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Looking at the people behind the Kentucky insurance numbers
Kentucky has gotten a lot of attention for the largely unexpected success of its health insurance exchange. The Washington Post’s…
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Announcing the 2014 AHCJ-California Health Journalism Fellows
Congratulations to our AHCJ-California Health Journalism fellows, who will be attending AHCJ’s annual conference, Health Journalism 2014. We are able to…
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Are you covering a ‘fakethrough?’
Remember the burger grown from stem cells? It might be a great idea, except a single patty grown using today’s technology,…
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Senate Finance Committee members say CMS should reconsider Medicare drug proposal
Members of the Senate Finance Committee are urging the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider a…
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Health data key focus of AHCJ meeting held in Italy
FLORENCE, Italy – The Italian chapter of AHCJ actively contributed to the success of a two-day meeting organized by Science…
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Explore how changing nursing home culture affects care
Any journalist who covers nursing homes should check out this month’s special supplement in The Gerontologist, the Gerontological Society of…
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Medicare Advantage proposal outlines strategies to promote value-based insurance and patient engagement
Buried deep in a proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week was a proposal…
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House committee grills CMS executive on proposal to revise Medicare drug plan
A plan from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eliminate protections for certain classes of drugs ran…
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A trend to watch: wellness trusts
“The idea of the wellness trust is to create a pool of money that can effectively address the social determinants…
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Seeking to contain costs for six protected drug classes, CMS faces wide opposition
Patient care advocates, drug companies, and both Republicans and Democrats are arguing against a proposal from the federal Centers for…
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