WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medical device manufacturers and insurance companies. Senator Charles Grassley, whose panel is central to legislation overhauling U.S. healthcare now before Congress, asked for information on the amount, source and purpose of industry funding from January 2006 to the present. "These... Read Full Story
Date Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has set his sites on 33 non-profit medical groups in his investigation into the the ways industry money influences the practice of medicine. According to The New York Times, the American Medical Association, American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer’s Association are just few of the groups Senator Grassley contacted this week about their financial ties to the medical industry.
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A University of Minnesota bioethics expert says new conflict-of-interest rules now under review won’t be enough to prevent another embarrassment of riches like the $1.2 million a med school prof earned from Medtronic. The “U” only learned of Dr. David Polly’s moonlighting in July via a scathing, 142-page letter from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who has been investigating such conflicts at universities nationwide.
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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News) The outrage fest continues over bonuses given to to AIG execs and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has put himself in the running for most outrageous sound bite. While appearing on Cedar Rapids radio station WMT, Grassley suggested one way that the shamed financial executives could make amends to the American people. ZIMBIO POLL DO YOU AGREE WITH SEN. CHARLES GRASSLEY'S STATEMENT... Read Full Story
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, talks with Bloomberg's Peter Cook about the need to limit taxes to help spur U.S. economic growth. Grassley also discusses Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's confirmation hearing today before the Senate Banking Committee. (Source: Bloomberg) Read Full Story
The federal agency that is supposed to prevent Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars over three years. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, received dozens of warnings from inspectors during the Bush and Obama administrations. They responded to only half of them. A July 2008 warning said organized crime had infiltrated the system and was costing more... Read Full Story
A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services identifies up to 136 nursing homes as "special focus facilities" subject to more frequent inspections because of their living conditions. In every state except for Alaska, there are between one and six such facilities. But investigators said four times as many homes, or 580, could be considered... Read Full Story
The corn-rich heartland US state of Iowa will look a bit like a United Nations summit come mid-August, as diplomats from some 70 countries make an bi-annual pilgrimage meant to boost overseas trade. If past visits are any guide, Iowans might get to see a buttoned-up veteran of international relations get a rare opportunity to handle a live baby pig. Every two years, Republican Senator Charles Grassley invites each country with an embassy in Washington to send their ambassador and spouse, or... Read Full Story
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley says he remains hopeful a limited health care reform package can be negotiated. But the Iowa Republican says he believes a small group negotiating the issue agrees a government-run public option won't be part of the package. Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is among a bipartisan group of six lawmakers who are negotiating a compromise to overhaul the nation's health care system. Grassley told The Associated Press on Monday that he's... Read Full Story
The University of Minnesota says a surgeon who was paid more than $1 million in consulting fees by medical device maker Medtronic properly disclosed any possible conflicts of interest on his research projects. The university responded Wednesday to a list of questions from Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, a longtime critic of corporate influence in medicine. Grassley's letter to the university in June criticized Dr. David Polly for failing to disclose to Congress that he was working... Read Full Story
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