Katie Thomas

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[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

NEW: The next story in our nonprofit hospital series dives into the nurse staffing crisis. We wanted to understand the role that hospitals played in sparking the crisis. With @RebeccaDRobbins and @jbsgreenberg https://t.co/wilFhECSvD

[David Enrich @davidenrich]

Big @nytimes investigation: A leading chain of psychiatric hospitals is luring patients in and then refusing to release them, even when detaining them is not medically justifiable. @jbsgreenberg @katie_thomas @virginiahughes https://t.co/VrfDhW8iSk

[Sarah Kliff @sarahkliff]

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:

https://t.co/7lt0NSv2F6

[Virginia Hughes @virginiahughes]

“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 ⁦@sarahkliff⁩ ⁦@jbsgreenberg⁩. Part of our “Operating Profits” series https://t.co/KIhuRC3lRr

[David Enrich @davidenrich]

New @nytimes investigation: Countless parents are pushed into unneeded tongue-tie surgeries for their babies, sometimes with awful consequences. @katie_thomas @sarahkliff @jbsgreenberg @virginiahughes

Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues https://t.co/NqAGlEo5XF

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

And here's the first story in our series: https://t.co/rFNiVCSYdx

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

NEW with @sarahkliff: Dr. Michael Rosen once traveled the country to teach a new technique for closing difficult hernias. Now he counts that work as one of his biggest regrets. https://t.co/5LWTPB5Pa4

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

Edited by @virginiahughes and @davidenrich with reporting assistance from @gebeloffnyt and research genius from @susancb.

[NYTimesGuild @NYTimesGuild]

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

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

@gschaf083 Hi, I'm a reporter for the NYT, and this is out of the blue but I'm hoping to contact you for a story. My DMs are open if you want to reach out. Thanks!

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

@Trying4ChangeNH hi there, this is out of the blue but I'm trying to reach you for a story I'm doing. my DMs are open, and i can explain more. thanks!

[Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks]

Front page Sunday @nytimes - doesn't get much bigger than this. #Approrpriateness in the treatment of #claudication is finally getting the public attention it deserves. 👏 @jbsgreenberg @katie_thomas @gebeloffnyt

Follow below for a short #Tweetorial on the #CMS data behind this

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

A number of excellent journalists have dug into this issue. They include @anniewaldman, @andrewfordnews and @ikeswetlitz.

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

Meet Kelly Hanna. Over 18 months, a doctor who calls himself "the leg saver" performed 18 artery-opening procedures in what she believed was an effort to prevent amputation. In July 2020, after her foot turned cold, she lost her leg. https://t.co/8gRpx2xCjH

[Katie Thomas @katie_thomas]

This is the first in a series, “Operating Profits,” where we investigate how companies, doctors and hospitals profit from the overuse of procedures. Edited by @virginiahughes and @davidenrich. With @susancb, @ellawinthrop, Eleanor Lutz and @sharononealnyc.https://t.co/8gRpx2xCjH