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.
The far-reaching request comes ahead of a scheduled May 4 congressional briefing by Accretive Health, the Chicago-based healthcare billing and collection company facing questions about its practices after an investigation by Minnesota's attorney general.
Results of the Minnesota attorney general's inquiry, released last week in a six-volume report, suggest the company violated federal laws while under contract at Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, and the findings raise questions about how common such practices may be, said Reps. Henry Waxman, (D-Calif.), Diana DeGette, (D-Colo.), and G.K. Butterfield, (D-N.C.), in a letter to Accretive CEO Mary Tolan (PDF).