Karl Stark, an investigative journalist and director at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, is set to lead a four-part series called “Follow the Money” on reporting on hospitals’ financial well-being. The series is available for free to journalists thanks to the generous support of the NIHCM Foundation.
Stark has been working with AHCJ’s hospitalfinances.org site and other tools for over thirty years as a health editor, business news editor, and national/foreign editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. During his time there, he investigated the bankrupt Allegheny health system and led to the indictment of its top three executives. He also served as President of the Association of Health Care Journalists and co-authored AHCJ’s “Covering the Quality of Health Care – A Resource Guide for Journalists.”
His session on covering hospital finances will be a highlight at AHCJ’s annual meeting, showcasing his expertise in financial reporting and encouraging LDI Fellows to write for public consumption. Stark is a graduate from Yale University, where he was a varsity tennis player alongside his sister Julie.
