I am privileged and honored to write today that the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch has won the George Polk Award for our multi-platform series on aggressive billing practices at a Southern California hospital chain, Prime Healthcare Services.

Our reporting team of Lance Williams, Christina Jewett and contributor Stephen K. Doig uncovered a pattern at Prime of billing Medicare for rare ailments that generate lucrative bonus payments to the chain.

Read the complete blog post on California Watch.