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Fraud-busting contractors slow to refer cases
Despite recent high-profile busts, the private contractors hired by Medicare to sniff out fraud cases and refer them to law…
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AHCJ membership guidelines updated, made more inclusive
The AHCJ board of directors in June voted unanimously to revise the association's membership guidelines in an effort to involve…
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Report looks at oil-spill fallout for children, families
As the gulf oil spill dragged on, coverage of its psychological and economic aftermath gained momentum. Now, Poynter’s Al Tompkins…
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Sapien wins award for natural gas impact coverage
An investigation into the environmental impact of natural gas drilling, conducted by AHCJ member Joaquin Sapien and his ProPublica colleagues…
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Hospital infections on rise in Nev., reporters find
Part two of Marshall Allen and Alex Richards’ Las Vegas Sun hospital investigation series “Do No Harm” takes on hospital-acquired…
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Conference walks back description of partnership with heart news website
A medical conference has retreated from a claim suggesting a trade website was being used to promote it and that…
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IBM storyteller creates idealized HIT present
IBM staff storyteller (really!) Chris Luongo shared his comprehensive vision for what I’d call the “ideal present” of health information…
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Health IT moves forward, regulation doesn’t
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz report that while the Obama administration plans to create a digital medical file for every…
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AHCJ member wins LA Emmy for PCOS coverage
AHCJ member Gerri Shaftel Constant of KTTV-Los Angeles earned her 10th Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for a three-part series…
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Tracking Canada’s asbestos funding
Fallout from Dangers in the Dust, the mammoth asbestos investigation by the BBC and the Center for Public Integrity/International Consortium…
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