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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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Grassley blasts HRSA over data removal after seeing letter exchange with doc
The action taken by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to remove the public version of the National Practitioner…
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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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Reporters uncover Calif. chain’s systematic upcoding
In a follow-up to their lengthy California Watch investigation into sketchy billing practices at the state’s Prime Healthcare chain, Christina…
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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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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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Journalists, researchers renew call for access to data during public call
Officials at the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration held a conference call on Thursday to seek input from the…
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Rising medical debt spawns problems, fosters solutions
Kelley Weiss, of the California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting, dug deep into the rising mountain of medical debt…
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Academic community joins call to restore National Practitioner Data Bank file
Twenty-three academics and researchers have added their voice to the growing condemnation of the Obama administration’s decision to remove the…