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WASHINGTON, DC – In June 2018, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent letters to a sample of state hospital associations regarding the availability of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams (“SAFE kits”). Chairman Walden today shared each individual response from the various hospital associations.

To read a copy of the response from the Alabama Hospital Association, click here.

To read a copy of the response from the Arkansas Hospital Association, click documents 1, 2, 3, and 4.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today released a cumulative report identifying core strategies to addressing and preventing cybersecurity incidents. The report summarizes the committee’s work and conclusions drawn from dozens of briefings, hearings, letters, reports, and roundtables, and provides six specific priorities for more effective protection against vulnerabilities:

The widespread adoption of coordinated disclosure programs.
The implementation of software bills of materials across connected technologies.
The support and stability of the open-source software ecosystem.
The health of the...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should take to ensure proper regulatory compliance by states with regard to encounter data reliability in managed care organizations (MCO). This study was undertaken by GAO in response to questions raised by the Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the reliability of Medicaid managed care encounter data.

GAO selected a sample of eight states to review MCO encounter data; California, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah,...