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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

882 stories published since 2008

Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Work for Insurers, Deciding If They’ll Pay for Care

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum, and David Armstrong and Doris Burke, ProPublica,

Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice

by Audrey Dutton,

Representatives Propose Ban on Insurers Charging Doctors a Fee to Be Paid Electronically

by Cezary Podkul,

This Researcher Warned of Unnecessary, Risky Vascular Procedures. She Was Called a “Nazi” and Accused of “Fratricide.”

by Annie Waldman,

How ProPublica and CareSet Investigated the Overuse of Vascular Procedures

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, with data analysis by Alma Trotter and Fred Trotter, CareSet,

Thousands of Patients May Be Undergoing Vascular Procedures Too Soon or Unnecessarily

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, with data analysis by Alma Trotter and Fred Trotter, CareSet,

Millions of People Used Tainted Breathing Machines. The FDA Failed to Use Its Power to Protect Them.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah and Michael Korsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Emails Reveal How a Hospital Bowed to Political Pressure to Stop Treating Trans Teens

by Aliyya Swaby, with research by Mollie Simon,

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

by Kavitha Surana,

Health Insurers Have Been Breaking State Laws for Years

by Maya Miller and Robin Fields,

Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him. This Is How They Did It.

by Maya Miller and Robin Fields,

Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

Maine Rarely Sanctions Residential Care Facilities Even After Severe Abuse or Neglect Incidents

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor,

You Have a Right to Know Why a Health Insurer Denied Your Claim. Some Insurers Still Won’t Tell You.

by Maya Miller, with additional reporting by Ash Ngu,

Find Out Why Your Health Insurer Denied Your Claim

by Ash Ngu and Maya Miller,

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Ella confió en su primer ginecobstetra porque hablaba español. Ahora es una de las 94 mujeres que lo demandan por agresión sexual.

por Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, y Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

She Trusted Her First OB-GYN Because He Spoke Spanish. Now She’s 1 of 94 Women Suing Him for Sexual Assault.

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder

by Duaa Eldeib,

Senator Calls for DOJ Action Against Philips for Keeping CPAP Machine Complaints Secret

by Jonathan D. Salant and Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Haajrah Gilani, Medill Investigative Lab; and Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica,

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

by Audrey Dutton,

ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Have Sued the FDA for Records Related to Recalled Breathing Machines

by Molly Burke, Medill Investigative Lab,

What You Need to Know About the Philips Respironics CPAP Recall

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

We Spent a Year Investigating the Philips CPAP Recall. Here’s How We Did It.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Help ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Investigate the Recall of Philips Respironics Breathing Machines

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Monica Sager, Northwestern University,

Concerned About Your OB-GYN Visit? A Guide to What Should Happen — and What Shouldn’t.

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

“Where Is There to Go?” He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage.

by Aliyya Swaby,

I Set Out to Create a Simple Map for How to Appeal Your Insurance Denial. Instead, I Found a Mind-Boggling Labyrinth.

by Cheryl Clark for ProPublica,

He Needed a Liver Transplant. But Did the Risks Outweigh the Reward?

by Max Blau,

Why Doctors Spend Millions on Fees That Could Be Spent on Providing Care

by Cezary Podkul,

The Hidden Fee Costing Doctors Millions Every Year

by Cezary Podkul,

Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government. How Is He Still Practicing?

by Annie Waldman,

Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, reporting by Mollie Simon, ProPublica,

Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

by Kavitha Surana,

Hospices in Four States to Receive Extra Scrutiny Over Concerns of Fraud, Waste and Abuse

by Ava Kofman,

¿Tiene una arteria bloqueada en la pierna? Esto es lo que debe saber.

por Annie Waldman,

¿Tiene experiencia con la enfermedad arterial periférica? ¿Ha tenido un procedimiento en su pierna? Cuéntenos al respecto.

por Annie Waldman y Maya Miller,

Cenas con bistec, representantes de ventas y procedimientos riesgosos: Dentro del gran negocio de las arterias obstruidas

por Annie Waldman,

En el “salvaje oeste” de la atención vascular ambulatoria, los médicos pueden obtener grandes pagos a medida que los pacientes arriesgan la vida y las extremidades

por Annie Waldman,

How to Use the Updated “Nursing Home Inspect” Database

by Ruth Talbot,

We Updated “Nursing Home Inspect.” Here’s What Changed.

by Ruth Talbot,

Blocked Artery in Your Leg? Here’s What You Should Know.

by Annie Waldman,

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

by Robin Fields,

The Group That Governs U.S. Transplant Policies Voted to Require Testing of At-Risk Organ Donors for Chagas Disease

by Caroline Chen,

Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center

by Max Blau, photography by Lucy Garrett for ProPublica,

In the “Wild West” of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb

by Annie Waldman,

As Residential Care Homes Expand in Maine, Seniors Don’t Always Get the Care They Need

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor; Research by Mariam Elba; Photography by Tara Rice for ProPublica,

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

by Kavitha Surana,