Mike Leavitt

Hospital CEO To Step Down Amid Accretive Health Debt-Collection Controversy

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Lori Swanson, Debt, Minnesota, Lobbying, Health Care Costs, Al Franken, Mike Leavitt, Henry Waxman, Business, Politics, Video, Debt Collectors, Rahm Emanuel, Debt Collection, Chicago, Hospitals, Hospital Debt Collection, Health Care, Accretive Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Personal Finance, Business News

Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...

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'We Are Giving The Image That We Are Money-Hungry,' Hospital Workers Say

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

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Employees at Minnesota hospitals that contracted with Accretive Health repeatedly complained about the company's methods of getting money from patient...

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Jeffrey Young

Hospital Debt Collector Taps Washington Bigwigs In Bid To Restore Reputation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.15.2012

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Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...

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Famous Artists Become Action Figures

ARTINFO | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Art, Mike Leavitt, G.I. Joe, Artinfo, Action Figures, Kara Walker Action Figure, Jeff Koons Action Figure, Richard Serra Action Figure, Takashi Murakami Action Figure, Art Action Figures, Artist Action Figures, Jasper Johns Action Figure, Arts News
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Artist Michael Leavitt continues his assault on the wider art world in the nerdiest way possible: by making action figures. The Seattle-based tinkerer...

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With Nerves of Steele

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Republican National Committee, Family Research Council, Curt Anderson, Ken Mckay, Mike Leavitt, Voyeur, RNC Firings, Rnc, Michael Steele and Tony Perkins, Michael Steele and Ken McKay, Gail Gitcho, RNC Resignations, Republicans, Fundraising, Michael Steele and Voyeur, Trevor Francis, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

"I can just imagine all those stories the next few days: 'Steele this,' 'Steele that.' You have no idea what a pain it is, seeing your name in the headlines all the time."

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Ken McKay RESIGNS: RNC Chief Of Staff Out In Wake Of 'Bondage-Gate'

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Amid growing concern over Michael Steele's stewardship of the Republican National Committee, a New Hampshire activist resigned his ...

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A Secretary Who Matters

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Obama Transition, Education, Obama Secretary of Education, Barack Obama, Superintendents, Arne Duncan, Alan Bersin, Mike Leavitt, Education Budget, Duval Patrick, Barack Obama and Education Policy, Tom Payzant, Jeb Bush Education, Angus King, Joel Klein, Tim Pawlenty, Education Spending, Mike Easley, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

At the critical point where young people should be connecting with college and 21st century careers, we rely on an outdated education system that evolved in the 1970s.

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Panel: Give The FDA More Recall Authority

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Food and Drug Administration would be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers under recommendations from an ad...

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