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• Cracking Codes

  Learn about datasets that can help localize health stories, including pharmaceutical company spending on doctors, nursing home violations and hospital quality, among others. We will dive into Medicare data and data that local and state reporters can use.

  Tags: health data; Medicaid; nursing homes; drugs

  By David Donald

  2013

• Investigating Caregivers

  Roe provides stories and tips on how to cover caregivers. Learn who to talk to, to find out which caregiver, in which state prescribed which drugs.

  Tags: caregivers; nursing homes; medicaid; nursing home ratings.

  By Sam Roe

  2011

• Resources for health topics

  Richards highlights data on health topics including mortality, prescription drugs and hospital performance.

  Tags: Centers for Disease Control; mortality; National Bureau of Economic Research; National Center for Health Statistics (CDC); international classification of diseases; coroner; medical examiner; autopsy report; Drug Enforcement Agency; controlled substance task force; ARCOS; Automation of reports and Consolidated Orders System; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services; HCUPnet

  By Alex Richards

  2010

• Oral Health Tipsheets

  Eyre lists web resources for covering issues of oral health. Included are sources used for expert insight.

  Tags: oral health; CDC; National Oral Health Surveillance System: Medicaid Dental contacts; Medicaid's Early Periodic Screening tables; Oral Health America; Children's Dental Health Project

  By Eric Eyre

  2008

• Assisted Living Tipsheet

  The author discusses how to investigate long term care for the elderly. He explains the difference between nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The tipsheet also suggests documents and sources that will be useful for investigating either type of facility.

  Tags: elder care; nusing homes; assisted living; Medicare; Medicaid; 911 calls; inspection reports

  By Ken Dilanian

  2008

• Investigating Senior Issues

  This tipsheet suggests several story ideas about issues that affect senior citizens. The authors draw upon their experiences reporting "Bogus Billing" for WPTC and offer suggestions and resources for other reporters interesting in pursuing a story about seniors.

  Tags: senior citizens; Medicaid; fraud; assisted living

  By Shannon Cake; Jim Sitton; Dave Peterson

  2008

• 2006 CAR for Broadcast: Using Health Care Data

  Amons discusses her recent investigation into Tennessee's version of Medicaid, called TennCare. She discusses what data she used, and how she went about doing the analysis. Amons ends the tipsheet with some general advice for broadcast journalists interested in incorporating more CAR work into their newsroom.

  Tags: broadcast reporting; television; pharmaceutical industry; prescription drugs; computer-assisted reporting

  By Nancy Amons

  2006

• CAR Investigations into Health Care

  This tipsheet lists eight websites that are useful for investigating health care. The list includes www.healthlaw.org and the website for the Federation of State Medical Boards. For each website, Schulte offers a brief description of what information can be found there.

  Tags: health care; internet; invisible web; Medicare; Medicaid; doctors; health care workers; hospitals; patients; malpractice

  By Fred Schulte

  2005

• Internet Sites for Health Care Investigations

  Schulte gives a list of internet sites that have information on complex health care and abuse issues. Often these sites will have links to other helpful sources.

  Tags: CAR; health care fraud; doctors; health care scams; Medicaid; Medicare; Health and Human Services; HHS

  By Fred Schulte

  2005

• Spotting Medical Fraud in Your Community

  This tipsheet is about reporting on medical fraud. Most of the tipsheet is a list of tell-tale signs, to help reporters notice the fraud. McCormick suggests places to look and people to contact about the presence of fraud in your community.

  Tags: medicine; doctors; scams; Medicare; Medicaid; hospitals; clinics; poverty

  By Erin McCormick

  2005