Oversight Probe of Nursing Homes Launched by House Panel (1)

A House special oversight panel Tuesday launched a wide-ranging probe into the Trump administration’s oversight of nursing homes during the spread of the coronavirus.

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as the country’s five largest for-profit nursing home companies seeking documents and information including Covid-19 case and death counts, staffing levels and pay, legal violations, and efforts to prevent further infections. The letters also seek information on how the Trump administration has distributed federal emergency funds targeted to health-care providers.

Clyburn, chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus ...