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Public records
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Faltering Wis. transparency law has national lessons
Journal Sentinel reporter Guy Boulton’s investigation of Wisconsin’s ongoing failure to properly implement a statewide health care transparency law that…
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AHCJ asks FDA to re-evaluate embargo policy
The Association of Health Care Journalists has sent a letter to FDA officials asking them to re-examine a policy that…
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Carlat reviews Dollars for Docs, and the bleak picture it paints
Writing on KevinMD.com, psychiatrist and blogger Daniel Carlat reviews ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database from the perspective of a medical…
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The health highlights of two years of Guardian data
In two years, the Guardian’s data blog has published more than 600 data sets. I know this because, thanks to…
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45 nursing homes added to CMS program to improve care
On Jan. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the most recent list of nursing homes in its…
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WSJ sues for release of Medicare provider data
If successful, a legal move by The Wall Street Journal could open a flood of now-confidential Medicare data about providers…
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Guidelines for releasing information in public health crisis still in the works
When North Carolina officials recently announced the death of a teenager as a result of the flu but gave out…
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Reform opponents got millions from industry
Caitlin Ginley, of the Center for Public Integrity, used data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics to…
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Dallas Morning News hospital investigation required extensive use of public records
To understand the scope of The Dallas Morning News‘ “First, Do No Harm” series of investigations into publicly funded hospitals,…
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Nonprofit hospital CEO earns $5 mil in severance
Writing for The (Bergen County) Record and NorthJersey.com, Lindy Washburn used recent tax filings to discover millions in severance pay…