title: Left in the lurch. With Corrigan's recusal from hospital cases, HHS' inspector general's office has a gap at the top after months of indecision.
abstract: The nation's chief healthcare fraud-fighting unit felt another tremor when HHS Principal Deputy Inspector General Dara Corrigan, left, announced she is recusing herself from cases involving hospitals because she is job-hunting, Sen. Chuck Grassley called for the quick appointment of a permanent inspector general.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007857:Leadership; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / Q000458:organization & administration*