HHS official who approved Tom Price's flights resigns
by Ken Meyer | 8:28 am, March 23rd, 2018
By DAN DIAMOND 03/22/2018 06:57 PM EDT
John Bardis, a top HHS official who signed 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 the focus of a probe about whether Price's use of charter-jet flights for routine domestic travel — which cost more than $400,000 — complied with federal regulations. The HHS inspector general's office, which is conducting the probe, told POLITICO that the final report is expected later this spring.
Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan, in a statement, said Bardis was "a truly transformative leader, and HHS has benefited greatly from his dedicated work over the past year."
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