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***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 3***

To encourage outstanding work from journalists furthering innovation in health care policy and management, The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation (NIHCM Foundation) recognizes excellence in health care reporting and writing with two $10,000 awards. 

NIHCM Foundation awards prizes to the winning entry in the following two categories:

• Health Care Article or Series from General Circulation Publications
• Health Care Article or Series from Trade Publications

 The 16th Annual NIHCM Foundation Health Care Print Journalism Awards

Definition:

Recognizing excellence in health care reporting and writing on the financing and delivery of health care and the impact of health care policy

Award and Prize:

A $10,000 prize will be presented to the winner at a dinner in Washington, DC on May 17, 2010.

Selection Criteria:

1. New insights generated by the reporting
2. Impact on health care policy
3. Quality of reporting
4. Relevance to one or both of the subject areas (financing and delivery of health care and/or the impact of health care policy)

Eligibility:

1. Articles must originally have been published during calendar year 2009.
2. Entries will be accepted from all staff reporters and editors, as well as freelance writers for articles that appeared in a General Circulation or Trade Publication.
3. Online articles will be accepted if produced and disseminated originally on the web in affiliation with a General Circulation or Trade Publication.
4. Articles should be timely and produce new insights into health care financing and delivery or health care policy. 
   

Application Process and Rules: 

1. Entries must be postmarked by February 26, 2010. ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3***
   
2. Entries must include TWO copies EACH of:
   1. Completed ENTRY FORM 
   2. Clear copy (8 ½ x 11 inches) of the article
   3. A written description of how the article is relevant to the subject areas and its impact; length not to exceed 100 words
   4. Brief biography of author(s). Please include contact information for each author.
      
3. A single topic series will be considered as one entry
4. Limit of three (3) entries per author

The winning entry will be selected by an independent panel of journalists:

Entries should be submitted by mail/delivery or email to:

Nancy Chockley, President and CEO
NIHCM Foundation
1225 19th Street, NW, Suite 710
Washington, DC 20036

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Contact NIHCM:

Main number: 202-296-4426
Fax: 202-296-4319
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Congratulations to the winners of NIHCM Foundation's 15th Annual Health Care Print Journalism Awards

General Circulation

John Carreyrou, Barbara Martinez and Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal, Nonprofit Hospitals (series): 4/4/08, 4/28/08, 6/28-29/08, 8/28/08, 8/30-31/08, 10/14/08, 11/21/08, 12/12/08, supporting articles: 12/18/08, 2/13/09, 2/18/09

Trade Publication

Shelley Wood, theHeart.org (by WebMD), The Myxo Ring Mix-Up (series)  

Finalists

General Circulation

1. Carolyn Abraham, Erin Anderssen, Tenille Bonoguore, Elizabeth Renzetti, Andre Picard, Dawn Walton, The Globe and Mail, Breakdown: Canada’s Mental Health Crisis (series): June 21-28, 2008
   
2. Jonathan Cohn, SELF Magazine, “Insurance Denied”
3. James Drew and Fred Schulte, The Baltimore Sun, In Their Debt (series): 12/21/08, 12/22/08, 12/23/08
4. Steve Eder and Julie M. McKinnon, The Blade, Not What the Doctor Ordered (series): August 24-27, 2008
   
5. Kevin McCoy and Erik Brady, USA Today, Rx for Errors (series): 2/12/08, 2/13/08, 2/14/08
   
6. Lynn Medford, The Washington Post, Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children (series): May 18-22, 2008
7. Sharon Salyer and Alejandro Dominguez, The Herald, Alone Among Us (series): 12/7/08, 12/8/08, 12/9/08
8. The Spotlight Team (Scott Allen, Marcella Bombardieri, Michael Rezendes,Thomas Farragher) and Globe Staff (Liz Kowalczyk and Jeffrey Krasner), The Boston Globe, The Partners Effect (series): 11/16/08, 12/21/08, 12/28/08
   
9. Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis (series)
10. Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald, South Florida’s Medicare Racket (series): 8/3/08, 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 8/11/08, 11/16/08
    

Trade Publications 

1. Rebecca Adams, CQ Weekly, “Progress vs. Privacy”
2. Elyas Bakhtiari, Health Leaders Media, “Model for Success” 
3. Cinda Becker, Modern Healthcare, “Nowhere to Run, Or Hide”
4. John Buntin, Governing Magazine, “Lifeline”
5. John Buntin and Josh Goodman, Governing Magazine, Health Care Special Report: Markets vs. Mandates (series): "The Coverage Connection" and "Markets, Not Mandates"
   
6. Robert Lowes, Medical Economics Magazine, Small Practice Evolution (series): 5/2/08, 5/16/08, 6/20/08 
7. Andis Robeznieks, Modern Healthcare, “Feeling Right at Home”
8. Ken Terry, two entries: Medical Economics “All or Nothing Could be Here to Stay” and Hospitals and Health Networks  “Will PHRs Rule the Waves or Roll out with the Tide?”
9. Jill Wechsler, Pharmaceutical Executive, “Smooth Sailing for Orphans”
10. Jen Fisher Wilson, Annals of Internal Medicine , State-Based Health Care Reform (series): Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon