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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/">Investigations</a> </h1> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content"> <div class="article first "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2015/liberal-lobbyist/" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20150620-2_lobbyist.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w940/2_lobbyist.jpg" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2341499-ALTERNATES-w940 inpage-dim-940-585 viziwyg-section-7454 img-responsive" title="As a lobbyist for environmental and liberal causes, Sandra Haverlah is used to fighting a GOP tide, but it got stronger this year." width="940" height="585"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2015/liberal-lobbyist/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2341503-TITLE viziwyg-section-7454"> In Austin, liberal lobbyist has fought some hard battles </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2015/liberal-lobbyist/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Over five months, Statehouse lobbyist Sandra Haverlah gave a Dallas Morning News reporter unprecedented access during the legislative session. The reporter witnessed Haverlah\u2019s work and met with her weekly to hear details about bills she was tracking for her clients." data-headline="In Austin, liberal lobbyist has fought some hard battles"></a> </span> </h3> <p class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2341503-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7454 sbn"> Over five months, Statehouse lobbyist Sandra Haverlah gave a Dallas Morning News reporter unprecedented access during the legislative session. The reporter witnessed Haverlah’s work and met with her weekly to hear details about bills she was tracking for her clients. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;height:30px;"> </div> <div class="widget stories custom "> <div class="article news first default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20150621-nmc_12mahmoodsentence5.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NMC_12mahmoodsentence5.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2341994-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7457 " alt="" title="Prosecutors have said they think Dr. Tariq Mahmood (right) pocketed millions in federal stimulus money, but because they couldn’t prove it, they can’t collect from his assets." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150621-medical-fraud-is-easy-texas-case-shows--but-recouping-the-cash-isn-t.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150621-medical-fraud-is-easy-texas-case-shows--but-recouping-the-cash-isn-t.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2341996-TITLE viziwyg-section-7925"> Medical fraud is easy, Texas case shows — but recouping the cash isn't </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2341996-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7925">A $24 billion program to help computerize health-care records has been vulnerable to fraud. And the U.S. Justice Department has a dismal record of collecting court-order restitution.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150621-medical-fraud-is-easy-texas-case-shows--but-recouping-the-cash-isn-t.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="A $24 billion program to help computerize health-care records has been vulnerable to fraud. And the U.S. Justice Department has a dismal record of collecting court-order restitution." data-headline="Medical fraud is easy, Texas case shows \u2014 but recouping the cash isn&#039;t"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150605-nmc_20doorknobsuicide_0426pro.5.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NMC_20doorknobsuicide_0426pro.5.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2324003-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-16995 " alt="" title="Collette Riel and Brett Bennetts fault Timberlawn in Dallas for the death of their sister, Brittney Bennetts. “This is just negligence,” Riel says." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150605-timberlawn-psych-hospitals-funding-at-risk-after-patient-hangs-herself.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150605-timberlawn-psych-hospitals-funding-at-risk-after-patient-hangs-herself.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2324004-TITLE viziwyg-section-16995"> Timberlawn psych hospital’s funding at risk after patient hangs herself </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2324004-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-16995">Five months before Brittney Bennetts’ suicide, Timberlawn officials had been warned by an internal survey that doorknobs like the one on which she hanged herself posed a potential “ligature risk.”</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150605-timberlawn-psych-hospitals-funding-at-risk-after-patient-hangs-herself.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Five months before Brittney Bennetts\u2019 suicide, Timberlawn officials had been warned by an internal survey that doorknobs like the one on which she hanged herself posed a potential \u201Cligature risk.\u201D" data-headline="Timberlawn psych hospital\u2019s funding at risk after patient hangs herself"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/photos/20150501-nowhere9.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/Nowhere9.JPG" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2278685-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7386 " alt="" title="Vehicles travel in rush hour traffic along a stretch of Interstate 35 north nearing George Beach Avenue in San Antonio. Plans for 50 miles of toll lanes on busy highways like Interstate 35 nearing George Beach Avenue never materialized. But administrative costs soared at the agency that hoped to build them." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/road-to-nowhere/';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/road-to-nowhere/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2278696-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Roads to Nowhere<br/>Local agencies show little progress for $1B spent </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2278696-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">A Dallas Morning News investigation finds that most of nine regional mobility toll authorities in Texas have struggled to live up to ambitions while burning through public money.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/road-to-nowhere/" data-media-url="" data-summary="A Dallas Morning News investigation finds that most of nine regional mobility toll authorities in Texas have struggled to live up to ambitions while burning through public money." data-headline="Roads to Nowhere<br/>Local agencies show little progress for $1B spent"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20150409-patrick_zeigler1.