Incredibly honored to win an Edward R. Murrow Award! To be associated with that name, and all the amazing journalists who won this year, is something I’ll never forget. Thank you @rtdna.bsky.social!!! www.rtf a.org/news/rtdna-announces-2025-edward-r-murrow-award-national-winners

Our latest story on UnitedHealth Group examines how its research distorts the body of evidence on Medicare Advantage, a highly profitable line of business. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u... via @statnews.com

A look inside the ways UnitedHealth is able to control research into the Medicare Advantage program, from @bobjherman.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, @tarabannow.bsky.social and me: www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...

MAGA influencers are attacking Republicans with tweets supporting Medicare Advantage — and some of the language is almost verbatim from a dark money group called the Medicare Advantage Majority. Lawmakers are pissed. @caseyross.bsky.social and John Wilkerson dig in: www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/m...

MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/m... via @statnews.com

I want to offer my sincerest thanks to @ewscrippsco.bsky.social for honoring our series of stories about UnitedHealth Group. I cannot think of a time when investigative journalism was more important, and I'm so pleased to be in the company of these stellar works. scripps.com/fund/news/sc...

This internal UnitedHealth document landed in my inbox -- mistakenly -- and we decided to write about it. It details a pretty extraordinary chain of events... both with regard to the United's many challenges, and its handling of the doc itself. www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/u... via @statnews.com

Scoop from @bobjherman.bsky.social: UnitedHealth, facing multiple investigations related to its collection of Medicare risk-adjustment money, is working on a new risk scoring system using AI. And it's already generated interest from Trump admin. www.statnews.com/2025/05/16/u... via @statnews.com

Today at #STATBreakkthrough Summit former FDA commissioner squarely confronted HHS Sec. RFK Jr's equivocations on the importance of vaccination.

Huge news: Andrew Witty is out at UnitedHealth Group after a tumultuous four-year tenure. The company is going back to the man who built it into the sprawling, profit-hunting conglomerate it is today: Stephen Hemsley. www.statnews.com/2025/05/13/s...

UnitedHealth stock tumbles as CEO resigns, 2025 outlook pulled www.statnews.com/2025/05/13/s... via @statnews.com

Elizabeth Holmes rises again — or at least her partner does. Story via me and @caseyross.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/e...

Well, this is a tough one. Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry @rosebroderick.bsky.social has the story in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/a...

Huge thanks to @ewscrippsco.bsky.social for naming @statnews.com's health care's colossus series as a finalist for its award for excellence in national and international investigative reporting. It's really a thrill to be in the company of such amazing journalists! scripps.com/fund/journal...

He's a faith-driven, 44-year-old health tech entrepreneur from Idaho who just got put in charge of Medicare. Read about his ambitions to reform the ~$1 trillion program in this deeply-reported profile by @mariojoze.bsky.social, via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m... via @statnews.com

STAT is undertaking a project to examine the impact on science of the early months of the Trump administration. This is crucial reporting by my colleagues @statnews.com who have been working nonstop to stay on top of this: www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t... via @statnews.com

UnitedHealth discloses $1.7 million in security spending after slaying of top exec www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/u... via @statnews.com @bobjherman.bsky.social

Our analysis of memos Trump and Biden sent to executive agencies on the use of AI. Both urge civil rights protections, but Trump deletes the words "Bias" and "Diverse" -- two terms Biden used frequently in his instructions. via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/a... via @statnews.com

Scoop from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social: A device maker whose peripheral artery disease test was featured in our series on UnitedHealth Group has offered to pay $30 million to settle potential charges with DOJ. Original story: tinyurl.com/mv78cf64 www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/s... via @statnews.com

“You need to have IGs that have that independence, where they can’t be interfered with. And as Congress developed these laws, they’re precisely for that reason. You’re not meant to get rid of IGs...because their work is unpopular." www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/f... via @statnews.com

Reporters @statnews.com interviewed more than two dozen employees of federal health agencies about cutbacks sweeping through their offices. Their findings detail critical supply shortages, confusion, and concern about preserving core functions: www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h... via @statnews.com

SCOOP: Mayo Clinic taps former Biden administration official to oversee its use of AI www.statnews.com/2025/04/10/m... via @statnews.com

'It's been manipulated': Republicans in Congress have long been a reliable source of support for Medicare Advantage. Now, amid mounting evidence of abuse by private insurers, some are saying it's time for a crack down. via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/r... via @statnews.com

“Medicare Advantage insurers pulled in an estimated $33 billion in additional payment from the government in 2021 as a result of these extra diagnoses, or codes, that made their members seem sicker…Almost $14 billion of that, or 42%, went to a single company: UnitedHealth…” shorturl.at/LH3s6

Breaking: A new report by US Rep. Pat Ryan details hundreds of consumer complaints about UnitedHealth practices in Hudson Valley. Ryan wrote: "For anyone not convinced urgent change is needed, read every damn story below." via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/u... via @statnews.com

