Accretive Health faces a congressional inquiry as executives moved to defend the company's business practices following a highly critical report from Minnesota's attorney general. FULL STORY »
Members of the U.S. House asked Accretive Health's CEO for a list of clients and information on the company's policies on compliance with federal emergency room access, patient privacy and debt collection laws. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | February 06, 2012
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A small group of House Democrats expressed concern about HHS allowing states to determine the definition of essential health benefit packages. FULL STORY »
A small group of House Democrats has asked two influential House committees for hearings to examine medical devices that have developed serious defects after being implanted in patients. FULL STORY »
Will an eventual deficit-reduction deal include savings from changes to federal prescription-drug programs? A growing number of Democrats are discussing that possibility and pushing their preferred approaches. FULL STORY »
Recent analyses that concluded the Food and Drug Administration's device review process was overly burdensome and creating unnecessary obstacles merely amounted to “promotional pieces,” according to Democrat-requested analyses. FULL STORY »
Democrats from the White House on down are pushing back hard on a recent study concluding that up to 30% of employers providing health insurance coverage to 180 million workers will drop it after more provisions of the 2010 federal healthcare law are implemented in 2014. FULL STORY »
During a hearing on regulatory reform Monday, the chairman of a House oversight committee pressed an HHS official for a release date for the agency's proposed rule on the healthcare reform law's essential-benefits provision. FULL STORY »
Two House Democrats on Friday released a state-by-state analysis from their staff showing how the Republican-proposed plans to change Medicare and Medicaid would affect constituents in each U.S. congressional district. FULL STORY »
The Congressional Budget Office threw up its hands at California Congressman Henry Waxman's recent request for budget projections should funds for health reform adoption cease altogether. FULL STORY »
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