ProPublica

GUNDULA VOGEL/PIXABAY

Pressure mounts for hospice reform

Industry leaders, Senators and government watchdogs are pressuring federal regulators for greater hospice oversight.

Jan 23, 2023

SHUTTERSTOCK

Websites selling abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google

Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end pregnancies.

Jan 19, 2023

MUFID MAJNUN ON UNSPLASH

Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing. Fraud and overspending are partly why

Federal money for COVID-19 testing is not subject to some of the same financial and regulatory constraints as other tests covered by Medicare.

Jan 3, 2023

PIXABAY

She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.

Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.

Dec 27, 2022

DANIEL RECHE/PIXABAY

Pregnant? Here’s what you need to know about NIPTs

Though popular, prenatal screening tests and their marketing claims aren’t regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dec 20, 2022

DANIEL RECHE/PIXABAY

They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”

With no regulation, the risk of false positives and other faulty results from prenatal screenings has been known for years.

Dec 6, 2022

OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed

For Dr. Karen Gibbins, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Oregon Health & Science University, her son’s death in her 27th week of pregnancy sparked questions only an autopsy could answer.

Nov 29, 2022

SHUTTERSTOCK

Endgame: How The Visionary Hospice Movement Became A For-Profit Hustle

For-profit companies can exploit the way Medicare has designed the hospice benefit, which rewards providers for recruiting patients who aren’t imminently dying.

Nov 29, 2022

This Oregon Medical Group clinic in Eugene is one of several primary care businesses bought in Oregon in recent years by UnitedHealth's Optum Health Division. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT