STAT+: An interview with Christi Grimm, and ‘existential’ upheaval at HHS
This week in health care news: An interview with the fired HHS watchdog, inside the crisis at HHS, and looking ahead to earnings season.
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A Grimm outlook
Roughly 10 weeks ago, Christi Grimm was the inspector general and top watchdog monitoring the Department of Health and Human Services. And then overnight, President Trump fired her. Grimm found out about it the next day, as she was driving to a pottery class with her young daughter.