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/Patrick_Zeigler1.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2250917-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="More than five years after the Fort Hood shooting, Patrick Zeigler and his wife, Jessica, live in Rochester, Minn., with their 2-year-old son. The family plans to return to Fort Hood, where Zeigler and other victims of the shooting will receive Purple Heart medals during a ceremony on Friday." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20150409-purple-heart-silver-lining-for-one-of-dozens-shot-at-fort-hood-in-09-love-banishes-bitterness.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20150409-purple-heart-silver-lining-for-one-of-dozens-shot-at-fort-hood-in-09-love-banishes-bitterness.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2250918-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Purple Heart, silver lining: For one of dozens shot at Fort Hood in '09, love banishes bitterness </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2250918-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Patrick Zeigler has accepted, if not embraced, the moment that made him the man he is now: a husband, a dad. And, come Friday, the recipient of a Purple Heart.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20150409-purple-heart-silver-lining-for-one-of-dozens-shot-at-fort-hood-in-09-love-banishes-bitterness.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Patrick Zeigler has accepted, if not embraced, the moment that made him the man he is now: a husband, a dad. And, come Friday, the recipient of a Purple Heart." data-headline="Purple Heart, silver lining: For one of dozens shot at Fort Hood in &#039;09, love banishes bitterness"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/former-cprit-official-pleads-not-guilty-trial-set-for-aug-17.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2206790-TITLE viziwyg-section-7436"> Former CPRIT official pleads not guilty to state felony charge, trial set for Aug. 17 </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2206790-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7436">AUSTIN - A former high-ranking official of Texas' cancer-fighting agency pleaded not guilty Friday to a felony corruption charge and a jury trial was scheduled for Aug. 17.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/former-cprit-official-pleads-not-guilty-trial-set-for-aug-17.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="AUSTIN - A former high-ranking official of Texas\' cancer-fighting agency pleaded not guilty Friday to a felony corruption charge and a jury trial was scheduled for Aug. 17." data-headline="Former CPRIT official pleads not guilty to state felony charge, trial set for Aug. 17"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140830-greg_abbott.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/Greg_Abbott.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1890868-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7454 " alt="" title="Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott got his political start in Harris County. A spokesman for his office denied that politics played a part in the Houston Votes case. “Evidence uncovered dictates direction,” Jerry Strickland said in an email." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140830-abbotts-houston-raid-didnt-end-with-arrests-but-shut-down-voter-drive.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140830-abbotts-houston-raid-didnt-end-with-arrests-but-shut-down-voter-drive.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1890870-TITLE viziwyg-section-7454"> Abbott’s Houston raid didn’t end with arrests, but shut down voter drive </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1890870-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7454">Investigation by attorney general’s office shows that his hard line on election fraud has consequences even when no crime is proved.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140830-abbotts-houston-raid-didnt-end-with-arrests-but-shut-down-voter-drive.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Investigation by attorney general\u2019s office shows that his hard line on election fraud has consequences even when no crime is proved." data-headline="Abbott\u2019s Houston raid didn\u2019t end with arrests, but shut down voter drive"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140830-is-abbott-fighting-fraud-or-hurting-the-right-to-vote.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1891134-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Is Abbott fighting fraud or hurting the right to vote? </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1891134-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Partisan criticism has inevitably followed many voting fraud cases involving the attorney general’s office.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140830-is-abbott-fighting-fraud-or-hurting-the-right-to-vote.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Partisan criticism has inevitably followed many voting fraud cases involving the attorney general\u2019s office." data-headline="Is Abbott fighting fraud or hurting the right to vote?"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20150207-1-lobbyists.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/1+lobbyists.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2171796-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="Lobbyist Robert Culley (center) took notes while waiting with others for legislators outside the Texas House of Representatives’ chambers last week. Texas’ lobbying law is so complicated that even lobbyists can get confused." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150207-state-law-allows-for-lobbying-deep-in-the-shadows-of-texas.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150207-state-law-allows-for-lobbying-deep-in-the-shadows-of-texas.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2171797-TITLE viziwyg-section-7925"> State law allows for lobbying deep in the shadows of Texas </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2171797-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7925">Texas’ lobby law has significant loopholes and weaknesses that make it difficult for the public to track the powerful alliance between lobbyists and lawmakers.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20150207-state-law-allows-for-lobbying-deep-in-the-shadows-of-texas.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Texas\u2019 lobby law has significant loopholes and weaknesses that make it difficult for the public to track the powerful alliance between lobbyists and lawmakers." data-headline="State law allows for lobbying deep in the shadows of Texas"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140724-motorola-photo-from-mcclatchy-series.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/Motorola+photo+from+McClatchy+series" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1818879-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="As the goliath of the U.S. public safety radio market, Motorola wields a playbook full of tactics for fending off challenges to its estimated 80 percent share. (Nader Khouri/MCT) ((Nader Khouri/MCT))" width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/congress-members-seek-investigation-into-motorola-radio-sales-tactics-in-dallas-and-nationwide.html/';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/congress-members-seek-investigation-into-motorola-radio-sales-tactics-in-dallas-and-nationwide.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1818868-TITLE viziwyg-section-7925"> Lawmakers seek investigation of Motorola tactics to sell two-way radios to local, state governments </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1818868-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7925">Three senior House Democrats have asked for an investigation into allegations that Motorola's contracting tactics have led state and local governments - including perhaps Dallas - to squander millions of dollars on the company's pricey two-way emergency </span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/congress-members-seek-investigation-into-motorola-radio-sales-tactics-in-dallas-and-nationwide.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Three senior House Democrats have asked for an investigation into allegations that Motorola\'s contracting tactics have led state and local governments - including perhaps Dallas - to squander millions of dollars on the company\'s pricey two-way emergency " data-headline="Lawmakers seek investigation of Motorola tactics to sell two-way radios to local, state governments"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/government-releases-report-on-injuries-from-west-fertilizer-plant-explosion.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1764670-TITLE viziwyg-section-17303"> Government releases report on injuries from West fertilizer plant explosion </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1764670-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-17303">About one in five people who went to the hospital after the West fertilizer plant explosion suffered a traumatic brain injury or a concussion, according to a newly released report.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/government-releases-report-on-injuries-from-west-fertilizer-plant-explosion.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="About one in five people who went to the hospital after the West fertilizer plant explosion suffered a traumatic brain injury or a concussion, according to a newly released report." data-headline="Government releases report on injuries from West fertilizer plant explosion"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-nad_06election3.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NAD_06election3.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1761485-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="County supervisors often know little about who shows up when staffing contractors send them temps. That’s even after a temp using a false name once stole $1,360 from the tax office. Several contractors who have supplied temps said they conduct background checks. Two firms called it an unintentional mistake that some workers slipped through." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761487-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Temps with criminal pasts slip by Dallas County officials </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761487-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Contractors don’t always catch criminal records, and county officials say they sometimes don’t know about temps’ histories.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Contractors don\u2019t always catch criminal records, and county officials say they sometimes don\u2019t know about temps\u2019 histories." data-headline="Temps with criminal pasts slip by Dallas County officials"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-patient_secondary-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/patient_secondary-.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1761232-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="Dr. Sabatino Bianco operates at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. The chains’s chief clinical officer attributes its record to a focus on getting “the basics” right." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761233-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761233-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">The chance you will suffer a serious, preventable complication varies dramatically based on where in Texas you’re hospitalized, a Dallas Morning News analysis shows.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="The chance you will suffer a serious, preventable complication varies dramatically based on where in Texas you\u2019re hospitalized, a Dallas Morning News analysis shows." data-headline="How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140614-parkland-staff-targeted-in-civil-rights-lawsuit-dispute-federal-investigative-findings.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1746759-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Parkland staff targeted in civil rights lawsuit dispute federal investigative findings </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1746759-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">ER workers on duty when patient died now contradict findings of federal regulators in patient death case.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140614-parkland-staff-targeted-in-civil-rights-lawsuit-dispute-federal-investigative-findings.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="ER workers on duty when patient died now contradict findings of federal regulators in patient death case." data-headline="Parkland staff targeted in civil rights lawsuit dispute federal investigative findings"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140614-parkland06gm_20288045.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/PARKLAND06GM_20288045.JPG" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1746840-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="Parkland Memorial Hospital said the patient-gagging incident in the psychiatric emergency room was discovered on April 8 during a routine review of security video from March 16. Parkland notified the Texas health department within a day, it said, in compliance with regulations." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140614-parkland-psych-er-is-again-scene-of-patient-abuse.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140614-parkland-psych-er-is-again-scene-of-patient-abuse.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1746727-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Parkland psych ER is again scene of patient abuse </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1746727-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">A patient gagging incident went unreported for more than three weeks; four employees who were involved are no longer at Parkland.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140614-parkland-psych-er-is-again-scene-of-patient-abuse.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="A patient gagging incident went unreported for more than three weeks; four employees who were involved are no longer at Parkland." data-headline="Parkland psych ER is again scene of patient abuse"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140610-dr.-alireza-atef-zafarmand-medical-office.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/Dr.+Alireza+Atef-Zafarmand+medical+office" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1724314-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="Atef-Zafarmand's medical office advertising remains online. "Strict compliance to medical ethics is a top priority," he says on one website." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/state-accuses-suspended-doctor-of-witness-intimidation.html/';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/state-accuses-suspended-doctor-of-witness-intimidation.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1724311-TITLE viziwyg-section-9442"> State: Doctor suspended over sexual abuse allegations engaging in 'witness intimidation' </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1724311-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-9442">Legal problems are multiplying for Dr. Alireza Atef-Zafarmand, a Dallas doctor whom regulators have suspended because of sexual abuse allegations.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/state-accuses-suspended-doctor-of-witness-intimidation.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Legal problems are multiplying for Dr. Alireza Atef-Zafarmand, a Dallas doctor whom regulators have suspended because of sexual abuse allegations." data-headline="State: Doctor suspended over sexual abuse allegations engaging in &#039;witness intimidation&#039;"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-medicarebilling_0525pro.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/MedicareBilling_0525pro" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1693498-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="" width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-examining-the-cost-of-too-much-care.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-examining-the-cost-of-too-much-care.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693499-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Examining the cost of too much care </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693499-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">A <i>Dallas Morning News</i> analysis of Medicare data shows 163 Texas caregivers who led the nation in per-patient use of certain procedures.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-examining-the-cost-of-too-much-care.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="A <i>Dallas Morning News</i> analysis of Medicare data shows 163 Texas caregivers who led the nation in per-patient use of certain procedures." data-headline="Examining the cost of too much care"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-cost-an-indirect-measure-of-waste-medicare-researcher-says.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693574-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Cost an indirect measure of waste, Medicare researcher says </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693574-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Certain medical services that are deemed of “low value” to patients are overused and often linked to medical culture.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-cost-an-indirect-measure-of-waste-medicare-researcher-says.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Certain medical services that are deemed of \u201Clow value\u201D to patients are overused and often linked to medical culture." data-headline="Cost an indirect measure of waste, Medicare researcher says"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-methodology-for-the-news-medicare-data-analysis.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693541-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Methodology for The News’ Medicare data analysis </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1693541-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Find out how The News analyzed recently released Medicare data to examine in detail the billing patterns of Texas health care providers.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140524-methodology-for-the-news-medicare-data-analysis.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Find out how The News analyzed recently released Medicare data to examine in detail the billing patterns of Texas health care providers." data-headline="Methodology for The News\u2019 Medicare data analysis"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140515-lede_small_2x.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/lede_small_2x.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1671801-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="" width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/medicare';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/medicare" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671948-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Exclusive: DMN, ProPublica discover unusual Medicare billing practices in Texas, nationally </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671948-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Separate analyses found numerous instances of doctors and other health care providers in Texas and elsewhere almost always billing Medicare for the most expensive class of office visit.