Editing: Investigations

A leading chain of psychiatric hospitals has been holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts. The same company runs methadone clinics that fake patients’ opioid addictions. After the NYT’s reporting, federal investigations ensued and the company’s stock plunged.

How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients

Fraud and Fakery at the Country’s Largest Chain of Methadone Clinics

Acadia Healthcare Says It Faces New Federal Investigations

Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.

Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents

What Parents Should Know About Cord Blood Banking

Amputated limbs. Babies’ tongues “untied.” “Simple” hernia repairs that are anything but. Incentives from medical device makers, hospitals and even Medicare encourage providers to perform risky but lucrative procedures — often with disastrous results.

They Lost Their Legs. Doctors and Health Care Giants Profited.

How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients

A Famed Hospital Churns Poor Patients Through Weight-Loss Surgery

Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

Nonprofit hospitals formed to serve the poor often find ways to wring money from patients, or the government, at the expense of those they are supposed to help. Many have largely forsaken their charitable roots in the interest of growth and profits.

They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.

How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis

‘Major Trustee, Please Prioritize’: How NYU’s E.R. Favors the Rich

Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes

How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public