Health Care Oversight

House Oversight Republicans have sent a formal records request to Gov. Gavin Newsom seeking details on California’s oversight and internal controls for federally funded hospice programs after reporting found extreme “clustering” of licensed providers—state records tied as many as 89 hospices to a single three‑story Los Angeles office (other reviews found up to 147 providers at that address and a state auditor previously flagged more than 150 agencies there), and federal inspections documented nearly 400 violations at 75 companies. Newsom’s office highlights a 2021 moratorium and a multi‑agency Hospice Fraud Task Force that it says has revoked over 280 licenses and has about 300 providers under investigation, while HHS’s OIG estimates roughly $198.1 million in suspected hospice fraud nationally.