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Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data
AHCJ hosted a webcast about the CMS data, featuring several CMS officials and Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter at ProPublica and…
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Court ruling may signal tougher stance on hospital-physician ventures
One of the most significant trends in health care over the past few years has been the merger of physician…
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Media groups decry CDC’s silence on W.Va. spill; agency admits communication missteps
The recent chemical spill in West Virginia, which contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people, became another occasion when federal…
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What we know – and a bit of what we don’t – about HealthCare.gov
I’m not particularly tech savvy but, one month into the HealthCare.gov website mess, here’s some of what I think we…
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Delaying Affordable Care Act not as simple as it sounds
With all the website woes, you are going to hear a lot more about “delaying” the Affordable Care Act. But…
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Attorney argues confidentiality provision in SNAP case was misinterpreted
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held hearings yesterday on a 2011 lawsuit brought by the Argus Leader of Sioux…
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Reporters provide insight into causes of insurance marketplace glitches
As one of my colleagues emailed me the other day: “Life’s a glitch.” We know we’ll be hearing A LOT…
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Report on how the federal shutdown affects older adults
This week’s shutdown of the federal government has some very real and immediate impacts on the nation’s older adults. Money…
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Barring access to information, officials poses threat to public health
Alice Dreger, a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, writes for Pacific Standard…
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LA Times op-ed calls for releasing information about food stamp program
The Los Angeles Times today published an op-ed by the co-chairs of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ Right to…