Caleb’s Law’ in California
As part of her beat covering politics for the nonprofit media organization CALmatters, Laurel Rosenhall has documented the long battle…
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How paying home health caregivers more could save health systems money
Is it worth it to provide more skilled – and higher paying – home health care? That is the question…
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Mass. may be moving closer to use of dental therapists to hold down Medicaid costs
Earlier this summer, Gov. Charlie Baker lent his support to a long-running effort to bring a new class of dental…
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Hurricane Harvey proves to be test for telehealth services
With clean-up efforts underway in the Houston area in the aftermath of devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, those affected by…