FOIA

A review of 90 government audits, released exclusively to KHN in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, reveals that some health insurers issuing Medicare Advantage plans have tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

5:00am December 12, 2022

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

The CDC's early coronavirus test was poorly designed, and it also came with problematic instructions, NPR has learned.

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks

6:37pm May 21, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

An internal CDC report obtained by NPR shows the CDC's original coronavirus test kits didn't just have a fundamental design flaw, but instructions sent to labs to run the test were problematic, too.

A fishing dragger hauls in a net full of Atlantic cod, yellowtail flounder and American lobster off the coast of New England. Greenpeace says Ray Hilborn, a prominent fisheries scientist known for challenging studies that show declines in fish populations

Fisheries Scientist Under Fire For Undisclosed Seafood Industry Funding

7:34pm May 12, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Ray Hilborn has a reputation for challenging studies showing declines in fish populations. But Greenpeace says its public records request has revealed a failure to disclose industry funding on papers.

President Obama Chides Media For 2016 Election Coverage

4:54pm March 29, 2016

The president decried the media's role in and responsibility for the current political climate — and this campaign — at a journalism award dinner Monday night.

Unfilled requests for public records are piling up as the government claims it is being overwhelmed by Obamacare.

Feds Claim Obamacare Launch Is Hindering Government Transparency

4:53pm March 25, 2015

by Fred Schulte

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a backlog of some 3,000 FOIA requests and says it may need 10 years or more to dig out from under some large cases.