When #measles vaccination rates fall, measles cases rise. This is as predictable as night following day. Happening now in Vietnam, but coming to communities near you if rates here continue to decline. That's a lot of sick kids, missed school. (From @airfinity.bsky.social's daily newsletter)

Something worth watching, via @statnews.com: Health insurers are rapidly ramping up AI use. Regulators and industry watchdogs struggling to get details on use cases, training and testing of models, and impacts on patients. www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/h... via @statnews.com

The 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings will be in Nashville, TN, August 2–7. There's still time to get involved through late-breaking sessions! Submit proposals on recent, relevant topics by April 15. Learn more:

RFK Jr.'s comments on vitamin A and cod liver oil as treatments for measles are "extremely damaging because the impression it leaves to consumers is that there is a treatment available for measles, when in fact there is not," former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social says at #STATBreakthrough:

@lizzylawrence.bsky.social hosting a great session on what is being lost in science as the admin changes how it handles diversity and equity in science with @hollylynchez.bsky.social Melissa Simon & @jondoesscience at #statbreakthrough

Spectacular discussion about the impact on science of the US government cuts at the @statnews.com #BreakthroughSummit. So much damage being done. Really touched a nerve with a very engaged audience.

A group of senators sent letters to five telehealth companies that offer care through direct-to-consumer portals from pharmaceutical manufacturers Pfizer and Eli Lilly, interrogating their financial relationships.

Exclusive: DOJ is probing Semler Scientific for possible violations of the False Claims Act related to the use of its QuantaFlo test for PAD. Last year, @statnews.com found QFlo generated lucrative diagnoses for United and other insurers. www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/d... via @statnews.com

Following complaints from constituents, New York congressman Pat Ryan is launching an examination of UnitedHealth Group’s management of large physician groups in the state’s Hudson Valley region.From @caseyross.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/c...

21 federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE slash size of government. They noted DOGE interviewers "refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, attempted to pit colleagues against each other, and demonstrated limited technical ability."

UnitedHealth Group has been under siege since Brian Thompson’s killing, becoming the poster child of our dysfunctional health system. But it is also pushing back. Read more from @tarabannow.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, and me. www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u...

Check out Part 7 of our exclusive series on UnitedHealth Group. The story tracks the company's response to security threats and surging anger over care denials following the killing of the CEO of its insurance business. Via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u... via @statnews.com

I'm so honored to share a George Polk Award with 3 amazing colleagues -- @bobjherman.bsky.social, @tarabannow.bsky.social and @lizzylawrence.bsky.social! Our stories on UnitedHealth Group expose conflicts of interest that hurt patients, physicians and taxpayers — and undermine trust in health care.

EXCLUSIVE: A STAT examination of company documents and expert interviews reveals that AI-powered biotechs like Absci and competitor Generate routinely aggrandize their AI abilities. Reporting by @brittanytrang.bsky.social, via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/a... via @statnews.com

Experts fear disruptions at FDA as Trump offers buyouts and layoff reports swirl Departures may make it harder for FDA to oversee food, medicine, and devices www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/f...

Class action suit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials nears key moment www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/u... via @statnews.com

Please tune in, looking forward to an informative conversation with a super smart colleague!

DeepSeek may have been a breakout moment for China in AI. But it wasn't a surprise to people who have watched the growing influence of Chinese AI in drug development. via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/c... via @statnews.com

How AI helps drug developers skirt pharma’s ‘dirty little secret,’ where @brittanytrang.bsky.social talks to a senior exec at Owkin, a French biotech. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/o... via @statnews.com

BREAKING: Trump administration cancels meetings of health technology advisory committee HITAC helps to formulate rules surrounding data exchange, and use of AI in health care. No info given on the reason for the cancellations or what comes next. www.statnews.com/2025/01/29/h... via @statnews.com

Hey folks -- STAT will be covering tomorrow's RFK Jr. confirmation hearing with a live blog run by our indefatigable DC correspondents. Stay tuned tomorrow morning for a link. Thank you!

The splashy Hims & Hers Super Bowl ad (and other ones for compounded weight-loss drugs) worries health policy and pharmacy experts because they think it could confuse, and potentially mislead, patients seeking out obesity care. www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/s... via @statnews.com

#Breaking: Private emails show RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 shots, linking vaccines to autism From @rickberke.bsky.social and @owermohle.bsky.social in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/k...

EXCLUSIVE: Biden's top antitrust official tells @statnews.com that US health care is reaching a dangerous tipping point where "one or two companies" will wield massive market power and control. He said policymakers must consider breaking them up. www.statnews.com/2025/01/10/a... via @statnews.com

Do you know when AI is used in your care? Do you know how this AI works, and what data it was trained on? Do you know whether it is likely to work for you? Does your doctor know? www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/f... via @statnews.com