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Need help navigating the current health care premium controversy?
Buying health insurance – or understanding what our plans cover and how much we have to pay – isn’t easy.…
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Suggestions on writing accurately about rising premiums
Health insurance premiums obviously are going up – and we’re all, appropriately, writing about it. Affordability is a political issue,…
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Is your local ACO A-OK?
At least 838 accountable care organizations (ACOs) are now operating nationwide in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.…
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Fact-checking 101: Step-by-step tips to check for errors, annotating your stories
Brooke Borel Nobody wants to make a mistake in a story, yet a few errors can slip past our best…
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Here’s what you need to know about new hospital readmission penalties
Since 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has had a logical approach to getting hospitals to decrease…
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Issues to consider when covering hospital readmission penalties
Jordan Rau American hospitals may have some of the most advanced medical technology in the world, but they hold an…
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Bridging the gap between oral health and overall health
“Oral health is integral to general health,” Surgeon General David Satcher famously observed. “You cannot be healthy without oral health.…
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How to improve your understanding of the link between periodontal health and systemic disease
Mary Otto Advances in science are contributing to a growing appreciation of the interrelationships between oral and systemic conditions. Here…
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Reporter explores the secondary health problems of elderly during hospitalization
People go to the hospital to get better, right? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with elderly adults, who can…
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You don’t have to wait for 2020 for U.S. Census health data
The nation’s next population count won’t come until 2020, but in the meantime reporters can use the U.S. Census Bureau…
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