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Featured Health Policy
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Hospital mergers and health care price increases: A primer for reporters
In this webinar, learn what can be done to slow market consolidation and reduce harm to patients and local economies…
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Features of the Inflation Reduction Act you should cover now
There are at least three stories to write about other IRA provisions and how opponents of the law may file…
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How rising health care prices are harming employers and families
In a webinar on Aug. 27, we’ll hear from experts on how they used data on hospital prices to negotiate…
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Covering medical debt? You’ll need these resources
Journalists can find a wealth of data on issues related to medical debt in a robust series of reports from…
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Bill proposed to crack down on unauthorized health plan switching
The Insurance Fraud Accountability Act would subject agents and brokers liable if they fraudulently change or enroll customers in ACA…
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Report: Failing to regulate hospital mergers means consumers pay more
A recent report shows that predictably anticompetitive hospital mergers drove up consumer costs by more than 5%.
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Recent court rulings imperil public health and patient protections
A series of rulings has expanded the power of judges to second-guess the decisions of federal scientists and other government…
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How they did it: Colorado journalists show power of collaboration in UCHealth debt collection exposé
Learn how journalists from five news outlets revealed that UCHealth files roughly eight debt collection lawsuits per day.
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How providers avoid complying with the No Surprises Act
As journalists heard during HJ24 last month, physicians and other providers have ways to evade complying with the No Surprises…
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Maryland hospital payment model cuts costs and improves quality of care
Unlike most states, Maryland pays for hospital services using annual budgets set in advance, fundamentally changing how hospitals are paid.