The very next month, during a Ways and Means hearing, I questioned then Secretary Becerra directly on the Department's failure to properly oversee the hospice benefit. Unfortunately, little if anything was being done. In June of 2023, I joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling on HSS Inspector General to investigate newly certified hospices engaged in unlawful and unethical practices. that threaten both patient safety and taxpayer dollars. And then In March of 2024, I again pressed Secretary Becerra on why the administration had failed to adequately address fraudulent hospice schemes that were defrauding taxpayers out of millions of dollars. (02:09–02:20)
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Asserts that a call was made to investigate newly certified hospices for unlawful practices in June 2023.
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