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Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration today republished the public version of the National Practitioner Data Bank, after intense…
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Ohio’s hospital transparency law under fire
Thanks are due to blogger and one-time hospital executive Paul Levy for drawing our attention to the Ohio hospital industry’s…
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Health Policy: Story shows how rival systems work toward accountable care
We hear a lot about accountable care organizations. What about “accountable care?” What questions do you have about Health Policy…
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Texas psych clinics take Medicare’s millions without oversight
The Houston Chronicle‘s Terri Langford reports that for-profit outpatient psychiatric clinics in the state, most located around Houston, are collecting…
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CLASS Act is gone but long-term care problem remains
The ill-fated CLASS Act is gone. What’s not gone is the problem of how to provide long-term care to the…
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Medicare providers get reinstated when feds fail to attend hearings
Using data obtained through a public records request, Associated Press reporter Kelli Kennedy (@kkennedyap) reviewed federal Medicare fraud reports from…
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Do small businesses in your area know about tax credit for offering coverage?
There’s been a fair amount of coverage about the lower-than-expected enrollment in high-risk pools created by the federal Health Policy…
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Friday brings IOM’s report on defining essential health benefits
On Friday, Oct. 7, the Institute of Medicine plans to release its essential health benefits report – those are the…
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Behind Oklahoma’s nation-leading access-to-care problems
In February, the New England Journal of Medicine ranked Oklahoma as the worst when it came to access to medical…
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Dartmouth Atlas report shows little improvement in readmissions
In the National Journal, Maggie Fox explains a new Dartmouth Atlas Project report (PDF) which demonstrates that, despite the looming…