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At a time when overall prescription drug use is climbing across the board, the AHRQ reports that the number of…
The California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting and the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun teamed up for a package…
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The New England Journal of Medicine has examined geographical variation in Medicare drug spending, an area the authors said previous…
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Despite recent high-profile busts, the private contractors hired by Medicare to sniff out fraud cases and refer them to law…
In Health Affairs (AHCJ members get free access), economist Joseph Newhouse considers how health care reform will affect four major…
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In her column for Generations Beat Online, AHCJ member Eileen Beal offers a reading list for health journalists and focuses…
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has been a vocal burr in the saddle of the Democrat majority’s push for health care…
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz looks at bundling hospital payments, a possible solution to the confusion and cost of separate…