Medicare Fraud: Examining the Explosive Growth in Skin Substitute Spending

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability · July 21, 2026

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The Chair opened the subcommittee roundtable on health care and financial services, framed the session as an investigation of "shocking, rampant fraud" in Medicare involving skin substitutes, presented headline spending figures (2019 ~$200M to 2025 ~$14.4B) and introduced four witnesses (Mara McDermott of Accountable for Health; Amir Al Almazjar of Vitalize Health; Joe Capper of MiMedx; Yelena Olmstead).

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A House Committee roundtable examined a dramatic rise in Medicare spending on skin substitutes and wound care, explored patient harms and system vulnerabilities, and heard proposals from accountable care organizations and industry on prepayment review, pricing, and evidence requirements.

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