Senate Finance Committee holds confirmation hearing for CMS administrator nominee Mehmet Oz
The Senate Finance Committee March 14 held a confirmation hearing on Mehmet Oz's nomination for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Oz, a doctor and former television show host, indicated that some of his priorities in the position, if confirmed, would be to reduce health care spending by improving poor health, increasing use of technology, incentivizing providers, and stopping wasteful spending, fraud and abuse. The committee will soon schedule a vote on whether to advance his nomination to the full Senate.
Related News Articles
Headline
Members of Congress and hospital and health system leaders today gathered for a briefing in Washington, D.C., to discuss how payment delays in Medicare…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 1 issued an interim final rule with comment period implementing the statutory requirement that certain…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 28 issued a final rule making changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1.…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 20 released a proposed rule that would modify policies governing Medicaid state-directed…
Perspective
Approximately 35 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, and that number is expected to grow to about 45 million MA enrollees by…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released details on downloading its upcoming fiscal year 2025 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns…