Pete Stark news and information

The healthcare world is populated by scores of legal experts who strive to keep up with the sprawling compendium of statutes, regulations and legal advisories known collectively as the “Stark law.” But the law's father, Fortney “Pete” Stark, is not one of them.
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One of the casualties from this month's congressional elections is a familiar face in the healthcare industry: Rep. Pete Stark, the California Democrat who currently serves as the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee's ranking member and is widely known for the three-part physician...
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One of the casualties from last week's congressional elections is a familiar face in the healthcare industry: Rep. Pete Stark, the California Democrat who currently serves as the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee's ranking member and is widely known for the three-part physician self-referral law...
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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...
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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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.
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Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) called for federal health officials to launch an investigation of Accretive Health, the healthcare billing and collection company that faced an inquiry by Minnesota's attorney general for aggressive practices.
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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.
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Private, for-profit owners of nursing homes are off the hot seat for now, after years of being a target of influential members of Congress who had concerns they may provide lower quality of care.
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The landmark 2010 healthcare law will not slow the nation's ballooning healthcare spending in the coming decade, and it will drive spending away from hospitals and toward physicians and pharmaceuticals, according to projections from the government's healthcare actuaries.
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