Newest HHS Staff Cuts Could Stymie CMS Health Plan Oversight
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Mar 28, 2025
HHS on March 27 said the department will undergo a “dramatic restructuring” that will cull 10,000 full-time employees from its ranks, consolidate 28 divisions into 15, and cut the number of regional offices in half. Together with HHS’s previous workforce-reduction efforts, the total headcount at HHS will be reduced from 82,000 to 62,000.
But CMS will see the smallest number of layoffs. A fact sheet from HHS said the CMS workforce will decline by approximately 300 full-time employees, compared to 3,500 employees at the FDA, 2,400 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1,200 at the National Institutes of Health.
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