DeParle profited from health care companies under scrutiny

By Fred Schulte

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 |

This story was co-published by the Investigative Reporting Workshop and msnbc.com .

Nancy-Ann DeParle, President Barack Obama’s health policy czar, served as a director of corporations that faced scores of federal investigations, whistleblower lawsuits and other regulatory actions, according to government records reviewed by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.

Several of the companies were investigated for alleged kickbacks or engaging in other illegal billing schemes, while others were accused of serious violations of federal ...