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Get up to speed on Sept. 23 insurance changes
Start with this primer from the AP’s Carla K. Johnson, an AHCJ board member. The big lesson is that you’ll…
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CMS failed to report disciplined providers
ProPublica’s Marian Wang reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “essentially undermined” HHS efforts to create a national…
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Reporters urged to insist on response from federal agencies
When the FDA would offer only “no comment” on a notorious incident last summer, Felice J. Freyer, a medical writer…
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The real challenge for Italian health care
Changes are on tap for the Italian health care system. Standard health care costs will be defined, which means determining…
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VA pays for Agent Orange-related illnesses despite lack of evidence
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans are being compensated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for illnesses the agency says…
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Ethics audits of health-related agencies available
Every year, the federal Office of Government Ethics audits ethics programs at a few federal agencies and departments. The targeted…
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Identical tubing demonstrates FDA’s inaction
In The New York Times, Gardiner Harris outlines the problem of medical tubing that looks very similar – leading to…
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AHCJ pushes for access to publicly funded research
The strong public interest in “direct, free and full text access to research articles” prompted the Association of Health Care…
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Journalists visit CDC to learn latest about flu
Fourteen journalists, sponsored by AHCJ, are wrapping up a two-day workshop at the CDC about covering influenza. The workshop included…
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Ruling puts stem cell research on hold
A federal judge’s ruling has, at least temporarily, blocked efforts to expand stem cell research, based on a decision that…