Rahm Emanuel to Lori Swanson: Back off Accretive Health probe [View all]

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/150635345.html

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to back off of Accretive Health Inc. until she’s met company executives to discuss her concerns about its collection practices.

In an undated letter addressed to Swanson, Emanuel defends Chicago-based Accretive, which served as a financial consultant at Fairview hospitals until last month when she released a report that alleged the company violated federal and state laws, including those regulating debt collection and patient privacy, to collect debt from patients....

....In response, Swanson wrote that Accretive CEO Mary Tolan declined her invitation to meet last week and vowed to press on with her investigation. “This is a law enforcement matter,” Swanson wrote. “Unfortunately, Accretive appears to address it as a political one. It has retained or contacted numerous heavyweights in the national Democratic Party.”.....

.....“We will continue to interview witnesses and perform our law enforcement responsibilities over charitable hospitals in Minnesota,” she (Swanson) wrote. She latter added: “This is a law enforcement matter, and it will continue to be addressed as a law enforcement matter. The patients who suffered indignities from Accretive will be heard.”


I'm hoping that Emanuel may have met his match in Swanson I don't think she and certainly her predecessor, Mike Hatch, ever had that much use for the party establishment. If he pushes this too hard, with any luck, when the Minnesota AG's office is done with him, they won't be able to identify him with dental records.