Four House committees conducted an investigation into Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma and her top aides spending and allege that Verma hired consultants that charged CMS “nearly $6 million for work that included boosting her public profile” over the course of 2 years.
“By retaining these consultants, Administrator Verma misused funds appropriated by Congress, wasting taxpayer dollars intended to support federal health care programs,” the report states.
