Laid off HHS leaders offered transfers to remote Indian Health Service regions
Some HHS officials who received layoff notices were offered the chance to instead transfer to the Indian Health Service.
Amid the layoff notices sent to stunned employees of the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday was yet another surprise: some of them, including top National Institutes of Health officials, were offered the chance to transfer to the Indian Health Service.
“The Indian Health Service (IHS) has an untenable vacancy rate of approximately 30%. This underserved community deserves the highest quality of service, and HHS needs individuals like you to deliver that service,” said an email signed by Thomas J. Nagy Jr., deputy assistant secretary for human resources at HHS. that went out to some employees who were being placed on administrative leave effective Wednesday.
