Price Touts HHS Reorg Effort, Signals Move Toward Single Food Agency

HHS Secretary Tom Price signaled the administration may push to bring food safety under one roof in a speech to department staff Tuesday laying out a series of actions that will culminate in submission of a draft HHS-wide reform plan, which he dubbed “Reimagine HHS,” to the White House's budget office June 30. Price announced HHS would create an executive committee, steering committee and five working groups to develop the strategic plan to reorganize the department. However, he emphasized the...