Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles - Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump ' s Department of Health and Human Services

We continue to see a remarkable stream of people transiting therevolving door from high-level positions in health care corporations to high-level positions in health care policy or regulation for the Trump administration.  Lately, though, these transitions have not been without missteps. The most recent cases we have found, in the order of their public appearance, appear below.John Bardis, Who Went from MedAssets to Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration, Resigned Under FireWe first discussed the appointment of Mr Bardis in May, 2017,here.  We noted then that most recently Mr Bardis was the CEO of a health care financial firm and thus was responsible for that company ' s financial fortunes.  While he has previous experience running other health care related companies, he seemed to have no direct experience in health care or public health, per hisofficial biography.OnMarch 22, 2018, Politico reportedJohn Bardis, a top HHS official whosigned off on ex-Secretary Tom Price ' s charter jet flights, is resigning effective April 6, the agency confirmed Thursday.The health care entrepreneur and longtime friend of Price ' s from Georgia served as HHS assistant secretary of administration since March 2017 and was responsible for departmental operations. He also helped oversee the ReImagine HHS project, an initiative to overhaul the agency and cut costs.Bardis ' office has been thefocus of a probe about whether Price ' s use of charter-je...
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