New: seven companies have quietly billed Medicare over $2 billion for catheters that patients never ordered — or even received.

Watchdog groups, doctors, and beneficiaries all suspect a major scam is underway. From me and Katie Thomas:

nytimes.com/2024/02/09/hea…

“He said he sees up to 100 patients a week, charging $900 for a five-minute procedure to release oral ties.” Amazing story on infant “tongue ties,” by ⁦Katie Thomas⁩ ⁦Sarah Kliff⁩ ⁦Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️⁩. Part of our “Operating Profits” series nytimes.com/2023/12/18/hea…

New The New York Times investigation: Countless parents are pushed into unneeded tongue-tie surgeries for their babies, sometimes with awful consequences. Katie Thomas Sarah Kliff Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️ Virginia Hughes

Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues nytimes.com/2023/12/18/hea…

The The New York Times’s decision to replace our Sports section with nonunion employees sets a troubling precedent. More than 1,000 NYTimesGuild, @WirecutterUnion + New York Times Tech Guild members signed a petition demanding that Times management stop violating our contract and respect union work.

Front page Sunday The New York Times - doesn't get much bigger than this. #Approrpriateness in the treatment of #claudication is finally getting the public attention it deserves. 👏 Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️ Katie Thomas Robert Gebeloff

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🚨NEW: Giant medical device companies are bankrolling doctors who push lucrative procedures that can cost some patients their limbs—and their livelihoods.

We dug into this $2 b a year industry. Katie Thomas, Robert Gebeloff, Virginia Hughes, David Enrich nytimes.com/2023/07/15/hea…