Pallone Directs GAO To Investigate HHS Hospital Data Collection Switch

House Energy & Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), along with two colleagues, asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate why HHS decided to have hospitals stop reporting COVID-19 cases through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s portal. In a letter on Wednesday (Aug. 19) , Health Subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Pallone ask the GAO to determine the timeline, effect on the pandemic response and data quality control measures since...