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Tag: Profiting From The Poor

Posted inCoronavirus, Health, Investigations, Methodist Hospital and Debt Collection

One thing the pandemic hasn’t stopped: Hospital debt collections

by Alec MacGillis April 28, 2020October 5, 2020

While hospitals nationwide are being heralded for their role at the front lines of fighting the pandemic, some Americans continue to experience a less favorable side of the medical facilities’ operations: aggressive collection for unpaid medical bills.

Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

MLK50 Methodist series ties for 1st in best of watchdog journalism

by MLK50 Memphis April 7, 2020October 5, 2020
Posted inAwards, Investigations, Methodist Hospital and Debt Collection, Newsroom

MLK50’s Thomas wins Selden Ring Award for her work on the series ‘Profiting From the Poor’

by MLK50 Memphis March 3, 2020October 5, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

For ‘exceptional prowess at profiteering,’ Methodist makes top 10 list of healthcare bad actors

by Deborah Douglas January 7, 2020October 9, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

Count on it: How we calculated $11.9M in debt cleared by Methodist

by Wendi C. Thomas December 24, 2019October 9, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

Methodist erased $11.9 million in hospital debt for thousands; here are four stories

by Wendi C. Thomas December 24, 2019October 9, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

Sen. Chuck Grassley wants Methodist to explain why it sued the poor

by Wendi C. Thomas December 10, 2019October 11, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

Sued by an ER doctor in Memphis? You’ll want to read this.

by MLK50 Memphis December 3, 2019October 11, 2020
Posted inHealth

Private equity-owned doctors group kept suing the poor — until we called

by Wendi C. Thomas, Maya Miller, Beena Raghavendran and Doris Burke November 27, 2019October 11, 2020
Posted inMethodist Hospital and Debt Collection

MLK50-ProPublica Methodist Hospital debt series packs a punch

by Rebekah Marie Yearout October 2, 2019October 19, 2020

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