Congressional hearings examine COVID-19 fraud, price gouging
In a statement submitted this week to House and Senate subcommittee hearings on fraud, price gouging and corporate profiteering during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AHA urged Congress to examine reports of anticompetitive conduct by travel staffing agencies and coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies to investigate where appropriate.
Nearly every hospital in the country has been forced to hire contract nurses or other temporary staff at some point during the pandemic to help maintain appropriate levels of patient care, AHA told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittees.
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