House Oversight Chair Comer Opens California Hospice Fraud Probe, Tells Gov. Newsom to āLawyer Upā as CMS and Vance Task Force Suspend 70 LA Providers
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House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer has opened a congressional probe into alleged hospice fraud in Southern California ā citing investigations that found dozens (by some counts 89 to more than 150) of hospice and homeāhealth providers tied to a single Van Nuys building and federal inspections documenting nearly 400 violations ā and has demanded documents from Gov. Gavin Newsom, telling him to "lawyer up." At the same time, a federal Task Force led by JD Vance, working with CMS, used an AIābased system to suspend 70 Los Angeles hospice and homeāhealth providers, while Newsomās office points to a 2021 moratorium, a state Hospice Fraud Task Force, more than 280 license revocations and about 300 providers under investigation.