HHS restructuring and workforce reductions – key implications for the health care industry

HHS restructuring and workforce reductions – key implications for the health care industry 
JD Supra; by Mintz.com; 4/15/25 
... As part of the department-wide restructuring plan, HHS is in the process of consolidating 28 different divisions into 15 divisions. As of April 4, 2025, it had also reduced the number of Regional Offices from ten to five. ... 

• HHS Regional Offices: As noted above, HHS has reduced the number of Regional Offices to five. The remaining offices include those located in Philadelphia, Denver, Kansas City, Dallas, and Atlanta. Accordingly, it appears that HHS has closed its Regional Offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and San Francisco. The HHS-OGC also closed its office in Dallas.
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): CMS reportedly lost approximately 300 employees. CNN reported that the RIFs included the entire Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights. The Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office lost its office of Models, Demonstrations and Analysis. ...
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):  Reports indicate that the CDC lost divisions related to workplace health and safety, HIV, injury prevention, reproductive health, smoking, and violence prevention, among others. All of the CDC’s staff working to process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)  requests were also terminated, per CBS reporting. 
  
  
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): There were a reported 1,300 employees laid off at the NIH, with NPR reporting that most of the cuts were to individuals with support positions such as communications, IT, and human resources.  ...