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Health Policy
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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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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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Friday brings IOM’s report on defining essential health benefits
On Friday, Oct. 7, the Institute of Medicine plans to release its essential health benefits report – those are the…
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Project offers road map to local health care innovations
A new, but time-limited – looks like the emails may just be going out for just for 30 days –…
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State update and hospital workers’ health
We have two unrelated topics to touch on this week. First, just a brief reference to a recent Washington Post…
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Health Policy comes with new rules for nonprofit hospitals
When I first started covering health care, I thought that a nonprofit hospital was one that didn’t make any money.…
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How does the budget deal affect the Affordable Care Act?
So how does this mammoth budget-cutting deal, with its congressional “supercommittee” affect Health Policy? Good question, because lots of people…
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Reporters can explore states’ options for creating exchanges
Give me an f… … for Flexibility, that is. Flexibility is the buzzword these days, as federal health officials coax…
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Follow up on $95 million just awarded to school-based clinics
Periodically, I get an email or press release from a well-intentioned organization telling me why I should be writing about…
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Shifts in health care delivery raise questions
Christopher Weaver at Kaiser Health News has done two stories recently on new care models driven by insurers eager to…