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AHCJ releases Medicare provider payment data broken down by state
Medicare pays doctors and other providers virtually everywhere in the United States, amounting to more than $70 billion in 2013…
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AHCJ releases Medicare provider payment data broken down by state
Medicare pays doctors and other providers virtually everywhere in the United States, amounting to more than $70 billion in 2013,…
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Another report casts skeptical eye on patient satisfaction surveys
After we posted in May on issues concerning hospital patient satisfaction surveys, the Hastings Center, a Garrison, N.Y., research institute…
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Florida dentist accused of abuse, fraud in treatment of young patients
CNN filed its “Nightmare Dental Procedures Done on Kids” report under “Stories that Shock,” along with tabloid-worthy accounts of a…
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Covering the ACA state subsidy issue
Lauren Sausser Lauren Sausser of The Post and Courier in South Carolina was surprised by an email from a reader asking…
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Workshop to offer look at nation’s rural health landscape #ruralhealth15
A lot has been made of mapping health care lately, from states and counties to ZIP codes and income. But…
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For AHCJ members: Updated data about hospital charges to Medicare
With an update from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data showing what hospitals across the country charge Medicare…
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What can reporters learn from the chocolate diet study hoax?
You’ve been fooled. You thought eating chocolate while dieting could help you shed the pounds faster because a study supposedly…
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Some dental clinics seeing influx of Medicaid clients under ACA
Thanks to Medicaid expansion and stepped up enrollment efforts under the Affordable Care Act, adults in some states including Oregon,…
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Love, marriage and millennials – one more look at fertility
Recent data on the economic recession’s impact on U.S. birth rate showed a slowdown among millennials struggling to regain their…
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