Becker's Healthcare July 22, 2025
The CMS Innovation Center plans to hire a string of new employees as it plans to roll out several new payment models. The move comes four months after HHS, CMS’ parent department, cut about 5% of the agency’s workforce, Politico reported July 21.
Four things to know:
1. CMS laid off about 300 employees earlier this year as part of a broad HHS restructuring. The overhaul, part of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, aimed to reduce the department’s headcount from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees
2. The restructuring included early retirement and buyout incentives and affected employees across HHS, including...







