congressional – Health

It’s not just pricing and patenting. Now, AbbVie’s taxes are the target of congressional scrutiny

AbbVie has spent years responding to a congressional probe over its drug pricing and patenting strategies, with the findings just becoming public late last month. Now, in a newly unveiled probe, congressional Democrats are zeroing in on the company’s tax payments. In a letter to CEO Richard Gonzalez dated Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate… Read More »

Groups host congressional briefing to support lifting patient ID ban

The American Health Information Management Association and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives went to Capitol Hill on Monday to overturn a 20-year prohibition on federal funding for a unique patient identifier. AHIMA and CHIME hosted a briefing for members of Congress to encourage Senate support for last month’s House amendment to the Departments of… Read More »