Emily Pisacreta
Senior Producer, An Arm and a Leg
About
Emily is a journalist, writer, and audio producer based in New York City. In addition to her work at An Arm and a Leg, she produces podcasts for the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo and Columbia Journalism School, where she focused on health care reporting and radio and podcast production.
Podcasts
Stories
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Coming soon: your stories on facility fees
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Meet the Middleman’s Middleman
Way behind the scenes, a hidden player makes billions — cutting what your health insurance covers.
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Staying on Medicaid seems tougher than it should be
The word “nightmare” came up a lot when we talked with a Tennessee mom.
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The Hack
A cyberattack against a giant gets us thinking about antitrust.
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One last tip before 2024
Mini-ep: What some hospitals won't tell you
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When hospitals sue patients (part 2)
What if they just… stopped?
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When hospitals sue patients (part 1)
Why do they do it? There isn’t much money in it.
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Paging Dr. Glaucomflecken: Presenting “The Nocturnists - Conversations: Will & Kristin Flanary (The Glaucomfleckens)”
Plus a good-news update from us (and John Green).
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Credit Card, Please
A listener’s doctor wanted her credit card info up front — before her appointment. She wondered: Do I need to give it to them? We did too.
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A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth
What happens when a single company runs the most U.S. health insurance plans, owns a network employing more doctors than anyone else, and starts to get into the business of loaning money to doctors?
