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According to a report released by the OIG in July 2019, more than 80 percent of the 4,563 U.S. hospice centers that provide care to Medicare beneficiaries surveyed from 2012 to 2016 have at least one deficiency and 20 percent have at least one "serious deficiency".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/07/09/report-details-deficiencies-us-hospices/1682191001/ |date=July 9, 2019 |first1=N'dea |last1=Yancey-Bragg |first2=Morgan |last2=Hines |title=Hundreds of US hospices have at least one 'serious deficiency,' report says|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> | According to a report released by the OIG in July 2019, more than 80 percent of the 4,563 U.S. hospice centers that provide care to Medicare beneficiaries surveyed from 2012 to 2016 have at least one deficiency and 20 percent have at least one "serious deficiency".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/07/09/report-details-deficiencies-us-hospices/1682191001/ |date=July 9, 2019 |first1=N'dea |last1=Yancey-Bragg |first2=Morgan |last2=Hines |title=Hundreds of US hospices have at least one 'serious deficiency,' report says|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> | ||
From January 2020, [[Christi Grimm]] became the principal deputy inspector general. She assumed the duties of an acting inspector general, because the inspector general post was empty.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dzhanova |first1=Yelena |title=Trump looks to replace HHS watchdog who identified crucial hospital supply shortages |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/coronavirus-trump-looks-to-replace-hhs-watchdog-who-reported-supply-shortages.html |access-date=May 5, 2020 |work=[[CNBC]] |date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> In April 2020, Grimm released a report which surveyed the state of hospitals in late March during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. The hospitals reported "severe shortages of testing supplies", "frequently waiting 7 days or longer for test results", which extended the length of patient stays and strained resources, and "widespread shortages of PPE".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Christi |title=Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020 |url=https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.pdf |access-date=April 18, 2020 |publisher=[[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]}}</ref> President Trump called the report "wrong" and questioned Grimm's motives. Later he called the report "Another Fake Dossier!"<ref name=RobertsonApril7>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Lori |title=The HHS Inspector General Report |date=April 7, 2020 |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/the-hhs-inspector-general-report/ |publisher=[[Factcheck.org]] |access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> In May 2020, Trump nominated Jason Weida to be the permanent inspector general, pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate. According to a department spokeswoman, Grimm will remain as principal deputy inspector general.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |title=Trump names his pick for HHS inspector general after criticizing acting official over coronavirus report |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/politics/hhs-inspector-general-trump-nominee-jason-weida/index.html |access-date=May 5, 2020 |work= | From January 2020, [[Christi Grimm]] became the principal deputy inspector general. She assumed the duties of an acting inspector general, because the inspector general post was empty.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dzhanova |first1=Yelena |title=Trump looks to replace HHS watchdog who identified crucial hospital supply shortages |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/coronavirus-trump-looks-to-replace-hhs-watchdog-who-reported-supply-shortages.html |access-date=May 5, 2020 |work=[[CNBC]] |date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> In April 2020, Grimm released a report which surveyed the state of hospitals in late March during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. The hospitals reported "severe shortages of testing supplies", "frequently waiting 7 days or longer for test results", which extended the length of patient stays and strained resources, and "widespread shortages of PPE".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grimm |first1=Christi |title=Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020 |url=https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.pdf |access-date=April 18, 2020 |publisher=[[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]}}</ref> President Trump called the report "wrong" and questioned Grimm's motives. Later he called the report "Another Fake Dossier!"<ref name=RobertsonApril7>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Lori |title=The HHS Inspector General Report |date=April 7, 2020 |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/the-hhs-inspector-general-report/ |publisher=[[Factcheck.org]] |access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> In May 2020, Trump nominated Jason Weida to be the permanent inspector general, pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate. According to a department spokeswoman, Grimm will remain as principal deputy inspector general.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |title=Trump names his pick for HHS inspector general after criticizing acting official over coronavirus report |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/politics/hhs-inspector-general-trump-nominee-jason-weida/index.html |access-date=May 5, 2020 |work=CNN |date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> | ||
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