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costs
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The other Democratic health agenda (hint – it’s not Medicare for All)
With all the attention on Medicare for All, it’s easy to forget that congressional Democrats have another important health care…
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Senate Finance Committee hearing focuses on nursing home abuse
Compelling, heartbreaking stories of abuse and neglect from the daughters of two elderly women drove home a call for tighter…
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Vox provides access to ER billing database for reporters
Over the past year, Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) at Vox has been collecting emergency department bills from around the country and…
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Primary care physicians find value-based payments fail to cover their costs
It’s hard to imagine any physician starting an online fundraising effort to keep her practice open. But for Michelle Mitchell,…
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Amazon Berkshire’s health care initiative hires expert in contracting for quality
Last spring, Atul Gawande, M.D., became chief executive officer of an unnamed initiative that will cover the health costs of…
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Event provides perspectives on California’s health policy landscape
Health Affairs held an October event in Sacramento on California’s health policy landscape (also available as a podcast). Here are…
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BCBS of Massachusetts will pay to keep patients out of the hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced this week that it is taking the radical step of paying to keep…
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Is value-based health care a fad?
There’s no doubt that the health system needs new payment models to replace the aging fee-for-service (FFS) method criticized for…
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Ohio Medicaid program demands new payment strategy after journalists explain how PBMs use ‘spread pricing’
Over the past six months, journalists for the Columbus Dispatch have written more than 40 articles about the murky world…
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Series explores how pharmacy contracts obscure drug pricing details from consumers
When covering prescription drug pricing, one problem that journalists face is understanding the almost-labyrinthine complexity of the drug supply chain,…