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.

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.