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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

856 stories published since 2008

We Showed How Easy It Is to Commit Health Care Fraud. Now Senators Want to Close the Loophole.

by Marshall Allen,

The New U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Fails to Capture Many Deaths

by Nina Martin,

Has the Price of Diabetes Care Affected You? Tell Us About It.

by Lizzie Presser and Maya Miller,

Federal Regulators: Newark Beth Israel Put Patients in “Immediate Jeopardy”

by Caroline Chen,

The Family Wanted a Do Not Resuscitate Order. The Doctors Didn’t.

by Caroline Chen,

Chicago Psychiatric Hospital Will Lose Federal Money, and Its License Is Threatened After Allegations of Abuse

by Duaa Eldeib,

Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It

by Hannah Fresques,

A Chicago Psychiatric Hospital Is Under Fire After Child Abuse Allegations. Again.

by Duaa Eldeib,

Your Doctor Might Have a Disciplinary Record. Here’s How to Find Out.

Charles Ornstein and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Princess Ojiaku, special to ProPublica,

These Homes for Mentally Ill Adults Have Been Notoriously Mismanaged. Now, One Is a Gruesome Crime Scene.

by Joaquin Sapien,

The Extraordinary Danger of Being Pregnant and Uninsured in Texas

by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Julia Belluz, Vox,

FBI Investigating Newark Beth Israel’s Transplant Program for Possible Fraud

by Caroline Chen,

Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

The $11 Million Dollar Medicare Tool That Gives Seniors the Wrong Insurance Information

by Akilah Johnson,

Un hospital cobra a una de sus enfermeras casi $900,000 tras dar a luz a una bebé prematura

por Marshall Allen,

Inside Purdue Pharma’s Media Playbook: How It Planted the Opioid “Anti-Story”

by David Armstrong,

How One Employer Stuck a New Mom With an $898,984 Bill for Her Premature Baby

by Marshall Allen,

The Trump Administration Cracked Down on Medicaid. Kids Lost Insurance.

by Lexi Churchill,

How Much Money Has Your Doctor Received From Drug Companies?

by Steve Mills,

Las tácticas de las compañías farmacéuticas para atraer a mexicanos que donen plasma en la frontera con EEUU

por Stefanie Dodt y Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, y Dara Lind, ProPublica,

We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies

by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Updated: Dollars for Docs

by Mike Tigas, Ryann Grochowski Jones, Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger,

Mississippi Takes Steps to End Damning Delays in Evaluating Criminal Defendants

by Sarah Smith,

Doctor Who Advocated “Unethical” Care of Vegetative Patient Is Placed on Leave

by Caroline Chen,

Feds to Investigate Hospital Alleged to Have Kept Vegetative Patient Alive to Game Transplant Survival Rates

by Caroline Chen,

Pharmaceutical Companies Are Luring Mexicans Across the U.S. Border to Donate Blood Plasma

by Stefanie Dodt and Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, and Dara Lind, ProPublica,

“It’s Very Unethical”: Audio Shows Hospital Kept Vegetative Patient on Life Support to Boost Survival Rates

by Caroline Chen,

They’re Retired. They’re Insured. The Government Pays for It. And Trump Loves It.

by Akilah Johnson,

We Reported on a Nonprofit Hospital System That Sues Poor Patients. It Just Freed Thousands From Debt.

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

ER Inspector: Find and Evaluate Every Emergency Room Near You

by Lena V. Groeger,

Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek.

by Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson,

Thousands of Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals That Trap Them in Debt

by Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran,

How to Make Health Insurers Take Fraud Seriously

by Marshall Allen,

We Asked Prosecutors if Health Insurance Companies Care About Fraud. They Laughed at Us.

by Marshall Allen,

Watch Richard Sackler Deny His Family’s Role in the Opioid Crisis

by David Armstrong,

In Men, It’s Parkinson’s. In Women, It’s Hysteria.

by David Armstrong,

Senators Call for Closing “Loopholes” That Make Health Care Fraud Easy

by Marshall Allen,

Are Trump’s Top Medicaid Regulators Ignoring Major Problems? Insurance Giant’s Tense Meeting With a Senator Adds to Growing Concern.

by J. David McSwane, ProPublica, and Tom Benning, The Dallas Morning News,

“Humbled”: Nonprofit Christian Hospital Dials Back Aggressive Debt Collection and Raises Wages After Our Investigation

by Wendi C. Thomas and Deborah Douglas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Stop Suing Patients, Advocates Advise Memphis Nonprofit Hospital System

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Health Insurers Make It Easy for Scammers to Steal Millions. Who Pays? You.

by Marshall Allen,

What Can Be Done Right Now to Stop a Basic Source of Health Care Fraud

by Marshall Allen,

Millionaire CEO of Nonprofit Hospital That Sues the Poor Promises Review of Policies

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Have You Been Sued by a Hospital, Doctor or Other Memphis Institution? Tell Us About It.

by Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica, and Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Low-Wage Workers Are Being Sued for Unpaid Medical Bills by a Nonprofit Christian Hospital That Employs Them

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

The Nonprofit Hospital That Makes Millions, Owns a Collection Agency and Relentlessly Sues the Poor

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

After Serious 911 Mishaps, Rhode Island Will Now Pay for Better Training

by Lynn Arditi and Shane McKeon, The Public’s Radio,

One Cardiac Arrest. Four 911 Callers. And a Tragic Outcome.

by Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio,

Citing “Safety Concerns,” FDA Cautions National Marketer of Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

by Caroline Chen,

Senators Call for Disclosure of Perks and Fees Paid to Health Benefits Brokers

by Marshall Allen,