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‘On The Media’ covers NPDB controversy
This week’s “On The Media” show features AHCJ President Charles Ornstein discussing the public use file of the National Practitioner…
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Grassley criticizes federal agency over removal of doctor discipline data
Grassley’s letter to HRSA Administrator Wakefield See an interactive timeline of the National Practitioner Data Bank controversy. Oct. 2: Former…
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Grassley criticizes federal agency over removal of doctor discipline data
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter today to the Health Resources and Services Administration, criticizing its decision to…
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Investigating North Carolina’s system of housing people with mental disabilities
Rosemary Hoban Rosemary Hoban, a reporter with North Carolina Public Radio/WUNC, compared North Carolina’s system for treating the mentally ill…
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Promotion, new job and a fellowship for AHCJ members
Marilynn Marchione has been named chief medical writer for The Associated Press. In a press release, the AP says “She…
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Friday brings IOM’s report on defining essential health benefits
On Friday, Oct. 7, the Institute of Medicine plans to release its essential health benefits report – those are the…
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Behind Oklahoma’s nation-leading access-to-care problems
In February, the New England Journal of Medicine ranked Oklahoma as the worst when it came to access to medical…
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Patient gets billed $58k for a dubious airlift
Reporting for WCNC-Charlotte , Stuart Watson starts with a $58,477 air ambulance-related bill and works backward to determine the bewildering…
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Officials were a no-show for panel on government transparency, science news
Six journalists and an empty chair gathered at the National Press Club yesterday for a discussion about whether the Obama…
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Former Practitioner Data Banks official says HRSA ‘erroneously interpreting the law’
A former federal official criticized a decision by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration for removing the Public Use…
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