Peter Frost

Federal regulators are seeking $52.6 million from a Texas-based billing company that they allege loaded more than $70 million in bogus charges on consumers' phone bills. The Federal Trade Commission...

Dismayed with Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson's handling of a public dispute with Chicago-based Accretive Health Inc., Mayor Rahm Emanuel is urging the fellow Democrat to resume talks with the...

Generic pharmaceutical company Akorn Inc.on Tuesday reported its first-quarter profit rose 46 percent to $8.5 million, or 8 cents a share, up from $5.8 million, or 6 cents a share...

Walgreen Co. on Monday said it has completed its acquisition of BioScrip Inc.'s community specialty pharmacies and mail-service pharmacy business.Under terms of the deal, originally announced in February, Walgreen will...

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. said Monday that it has adopted a plan to protect itself from any potential "unfair or coercive" takeover efforts. The Chicago-based maker of electronic health record...

Embattled hospital billing and collections company Accretive Health Inc. said Wednesday that it was blindsided by the critical report released last week by Minnesota's attorney general, and it vowed to...

Lisle-based SXC Health Solutions Corp. said Thursday that its first quarter profit grew 44 percent, to $26.3 million, or 42 cents a share, as the volume of prescriptions it handled...

Hospira Inc.said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income fell 73.2 percent, to $40.2 million, a decline the company blamed on costs associated with continued remediation efforts at its manufacturing plants...

Accretive Health Inc.'s annual meeting Wednesday lasted fewer than 20 minutes and was attended by 27 people, according to two shareholders who attended. The Chicago-based hospital billing and collections company,...