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  • Healthcare payment concept with stethoscope and big money US dollar.Health

    How Medicare Advantage insurers gain influence—and keep billions of dollars in overcharges

    By Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker, and others
  • Man looking at laptop in the darkHealth

    From ‘overweight’ to ‘morbid obesity: The U.S.’ largest independent primary care network was exaggerating patient ailments to make more money, whistleblower claims

    By Fred Schulte and KFF Health News
  • AARP logoHealth

    AARP’s billion-dollar bounty

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • Nancy Lazo of Hialeah Gardens, Florida, is suing Dr. Kingsley Chin, whose company’s screw implant caused nerve damage, her lawyers allege. (Maria Alejandra Cardona for KHN)Health

    The Spinal Tap: Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products

    By Fred Schulte, Elizabeth Lucas, and others
  • KHN-ONA-Jill-GoodridgeHealth

    How a company misappropriated Native American culture to sell health insurance

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • Velocity Urgent Care medical assistant Britni Chavis (R) and operations coordinator Keyana Joseph (C) of Virginia Beach keep careful records while testing patients for the novel coronavirus April 15, 2020 in Woodbridge, Virginia.Health

    Coronavirus patient data stored in electronic health records found difficult to study at scale

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • Telehealth, or telemedicine as it’s also known, covers a broad range of services via video, telephone or email.Health

    A push toward telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed fraud risks

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • CMS Press Conference CoronavirusHealth

    Coronavirus pandemic delays federal investigation into Medicare Advantage health plans

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, New York on March 27, 2020.Health

    Stimulus funnels billions to health care for spending unrelated to COVID-19

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News
  • Doctor Waiting Room-Patients on PhoneHealth

    New federal rules allow patients to access medical records via smartphone

    By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry
  • Health

    Electronic Health Records Creating a ‘New Era’ of Health Care Fraud, Officials Say

    By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry
  • Health

    No Safety Switch: How Lax Oversight of Electronic Health Records Puts Patients at Risk

    By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry
  • Knolling concept of smart phonePhone Health Supplies Recordssurrounded with medicines and syHealth

    You May Be Able to Compare Health Care Costs on Your Phone—One Day

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  • senator lamar alexander-electronic health recordsHealth

    Senate Committee Says New Rules Will Ease Patients’ Access to Electronic Medical Records

    By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry
  • FDA Commissioner Gottlieb speaks during an interview with Reuters in New YorkHealth

    FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Calls for Tighter Regulations on Electronic Health Records

    By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry