Edge of the Story
True stories of overlooked witnesses at pivotal moments in history and the events they quietly observed.
Edge of the Story
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Season 2, Episode 4 — The Word That Covered the Spread
A hospital system in Indianapolis paid the federal government $345 million last year to settle systematic kickback allegations. The day after the settlement, that hospital continued to buy pharmaceuticals at 25 to 50 percent below wholesale thr...
Season 2, Episode 3 — The Missing Doorknob
An investigator walked down a hallway in an office building in Columbus, Ohio. She was looking for a Medicaid-billing home health agency that had submitted seven figures in claims to the state. She found the suite number on the directory. She w...
S2 E2 Start with Trust...then Double Check
Seven Texas hospices reported a 100 percent live-discharge rate last year. Twenty-five more reported above 90 percent. The national average is 17 percent. Every patient enrolled in end-of-life care at those seven hospices walked out alive.<...
S2E1 - The Word That Built the Room
In Indiana, one provider billed Medicaid $340,000 per child per year for autism therapy. It charged $1,600 per hour for sessions delivered by technicians with a high school diploma. When the state set a uniform rate of $68 per hour, spending dr...
Episode 12 - The Moment It Happens Again
Thirteen rounds into a front door. 12:45 in the morning. An eight-year-old inside. Legos on the dining room table from the day before. Bullets in the wall above where the family eats dinner. A handwritten note under the doormat. Three words. No...