Chuck Grassley news and information

Sen. Chuck Grassley is demanding details about communications between the CMS and a consulting firm after the firm told clients the agency would be increasing Medicare Advantage payments.
FULL STORY »

Two senior Republican senators who have been critical of the healthcare reform law want to know whether the Obama administration is insulating state grants for the law's health insurance exchanges from the spending cuts that HHS must carry out under sequestration.
FULL STORY »

Federal authorities and healthcare providers continue to wrestle with conflicts that might taint decisions about which drugs reach patients. Concerns persist even as new federal rules that seek to improve transparency among providers and drug and device manufacturers go into effect.
FULL STORY »

Eleven Republican lawmakers have signed an amicus brief that challenges the Obama administration's contraception coverage mandate by arguing the policy violates religious freedom.
FULL STORY »

The former co-chairmen of the president's bipartisan fiscal commission have introduced a deficit-reduction proposal that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in savings over 10 years, with roughly a quarter of those savings—or about $600 billion—coming from Medicare and Medicaid.
FULL STORY »

The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.
FULL STORY »

President Barack Obama's re-nomination of Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the CMS on Thursday drew wide support from health industry leaders but an uncertain outlook on Capitol Hill.
FULL STORY »

The CMS missed its own 2012 deadline to issue the final rule for a regulation that aims to make financial relationships between healthcare providers and manufacturers more transparent.
FULL STORY »

The Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed details on federal funding spent to promote the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul.
FULL STORY »

It's estimated that in 2010, providers who self-referred patients for advanced imaging made about 400,000 more referrals than they would have had they not had a financial interest in the imaging equipment and that these referrals cost the Medicare system an additional $109 million, according to a...
FULL STORY »