U.S. investigating Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital

The U.S. government is investigating a relationship between Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital and its affiliated doctor practice, the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and its subsidiaries Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Foundation have each received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General that requests information regarding the structuring of various arrangements between Northwestern Memorial and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.