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Calif. center, ethnic outlets partner to examine elderly day care’s demise
The California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting partnered with no fewer than nine different organizations to produce a sprawling…
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Group effort documents effects of cutting services to seniors
Services that mean a world of difference to needy seniors – everything from meals on wheels to specially equipped vans…
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How might retail clinics change health care delivery in your community?
I don’t routinely blog about the work of AHCJ board members (which doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read Charles Ornstein’s latest…
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DoD spent nearly $363 million on weight-loss surgeries in past decade
Reporting for KIRO-Seattle, Chris Halsne used FOIA requests to find out how much the military’s TriCare plan is paying for…
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Medicaid programs slow to act against system exploiters
At ProPublica, senior reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have published the latest turn in their ongoing analysis of conflicts…
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AHCJ asks Supreme Court to permit broadcast of Health Policy arguments
AHCJ has asked Chief Justice John G. Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit live audio and video coverage…
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AHCJ asks Supreme Court to permit broadcast of arguments in Health Policy case
The Association of Health Care Journalists has asked Chief Justice John G. Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit…
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Numbers reveal how often, or how rarely, states check doctors’ disciplinary records
How often does your state medical board search doctors in the National Practitioner Data Bank? Surprisingly not often, according to…
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Tips for print, online journalists to embrace broadcast opportunities
Bruce Japsen As our media world changes, journalists who have traditionally worked for print outlets are finding themselves with the…
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‘Dual eligibles’ pingpong between programs, getting stuck along the way
The phrase “dual eligibles” has always been a mouthful for describing people old enough (or disabled enough) to be on…
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