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Here’s some guidance on understanding the hospital consolidation trend
Hospitals have been merging and acquiring physician practices at a breakneck pace. They say it’s what they have to do…
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Issues, resources for covering opioid use among older adults
Alan Cassels We have an opioid crisis in the United States. Every day in this country there are 45 deaths…
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Five things to know about hospital consolidation
Erin Mershon Hospitals have been merging and acquiring physician practices at a breakneck pace over the last several years. Hospital…
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For context, add global dimension to your reporting
Veteran health care journalist Trudy Lieberman says that she’s long observed that U.S. health reporters are reluctant to reach out…
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Research using new private insurer data sheds light on how system is and isn’t working in six areas
Six research reports released today by the Health Care Cost Institute show how the health insurance system is working and failing…
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Dental benefits are expanding in a post-ACA market
“Covered California Now Offering Dental Coverage to Adults,” the headline in the Long Beach Press Telegram read. The news that…
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New data from three health insurers may be a game changer
Most of what policy makers know about health spending comes from Medicare data, which represents only about 16 percent of…
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Ideas on covering how dental benefits expansion is working under the ACA
Mary Otto What does recent federal data reveal about how dental benefits are working on federal and state insurance marketplaces…
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How to use the Health Care Pricing Project to take a deeper look into hospital cost variations
Joseph Burns Writing about a new report from the Health Care Pricing Project (HCCP), Dan Gorenstein made the case that researchers now…
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Threat of lawsuit prompts editor to dig into complainant’s past
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to face a lawsuit over a story you’ve written, you’ll want…
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