Few sectors are more consistently in the crosshairs of congressional oversight than healthcare. In the 119th Congress, Republican committee chairs have pursued investigations into group purchasing organizations (GPOs), pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans, healthcare fraud, insurance costs, data breaches, drug pricing and hospital systems using hearings, detailed information requests and subpoenas. With the exception of ACA-focused inquiries, these same issues have long drawn scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, underscoring the bipartisan nature of oversight risk in this space. This Holland & Knight alert examines the issues most likely to shape future healthcare investigations.
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