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New AHCJ board seated for 2014-15
Charlotte Sutton, senior editor/health and politics for the Tampa Bay Times, and Tony Leys, a staff writer for the Des Moines Register,…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the giant dental benefits company that took over…
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Nine journalists receive AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellowships
The Association of Health Care Journalists has named the 2014-15 class of the Regional Health Journalism Fellowship, an annual fellowship…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Tom Wilemon Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the dental benefits company contracted to…
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GAO report on medical loss ratio finds insurers spend little on quality improvement
The U.S. Government Accountability Office generated some minor headlines last week when it reported on how much health insurers paid…
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Clearing the air on a WHO study
Last week, I encountered yet another example of why it’s so important to always read the whole study — not…
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Engaged-patient proponent Gruman dies
Jessie Gruman, founder of the Center for Advancing Health, died Monday. She had spent more than 20 years there focused…
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Elder advocates release international model human rights convention; will go before UN
The Chicago Declaration on the Rights of Older Persons — a proposed international convention that aims to provide legal protections…
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AHCJ names 2014-15 Regional Health Journalism Fellows
The Association of Health Care Journalists has named the 2014-15 class of the Regional Health Journalism Fellowship, an annual fellowship…
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Looking at the relationship between scarcity, unhealthy behavior
People with low socioeconomic status are more likely to act in ways that harm their health compared with those higher…
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