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The restructuring of HHS aims to reduce its workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 and consolidate 28 divisions into 15, following President Trump's Executive Order. Key agencies like the FDA, CDC, NIH, and CMS will also see significant personnel cuts, focusing on efficiency and core missions. Additionally, a new Administration for a Healthy America will be established to better coordinate health resources and programs for low-income Americans.

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New HHS Fact Sheet

The restructuring of HHS aims to reduce its workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 and consolidate 28 divisions into 15, following President Trump's Executive Order. Key agencies like the FDA, CDC, NIH, and CMS will also see significant personnel cuts, focusing on efficiency and core missions. Additionally, a new Administration for a Healthy America will be established to better coordinate health resources and programs for low-income Americans.

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Fact Sheet:

1. The restructuring of HHS is proceeding in accordance with President Trump's


Executive Order, "Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government
Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.”

2. The plan combines personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation


of HHS divisions, including:

o The current 82,000 full-time employees will be reduced to 62,000


o 28 divisions will be consolidated to 15
o 10 regional offices will become 5
o Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, External
Affairs, and Policy will be centralized.

3. Regarding FDA, CDC, NIH, and CMS:

o FDA will decrease its workforce by approximately 3,500 full-time


employees, with a focus on streamlining operations and centralizing
administrative functions. This reduction will not affect drug, medical device,
or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors.
o The CDC will decrease its workforce by approximately 2,400 employees,
with a focus on returning to its core mission of preparing for and responding
to epidemics and outbreaks. This includes moving ASPR under CDC to
enhance coordination of response efforts. NOTE: The “CDC” decrease would
only be 1,400 if you included the individuals coming over from ASPR (approx.
1,000 individuals).
o The NIH will decrease its workforce by approximately 1,200 employees by
centralizing procurement, human resources, and communications across its
27 institutes and centers.
o CMS will decrease its workforce by approximately 300 employees, with a
focus on reducing minor duplication across the agency. This reorganization
will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services.

4. The consolidation and cuts are designed not only to save money, but to make
the organization more efficient and more responsive to Americans’ needs, and to
implement the Make America Healthy Again goal of ending the chronic disease
epidemic.

5. No additional cuts are currently planned, but the Department will continue to
look for further ways to streamline its operations and agencies.
6. A new Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) will consolidate the OASH,
HRSA, SAMHSA, ATSDR, and NIOSH, so as to more efficiently coordinate chronic care
and disease prevention programs and harmonize health resources to low-income
Americans. Divisions of AHA include Primary Care, Maternal and Child Health,
Mental Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and Workforce, with support of the
U.S. Surgeon General and Policy team.

7. HHS will have a new Assistant Secretary for Enforcement to provide oversight of
the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeal
(OMHA), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.

8. HHS will combine the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) into the Office of Strategy to
conduct research that informs the Secretary’s policies and evaluates the
effectiveness of the Department’s programs for a healthier America.

9. The critical programs within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) that
support older adults and people of all ages with disabilities will be split across the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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