MedPage Today April 1, 2025
Kristina Fiore

— During interviews over the weekend, Kennedy and DOGE team confirmed collaboration

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team created the new org chart for HHS, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an interview onopens in a new tab or window News Nationopens in a new tab or window.

The HHS secretary said when he arrived at the department, the org chart was “incomprehensible,” and Musk “came in for the first time with a real org chart for the agency.”

“What Elon is doing is he’s using AI [artificial intelligence] to improve health, to improve efficiency, to improve delivery,” Kennedy told News Nation. “He had a bunch of geniuses come over to the department, create an org...

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