The New York Times - James Brosher Photography https://www.brosher.com/blog/tag/the-new-york-times/ Portfolio website for James Brosher, a Bloomington, Indiana based editorial and wedding photographer specializing in action, documentary, and portrait images. Tue, 20 May 2025 19:24:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/logo-75x75.png The New York Times - James Brosher Photography https://www.brosher.com/blog/tag/the-new-york-times/ 32 32 ‘Obamacare’ protection of pre-existing conditions https://www.brosher.com/blog/2017/06/11/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:34:32 +0000 https://www.brosher.com/?p=16911 Phil and Debbie Carter, a beneficiary of "Obamacare" regulations on pre-existing conditions, work on their Vigo County, Indiana farm. (5 photos)

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]]> Last month I spent some time one afternoon photographing Debbie and Phil Carter at their farm in rural Vigo County, Indiana not far from Terre Haute for The New York Times. The article told the story of some people who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act’s regulations in regards to pre-existing conditions. Thanks to health care changes made under the ACA – also known as “Obamacare” – Debbie received a liver transplant after being diagnosed with a bile duct disease. Because of rain, the Carters were working in their barn for most of the time I was with them. After I finished shooting, I chatted with them for close to an hour. I grew up in a rural farming community in Indiana, but I hadn’t photographed on a farm in several years. It was a nice change of pace to get out in the country away from Bloomington and Indianapolis for a shoot.

Debbie Carter
Stymied by a rainy day during planting season, Debbie Carter looks for a filter as her husband Phil, not pictured, performs maintenance on one of the couple’s farm tractors on Monday, May 1, 2017, in rural Vigo County, Ind. Debbie Carter received a liver transplant after being diagnosed with a bile duct disease thanks in part to changes made under the Affordable Care Act. “We would have lost the farm,” she said. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Debbie Carter, Phil Carter
Debbie and Phil Carter stand in a field of butterweed on Monday, May 1, 2017, on their farm in rural Vigo County, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)

Phil Carter
Phil Carter changes a filter on one of the family’s farm tractors on Monday, May 1, 2017, in rural Vigo County, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Phil Carter
Phil Carter uses an air hose to blow out a cover for a tractor’s cabin filtration system on Monday, May 1, 2017, at the family’s farm in rural Vigo County, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Debbie Carter, Phil Carter
Stymied by a rainy day during planting season, Debbie and Phil Carter prepare to change a filter as they perform maintenance on one of their farm tractors on Monday, May 1, 2017, in rural Vigo County, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)

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]]> Patient surveys and the opioid epidemic https://www.brosher.com/blog/2016/08/31/patient-surveys-opioid-epidemic/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:17:55 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=16161 Doctors at Marion General Hospital in Indiana including E.R. director Dr. S. Michael Keller have limited the prescription of opioids for pain. (5 photos)

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]]> I spent a few hours back in June shadowing Dr. S. Michael Keller, the emergency room director at Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ind. The photos were for a story in The New York Times about patient satisfaction surveys and their effect on the opioid epidemic. Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals’ Medicare reimbursements were tied to patient satisfaction surveys. The idea of this was to encourage quality care, but many health care professionals argue the surveys incentivized doctors to prescribe powerful and potentially addictive painkillers such as opioids to patients in order to score well on the surveys. Marion General bucked the trend by cutting opioid prescriptions, leading to a drastic drop in the patient satisfaction surveys.

Dr. S. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, examines William Joseph, a patient from Van Buren, Ind., in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. Marion General Hospital urged its doctors to limit opioid prescriptions resulting in lowered patient satisfaction scores, particularly in pain management. As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) incentivizes quality care by rewarding hospitals that score well on patient satisfaction surveys. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Dr. S. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, speaks with Deseric Inman, a patient from Marion, Ind. experiencing eye discomfort, in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Dr. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, speaks with the mother of a patient in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
A pain assessment tool hangs on a wall as Dr. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, speaks with a patient in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Dr. S. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, examines Deseric Inman, a patient from Marion, Ind. experiencing eye discomfort, in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Dr. Michael Keller, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, speaks with a patient in the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)
Dr. Michael Keller, left, director of Marion General Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance services, and Ann Vermilion, the hospital’s administrative director, pose outside of the Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Marion, Ind. (James Brosher for The New York Times)

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