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Panels, key speakers announced for Health Journalism 2015
California’s Silicon Valley – an intersection of health and technology – will be home to Health Journalism 2015, AHCJ’s annual conference…
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HHS faces daunting challenge in moving away from fee-for-service payment
Finally, we may be seeing the beginning of the end of fee-for-service payment. In an announcement Monday, the federal Department…
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Discount drug pricing: Cutting through the controversy
Lola Butcher Debate about the government’s 340B Drug Pricing Program continues to build as the program expands. Like all good controversies, this…
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NIH cautions older adults, caregivers to be vigilant about hypothermia
Hypothermia is a dangerous drop in body temperature that may result in long term, serious health problems such as a…
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Vapor from e-cigarettes triggers changes to cells in lab study
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes are growing in popularity among American adults, and while some states restrict their use by minors,…
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Adequacy, transparency of provider networks among things to watch
At a recent San Francisco Bay Area chapter event, health journalists received a primer on the narrowing networks of current…
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A sampling of perspectives on Brill’s take on Health Policy
I’m sure a lot of you have Steven Brill’s “America’s Bitter Pill” on your bedside table by now – I’m…
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Reporter finds nonprofit hospital’s suit against uninsured patient was just one of many
In January 2012, EMTs took Ignacio Alaniz by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital, one of the largest nonprofit medical centers…
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Questioning the wisdom behind removing third molars
Americans spend about $3 billion annually getting wisdom teeth removed. But some experts are now questioning whether the procedure is…
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Reporting on why a huge nonprofit with a healthy endowment would sue an uninsured patient
Dianna Wray Houston journalist Dianna Wray found that one of the largest nonprofit hospitals in Texas was not functioning as…
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