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Right to know
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Reporters: Federal public affairs staffers block access to information
Reporters who cover federal government agencies say they face impediments to getting information to the public because of interference from…
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Disciplined doctors in Conn. continue to get drug industry payments
Lisa Chedekel of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports that, even as doctors are investigated and disciplined for violating medical conduct…
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AHCJ calls for accessible reporting of physician payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should create an easily usable and searchable database when it publishes information from…
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CMS-ordered report, withheld by hospital, reveals hundreds of deficiencies
When Ryan McNeill of The Dallas Morning News recently wrote for AHCJ about that paper’s investigation into patient care and…
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AHCJ opposes taking taxpayer-funded research out of public’s reach
Congress should not roll back public access to taxpayer-funded research reports, AHCJ wrote in a letter to members of Congress…
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AHCJ weighs in on FCC broadcast transparency proposal
AHCJ is supporting a new effort to require broadcasters to report their funding sources online, because that would make it…
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Journalism organizations ask HRSA to clarify how it will exercise restrictions
The Association of Health Care Journalists and five other journalism organizations asked federal health officials this week to specify how…
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AHCJ objects to CMS meeting privately with investors
Responding to a report that federal health officials met in private with Wall Street investors, AHCJ leadership sent a letter…
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Secrecy around data bank protects ‘Practitioner No. 222117’
Alan Bavley of The Kansas City Star provides us with a stark illustration of why new restrictions on the use…
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Florida hospitals sidestep state constitution, keep records under wraps
Writing for BrowardBulldog.org, an independent investigative news site serving South Florida, Amber Statler-Matthews reports that hospitals are going to what…