Provide names of other journalists involved.
Haydn Bush
List date(s) this work was published or aired.
September, October, November
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
As providers brace for major reductions in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, a number of initiatives are quietly targeting high utilizers of care in both programs. But can grassroots experimentation adequately address a growing national consensus that spending is too high? This three-part series took a detailed look at health care’s costliest 1 percent.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
We used reports and data from nonpartisan research groups and analyzed data from federal health care agencies.
Explain types of human sources used.
We interviewed health care leaders, government officials and consultants.
Results:
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Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
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Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
As we looked at this issue, it would have been easy enough to just write about the problem of the costliest 1 percent. We thought it was important to also look at solutions that are being used to try to address the problem.