Home Health Care News March 27, 2025
Morgan Gonzales

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it would slash 10,000 jobs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including roles at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which controls government health insurance programs crucial to the home health community.

The cuts are part of a dramatic restructuring of the agency spurred by President Donald Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ initiative. Approximately 300 of the layoffs will impact CMS employees – a reduction of about 4% of the agency’s total workforce, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Trump administration says the CMS layoffs will focus on “reducing minor duplication across the agency.”

“This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services,” a HHS fact...

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