I’m an investigative health care reporter for the New York Times. Bio: https://www.nytimes.com/by/katie-thomas Have a tip? I’m on Signal at bykatiethomas.25, or send a secure tip here: https://www.nytimes.com/tipshttps://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3mhgk4w4dyc2pBoston Scientific has struggled for years with pacemaker batteries that can fail unexpectedly, which has been linked to at least 7 deaths. Internal company records and a previously unpublished FDA inspection report helped me tell the story. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/business/pacemakers-batteries-recall-boston-scientific.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UVA.5kjD.S0I4ZsgXDohN&smid=nytcore-ios-share19 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgk4w4dyc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3met6fh2mis2oA for-profit company, CoreCivic, operates many ICE detention centers, including the one in Texas that houses children. It has a checkered track record of providing medical care. With @jsgatnyt.bsky.social and Melena Ryzik. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/business/ice-health-care-corecivic-immigrants-detention.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.wKZX.YBDwyez1PUx-&smid=nytcore-ios-share14 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3met6fh2mis2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3lnkprqc2l227Acadia Healthcare’s CEO is getting a $1.8 million bonus for the extra work he will need to do to respond to federal inquiries into the company’s practices. The bonus comes after the stock lost 70 percent of its value. My story with @jsgatnyt.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/health/acadia-bonuses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE8._Vi0.SZmysPWK8Mkj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare24 Apr 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkprqc2l227https://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3lng4paiitc26New with @jsgatnyt.bsky.social: In 2018, a therapist was accused of sexually assaulting women at Timberline Knolls, a mental health facility outside Chicago owned by Acadia Healthcare. Back then, the company said it had made changes to "assure it won't happen again." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/acadia-timberline-knolls-suicide-rape.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.a3vI.CB4hoyVHR3us&smid=url-share22 Apr 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lng4paiitc26https://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3lmhvst4epk2zTiny bandages made of dried placentas are costing Medicare billions. With Sarah Kliff, I took a dive into the world of skin substitutes, which are used in a narrow slice of patients with wounds that won't heal, but cost Medicare more than ambulance rides and CT scans. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/health/skin-substitutes-medicare-costs.html10 Apr 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhvst4epk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3lfufozkqrk22When drug companies lowered prices for common drugs like insulin, it ended up raising costs for patients at community health clinics. It’s another example of the upside-down world of drug pricing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/health/insulin-prices-federal-clinics-340b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.ruJB.jUZU8ugNYBMX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare16 Jan 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfufozkqrk22https://bsky.app/profile/bykatiethomas.bsky.social/post/3lcpsbnzqas25New: Acadia Healthcare runs the largest chain of methadone clinics, bringing in $1.3 billion since 2022. But @jsgatnyt.bsky.social and I found that its clinics are falsifying records and sometimes enrolling patients who are not addicted to opioids. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/health/acadia-methadone-clinics-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk4.CWfr.T4deoj5BrtmA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare07 Dec 2024 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:gdt7cideynspmgtb7aaxq2fa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpsbnzqas25