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AHCJ contest opens for submissions of 2013 work
Entries for the 2013 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism are now being accepted. The awards recognize the best health reporting…
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Employers use self-funded insurance to avoid ACA mandate
Joseph Burns Seeking to avoid the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act, many small employers are pursuing self-funded health…
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Tapping the holy grail of hospital data
Charles Ornstein California journalists are lucky to have the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Despite its bureaucratic and…
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Escaping death, oral cancer survivor raises awareness
Eva Grayzel’s symptoms started with a sore on her tongue. “It felt like a canker sore,” she recalled. Her dentist…
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IOM addresses cancer care, especially for older adults
The Institute of Medicine’s newly-released report, Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis,updates its recommendations on…
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Three stories illuminate how doctors’ fees are established
Most of the posts I do here have a take-home message tailored to the rollout of the health law: here’s…
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Medicaid directors weigh in on goals for long-term care
September is Healthy Aging Month, and perhaps appropriately, it is also when the federal Commission on Long-Term Care must wrap…
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Find best coverage estimates under the Affordable Care Act
Some AHCJ members have noted that when they go online to find out the estimates for coverage under the Affordable…
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Embargoed bedbug study comes with a bite
Recently, as part of a package of studies sent to reporters in advance of their annual meeting, the American Chemical…
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Series explains Health Policy through people’s stories
The Tennessean recently ran a six-part series by Tom Wilemon, who was a 2012-13 AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellow, showing the faces…
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