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Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data
AHCJ hosted a webcast about the CMS data, featuring several CMS officials and Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter at ProPublica and…
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Lack of access to dental care leads to expensive emergency room care
In recent years, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have drawn millions of poor and underinsured patients coping with dental problems. Yet…
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Using data from exchanges, journalists report on the true cost of health insurance
When the federal and state exchanges opened for business on Oct. 1, 2013, health care journalists found a trove of…
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Plunging into health care: Tips for beginners
Four experienced reporters provide some tips on how to get started in health care reporting.
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For freelancers, ‘Contracts 101’ was important session at #ahcj14
Almost every freelancer has a horror story or two about contract negotiations gone awry. To help freelancers avoid the most…
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New models bridge the gap in health care news #ahcj14
Necessity has become the mother of innovative business models for local news. It’s no secret that vanishing news outlets and…
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Staying in the loop: Reading suggestions for health reporters
These reading suggestions and links to helpful national organizations will keep health reporters in the loop.
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Drilling down into numbers uncovers Marketplace glitch
Don Sapatkin Ten days before the (expected) close of open enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the federal exchange’s window-shopping tool –…
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Dental tourism: Americans leaving the country for oral health care
Mary Otto Experts say many thousands of Americans are now going abroad for dental care. The growing phenomenon of…
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Covering hospital ratings? Here’s one aspect consumers need you to report #ahcj14
If you were at Health Journalism 2014, you might have heard that things got interesting on Saturday when journalists questioned…
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