HHS records in response to our FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all communications between CMS Administrator Seema Verma and Dennis Smith of the Arkansas Department of Human Services. Records include email correspondence between March and July 2017, including 6 emails from Smith to Verma regarding thoughts and suggestions on healthcare legislation, Medicaid, and Arkansas-specific concerns.

American Oversight sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to learn whether CMS Administrator Seema Verma violated ethics rules by working on issues related to her former consulting clients.

FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all communications between CMS Administrator Seema Verma and Dennis Smith of the Arkansas Department of Human Services.