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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

854 stories published since 2008

What We Learned From Letting a Mother and Her Son Tell Their Own Story

by Logan Jaffe and Jodi S. Cohen,

“We Will Keep on Fighting for Him.”

by Jodi S. Cohen and Logan Jaffe, ,

Sloan Kettering Cancer Researchers Correct the Record by Revealing Company Ties

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

“They’ve Got to Execute You”: St. Luke’s Doctor Faces Discipline After Raising Patient Care Concerns

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

In Montana, a Tough Negotiator Proved Employers Don’t Have to Pay So Much for Health Care

by Marshall Allen,

Cancer Center’s Board Chairman Faults Top Doctor, Saying He “Crossed Lines”

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

Facing Crisis, Sloan Kettering Tells Exec to Hand Over Profits From Biotech

by Katie Thomas, The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

The Child Abuse Contrarian

by David Armstrong,

Cancer Center Switches Focus on Fundraising as Problems Mount

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

He Said He Faked Mental Illness to Avoid Prison. Now, Accused in 2 Killings, He’s Sent Back to a State Hospital.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Rules Governing Organ Transplant Centers

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Sloan Kettering’s Cozy Deal With Start-Up Ignites a New Uproar

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

Black Patients Miss Out On Promising Cancer Drugs

by Caroline Chen and Riley Wong,

A Cancer Patient’s Guide to Clinical Trials

by Caroline Chen,

How We Compared Clinical Trial and Cancer Incidence Data

by Riley Wong,

Top Official at Memorial Sloan Kettering Resigns After Failing to Disclose Industry Ties

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Orders Staff to “Do a Better Job” of Disclosing Industry Ties

by Katie Thomas, The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

Heart Surgery “Legend” a Factor in Transplant Deaths, a St. Luke’s Colleague Told Inspector

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Prominent Houston Judge Quits St. Luke’s Board After Heart Transplant Troubles Revealed

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program to Lose Medicare Funding Today

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication

by Nina Martin,

Famed Houston Surgeon Updates Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

For Most Common Heart Surgery, St. Luke’s Has Been Among the Nation’s Worst

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Steve Cohen Is Spending Millions to Help Veterans. Why Are People Angry?

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

Marshall Allen,

Prominent Texas Surgeon Sues ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle

by Ryan Gabrielson,

He Went In for a Heart Transplant. He Suffered Severe Brain Damage. Now His Family Is Suing St. Luke’s.

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

by Jodi S. Cohen,

New Jersey to Suspend Prominent Psychologist for Failing to Protect Patient Privacy

by Charles Ornstein,

Supporters of a Famed Houston Surgeon Have Alleged Inaccuracies in Our Investigation. Here’s Our Response

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

U.S. Senate Committee Proposes $50 Million to Prevent Mothers Dying in Childbirth

by Nina Martin,

Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

We’ve Added 2016 Data to Dollars for Docs

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

FDA Repays Industry by Rushing Risky Drugs to Market

by Caroline Chen,

Federal Judge to Consider Independent Monitor for Illinois Child Welfare Agency

by Duaa Eldeib,

After Two-Week Review, St. Luke’s in Houston Reopens Its Heart Transplant Program

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

Illinois Lawmakers Demand Explanation on Children Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals

by Duaa Eldeib,

Patients Wait in Limbo as St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program Reviews Its Problems

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

Where Is “Home” for Children in State Custody?

by Duaa Eldeib,

Hundreds of Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals After They’re Cleared For Release

by Duaa Eldeib,

Every Day, a Child is Held Beyond Medical Necessity in Illinois

by Duaa Eldeib, David Eads and Vignesh Ramachandran,

St. Luke’s to Suspend Heart Transplants After Recent Deaths

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

Video: How More Midwives May Mean Healthier Mothers

by Ranjani Chakraborty,

Why Your Health Insurer Doesn’t Care About Your Big Bills

by Marshall Allen,

Do You Work in the Health Insurance Field? ProPublica Is Investigating the Industry and We’d Like Your Help

by Marshall Allen,

A Pioneering Heart Surgeon’s Secret History of Research Violations, Conflicts of Interest and Poor Outcomes

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

Here’s How ProPublica Analyzed Bud Frazier’s Medicare Outcomes

by Hannah Fresques, Olga Pierce and Charles Ornstein,

A Death in Slow Motion

by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

At St. Luke’s in Houston, Patients Suffer as a Renowned Heart Transplant Program Loses Its Luster

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,