Posts by Annie Waldman
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A white Ford pickup truck broke through a thick curtain of fog one morning in February, winding its way down a muddy farm road in California’s Central Valley. From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan,…Read More
More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds
[ad_1] Dozens of doctors are routinely performing risky vascular procedures in medical offices, generating tens of millions of dollars in Medicare payments for potentially unnecessary procedures, according to a federal report released earlier this month. The review, completed by the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, flagged nearly 140 doctors across the country…Read More