Journalism Grants
Funding For:
Investigative Reporting in Health Care
Health Care Coverage / Health Care Reform
Recipient:
Center for Public Integrity
Grant Period:
Jan 01, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015
AMOUNT:
$35,000.00
Summary of the Project:
With support from a NIHCM Foundation Journalism Grant, the Center for Public Integrity continues its health reporting, which includes investigations into waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare Advantage program.
About the Grantee:
The Center for Public Integrity’s mission is to serve democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism. The Center distributes its investigations through its award-winning website and to all forms of media–broadcast, print, online and blogs–around the globe.
Related Grantee Work
January 14, 2015
Medicare Advantage Money Grab
The Center for Public Integrity spent over a year examining the Medicare Advantage payment formula and found nearly $70 billion in improper payments traced to errors with risk scores.
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