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 emails between CMS Administrator Seema Verma and anyone acting on behalf of the seven states for which Administrator Verma is required to receive a waiver before communicating with (Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia).