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Texas psych clinics take Medicare’s millions without oversight
The Houston Chronicle‘s Terri Langford reports that for-profit outpatient psychiatric clinics in the state, most located around Houston, are collecting…
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Reporters uncover Calif. chain’s systematic upcoding
In a follow-up to their lengthy California Watch investigation into sketchy billing practices at the state’s Prime Healthcare chain, Christina…
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Dallas reporters use AHRQ data to measure patient safety
The Dallas Morning News continues its 19-month investigation into patient safety at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital.…
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CLASS Act is gone but long-term care problem remains
The ill-fated CLASS Act is gone. What’s not gone is the problem of how to provide long-term care to the…
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How young reporters put together a comprehensive look at aging
Brave Old World is a fascinating multimedia look at aging produced by News21 fellows from Columbia University’s Graduate School of…
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Medicare providers get reinstated when feds fail to attend hearings
Using data obtained through a public records request, Associated Press reporter Kelli Kennedy (@kkennedyap) reviewed federal Medicare fraud reports from…
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Access Denied: Looking at a lack of health care availability
Shannon Muchmore The 2010 Health Policy law is supposed to dramatically expand coverage of the uninsured. In the meantime, there…
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Quake damage could cripple Calif. hospitals
In her series on earthquake preparedness at California hospitals, California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting senior reporter Deborah Schoch…
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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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Journalists, researchers renew call for access to data during public call
Officials at the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration held a conference call on Thursday to seek input from the…
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