ProPublica

Senator Introduces Bill That Would Open Red Cross To Outside Oversight

3:36pm July 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In response to reporting by NPR and ProPublica, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, investigated the Red Cross. Now he's introduced legislation that would force the charity to open its books.

Hannah Birch and David Sleight/Propublica

Doctors At Southern Hospitals Take The Most Payments From Drug, Device Companies

7:44pm June 29, 2016

A hospital's location and whether it is for-profit make a big difference in the share of its doctors taking industry payments like meals, travel and speaking fees. Check out the ProPublica analysis.

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Mosaic seized about $20,000 from Keith Herie's wages over the course of eight years. When NPR and ProPublica published their story in 2014, he still owed $26,000. Mosaic later offered to settle for $8,300, and Herie accepted.

Nonprofit Hospital Forgives Debts And Stops Suing So Many Poor Patients

8:00am June 02, 2016

Scrutiny by Sen. Charles Grassley and an investigation by NPR and ProPublica led a Missouri hospital to give $17 million in debt relief. Will other nonprofit hospitals follow suit?

Health & Safety

What Feds' Push To Share Health Data Means For Patients

8:10am May 09, 2016

by Charles Ornstein

ProPublica's Charles Ornstein spoke with Niall Brennan about making health data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more widely available outside the government.

The Medical Board of California accused Peter Brabeck's doctor in 2011 of overprescribing him controlled substances. Afterward, Brabeck, who lives near Carmel, Calif., learned the doctor had hired a private investigator and gave him Brabeck's medical reco

Health & Safety

Small Violations Of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients And Erode Trust

5:07pm December 10, 2015

by Charles Ornstein

Breaches that expose the health details of just a patient or two are proliferating nationwide. Regulators focus on larger privacy breaches and rarely take action on small ones, despite their harm.

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NPR Red Cross Investigation Prompts Call For A Congressional Hearing

10:52am June 12, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The joint NPR/ProPublica probe found that the charity raised nearly half a billion dollars after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti but has little to show for it.

Health & Safety

Patient Safety Journal Finds Violations, Tightens Standards After Scandal

11:09am November 26, 2014

by Marshall Allen

Kickback allegations against its former editor prompted the Journal of Patient Safety to review his writings and adopt new rules for disclosing commercial conflicts of interest.

Joe Kiani, addresses the second-annual Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in January 2014.

Health & Safety

Medical Company May Be Falling Short Of Its Patient Safety Ideals

10:00am October 06, 2014

Masimo Corporation's chief executive is a leading voice in the movement to reduce medical errors, but the Food and Drug Administration says his company isn't properly investigating complaints.

Health & Safety

4 Years Of Lessons Learned About Drugmakers' Payments To Doctors

5:15pm September 30, 2014

American doctors received at least $1.4 billion in payments from drug companies last year. What did the companies get for their money?

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Health & Safety

Database Flaws Cloud Sunshine On Industry Payments To Doctors

3:09pm September 30, 2014

by Charles Ornstein

A federal website set to go live Tuesday will disclose drug and device companies' ties to doctors. The release marks a milestone, but could be misleading for patients checking up on their doctors.