How very Trumpy.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has been accused of threatening to bar a reporter from Modern Healthcare from its press calls.
The threat came after the reporter, Virgil Dickson, claimed he did not agree to alter a story he wrote to take out a part regarding CMS administrator Seema Verma, according to the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ).
The story, published Jan. 23, was about the resignation of a Brian Neale, who oversaw Medicaid. The story said that the departure was a result of "some sort of disagreement between Verma and Neale that erupted in the past few days."
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{A communications contractor working for CMS, Brett] O'Donnell reportedly sent an email to Dickson's editor including the warning: “Short of fully correcting the piece we will not be able to include your outlet in further press calls with CMS.”
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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