May 2013 Archive
Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health
As part of our ongoing investigation into patient safety, ProPublica reporters Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce produced this interactive story in collaboration with PBS Frontline and Ocupop during a May 11-16 hackathon.
The Most Important #Muckreads on Rape in the Military
A new Pentagon report says 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted in 2012. For context, we’ve rounded up some of the best journalism on sexual assault in the U.S. armed forces.
The Fed’s Credibility Problem
Yes, hedge funds have been wrong about inflation and rising interest rates. But they aren't wrong that the Fed has a credibility problem.
On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by Debt
A federal law is supposed to protect service members from predatory lending. But lenders exploit loopholes, trapping military personnel in high-interest debt.
IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
The IRS’s Cincinnati office last year sent ProPublica the unapproved applications for several conservative groups.
The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt
Many people know the dangers of payday loans. But "installment loans" also have sky-high rates and work by getting borrowers — usually poor — to renew over and over. We take you inside one of the biggest installment lenders, billion-dollar World Finance.
Lifting the Veil on Dangerous Prescribing
The release of Medicare Part D records changes the conversation about how practitioners prescribe drugs -- and indicates the government could do more to ensure they do so safely.
Eight Ways to Strengthen Medicare’s Drug Benefit
Former government officials, analysts and researchers say Medicare could improve oversight of its Part D drug benefit with these steps.
How We Analyzed Medicare’s Drug Data
ProPublica obtained Medicare Part D data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Freedom of Information Act. Here follows more information about the data and how we analyzed it.
Prescriber Checkup
Medicare’s popular prescription-drug program serves more than 42 million people and pays for more than one of every four prescriptions written nationwide. Use this tool to find and compare doctors and other providers in Part D in 2015.
Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk
Prescription data obtained by ProPublica shows wide use of antipsychotics, narcotics and other drugs dangerous for older adults, but Medicare officials say it's not their job to look for unsafe prescribing or weed out doctors with troubled backgrounds.
FAQ: What You Need to Know About Prescriber Checkup
Frequently asked questions about our Prescriber Checkup news application.
'Act of Congress' Stresses Hopeful Creation of Dodd-Frank, Omits Grim Ending
A new book from long-time Washington Post editor Robert Kaiser follows the creation of Dodd-Frank, but doesn't follow up to see how things turned out.
Nonprofit Explorer
Use our database to find almost 616,000 tax-exempt organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download their tax filings going back as far as 2001.
Resources for Investigating Tax-Exempt Organizations
In addition to our Nonprofit Explorer interactive database, here are some resources for researching charities and other tax-exempt organizations.
