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Feds indict doc whose abuses were detailed in 2010 WSJ series
In The Wall Street Journal, John Carreyrou reports that a physician the paper spotlighted in a data-driven series on Medicare…
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Journalists discuss reporting from the heart of a pandemic
Recently, New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil joined the National Journal‘s Maggie Fox, the Nieman Foundation’s Stefanie…
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KevinMD: Media is key to curbing MRI overuse
On the MedPage Today outlet KevinMD.com, Dr. Kevin Pho himself writes that media coverage of the overuse of certain screening…
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Ghost authorship waning in top journals
On the academic publishing blog The Scholarly Kitchen, Phil Davis writes about the recent BMJ study indicating that ghost authorship…
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Ohio’s hospital transparency law under fire
Thanks are due to blogger and one-time hospital executive Paul Levy for drawing our attention to the Ohio hospital industry’s…
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Docs with Medtronic ties failed to disclose cancer case in trial report
In the latest installment of his ongoing investigation for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, John Fauber reports his…
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Public hospitals, not nonprofits, shoulder burden of charity care
Writing in the Contra Costa Times, Sandy Kleffman reports that while nonprofit hospitals in the East Bay are given millions…
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Texas psych clinics take Medicare’s millions without oversight
The Houston Chronicle‘s Terri Langford reports that for-profit outpatient psychiatric clinics in the state, most located around Houston, are collecting…
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Reporters uncover Calif. chain’s systematic upcoding
In a follow-up to their lengthy California Watch investigation into sketchy billing practices at the state’s Prime Healthcare chain, Christina…
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Dallas reporters use AHRQ data to measure patient safety
The Dallas Morning News continues its 19-month investigation into patient safety at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital.…