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Tax documents show CEO pay exceeds charity care at some Calif. nonprofit hospitals
Ron Shinkman, editor of the trade newsletter Payers & Providers, spent four months reviewing tax documents filed by 120 nonprofit…
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Cannabis carpetbaggers crisscross California
The Redding Record Searchlight‘s Ryan Sabalow paints a classic tale of the principled old guard taking a stand against exploitative,…
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Guide focuses on diversity in services for the aging
This is a guest post by independent journalist Eileen Beal, that she wrote at my invitation. Don’t let the title…
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Project offers guide on access to autopsy records
The Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project at the University of Florida College of Communications has posted an online guide to…
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CDC says monitoring system finds no ill from spill
The CDC has two major monitoring programs active in the Gulf of Mexico during the spill: The National Poison Data…
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Raw, warm vegetables breed illness in salsa, guac
New research implicates guacamole or salsa in 3.9 percent of restaurant-related outbreaks of foodborne illness between 1998 and 2008, more…
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Rural Texas hospitals seek lifeline from state
The Texas Tribune‘s Elizabeth Titus reports that rural hospitals in the scores of Texas counties without tax bases strong enough…
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Cancer, journalism and skewed patient expectations
Once again, it appears that a reporter has found the cure for cancer. And that cure is the out-of-context anecdote.…
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Citizen journalists assist with health insurance story
Journalists should take advantage of the wisdom of their readers, according to a post on Cover Business Better, the blog…
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Why insurers care about the medical-loss ratio
The Wall Street Journal‘s Avery Johnson explains the significance of the “medical-loss ratio,” a single metric within the reform bill…
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