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Mar 8, 2025

Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025

VA terminates 585 'non-mission-critical or duplicative' contracts to redirect over $900M to vet care

CMS rescinds Medicaid's health-related social needs guidance

Feds vow to republish scrubbed property list, leaving ownership of HHS, CMS headquarters in limbo

RFK Jr. orders HHS to end 'extra-statutory' notice, public comment process in rulemaking - Paige Minemyer

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Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025

By Heather Landi,Fierce Healthcare Staff

Meet the winners of Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025.

VA terminates 585 'non-mission-critical or duplicative' contracts to redirect over $900M to vet care

By Dave Muoio

The VA said its cuts are the “first step” in its audit of the roughly 90,000 contracts it currently has in place—a process its announcement stressed is being conducted with in-house expertise and feedback. Specific plans for the savings will be shared "in the coming weeks and months," the department said.

CMS rescinds Medicaid's health-related social needs guidance

By Noah Tong

CMS removed Biden-era guidance and said it will review health equity services applications through Section 1115 waivers on a case-by-case basis.

Feds vow to republish scrubbed property list, leaving ownership of HHS, CMS headquarters in limbo

By Noah Tong,Dave Muoio,Gabrielle Masson

A published list of federal buildings on the chopping block was yanked offline after one day, but a government agency told Fierce Healthcare to expect it to return soon.

RFK Jr. orders HHS to end 'extra-statutory' notice, public comment process in rulemaking

By Dave Muoio

The HHS secretary said the public feedback mechanism is an obligation that imposes burden on the department. Not all types of rulemaking are exempt, and it remains to be seen just how much of the department's activity does or does not legally require public comment.