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/medicare" data-media-url="" data-summary="Separate analyses found numerous instances of doctors and other health care providers in Texas and elsewhere almost always billing Medicare for the most expensive class of office visit." data-headline="Exclusive: DMN, ProPublica discover unusual Medicare billing practices in Texas, nationally"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140515-cantufacebookp_37580522.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/CANTUFACEBOOKP_37580522.JPG" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1671491-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="Dr. Dennis Cantu of Laredo is one of nearly 80 Texas doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who almost always charged for the most expensive class of office visit, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of recently released Medicare data." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-medicare-data-reveals-unusual-billing-patterns-by-nearly-80-texas-doctors-medical-practitioners.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-medicare-data-reveals-unusual-billing-patterns-by-nearly-80-texas-doctors-medical-practitioners.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671484-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Medicare data reveals unusual billing patterns by nearly 80 Texas doctors, medical practitioners </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671484-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Almost 80 providers in Texas almost always charged for the most expensive class of office visit, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis. </span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-medicare-data-reveals-unusual-billing-patterns-by-nearly-80-texas-doctors-medical-practitioners.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Almost 80 providers in Texas almost always charged for the most expensive class of office visit, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis. " data-headline="Medicare data reveals unusual billing patterns by nearly 80 Texas doctors, medical practitioners"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-how-we-did-the-analysis.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671481-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> How we did the analysis </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671481-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">The Dallas Morning News and ProPublica analyzed recently released government data to look for patterns among health care providers who bill Medicare, the government's health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-how-we-did-the-analysis.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="The Dallas Morning News and ProPublica analyzed recently released government data to look for patterns among health care providers who bill Medicare, the government\'s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled." data-headline="How we did the analysis"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140515-medicareillo.png.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/medicareillo.png" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1672395-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="" title="" width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-health-care-providers-billing-code-decisions-under-microscope.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-health-care-providers-billing-code-decisions-under-microscope.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671479-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Health care providers’ billing code decisions under microscope </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1671479-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Over 1,800 health care providers nationwide almost always charged Medicare for the most expensive office visits, a ProPublica analysis shows.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140515-health-care-providers-billing-code-decisions-under-microscope.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Over 1,800 health care providers nationwide almost always charged Medicare for the most expensive office visits, a ProPublica analysis shows." data-headline="Health care providers\u2019 billing code decisions under microscope"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140510-nmc_02highwayprobe.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NMC_02highwayprobe.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-1662947-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-7924 " alt="" title="Roadwork continues near the intersection of Interstate 30 and I-35E, west-southwest of downtown Dallas, in the area of land transactions sold by Kevin Bollman and Wade Blackburn to the Texas Department of Transportation." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140510-texas-moved-to-acquire-land-in-highway-path-after-owner-cited-development-plans.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140510-texas-moved-to-acquire-land-in-highway-path-after-owner-cited-development-plans.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1662948-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Texas moved to acquire land in highway path after owner cited development plans </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1662948-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">But officials in one Denton County town said they never received any kind of development plans from the property owners.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140510-texas-moved-to-acquire-land-in-highway-path-after-owner-cited-development-plans.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="But officials in one Denton County town said they never received any kind of development plans from the property owners." data-headline="Texas moved to acquire land in highway path after owner cited development plans"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article news default "> <div class="text"> <div class="textDetailNoImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100019/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140509-owner-of-failed-hospitals-wont-plead-guilty.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1661557-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Owner of failed hospitals won’t plead guilty </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1661557-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-7924">Dr. Tariq Mahmood fired his lawyer and is seeking a trial on conspiracy to commit fraud, upending a deal with prosecutors.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140509-owner-of-failed-hospitals-wont-plead-guilty.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Dr. Tariq Mahmood fired his lawyer and is seeking a trial on 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