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Right to know
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Use caution with new data on doctor payments from drug, device companies
This article originally appeared on ProPublica’s website. The government’s new website on drug and device company ties to doctors will be…
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Calif. reporter finds dearth of public records on assisted-living homes
I knew next to nothing about the fast-growing assisted-living industry when I started reporting in early 2013 on problem homes…
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AHCJ disappointed with ACGME’s response on transparency
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has rejected a request from AHCJ to publicly release additional information about the…
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AHCJ pushes for more data on residency programs
The Association of Health Care Journalists has called upon the accreditor of physician residency programs to be more transparent with…
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How one reporting team used public records to find questionable Medicare Advantage spending
Fred Schulte Medicare billing records are all the rage. Almost every day, it seems, there’s a new article about doctors…
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Documents yield true cost of Illinois’ PR campaign for insurance coverage
When Illinois awarded a $33 million contract to a high-priced PR firm to promote insurance coverage under the Affordable Care…
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Video shares tips for using data to cover Health Policy
Yesterday, Joanne Kenen shared a guide on using data to cover the Affordable Care Act as well as Charles Ornstein’s…
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Tiptoeing into Medicare data
The volume of public data on our health care system keeps growing and growing. AHCJ board member and veteran health…
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AHCJ, HHS officials address appeal process for inadequate responses by PIOs
Reporters facing unreasonable delays or inadequate responses from media officials at an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Sunshine Week: Committee advocates for access to information
This is Sunshine Week, a yearly celebration of open government. It’s held every year in the week that includes the…