Tag: Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Oz shares initial vision
April 14, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Dr. Mehmet Oz, who now leads CMS, shared his initial vision for the agency, including identifying and eliminating fraud, waste and abuse.
Oz was confirmed by the Senate as CMS administrator on April 3.
“I want to thank President Trump and HHS Sec. Kennedy for their confidence in my ability to lead CMS in achieving their vision to Make America Healthy Again,” he said. “Great societies protect their most vulnerable. As stewards of the health of...
In brief: Oz’s vision, sleep’s slowdown, NY’s unused DME
April 14, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Dr. Mehmet Oz, who now leads CMS, shared his initial vision for the agency, including identifying and eliminating fraud, waste and abuse.
Oz was confirmed by the Senate as CMS administrator on April 3.
“I want to thank President Trump and HHS Sec. Kennedy for their confidence in my ability to lead CMS in achieving their vision to Make America Healthy Again,” he said. “Great societies protect their most vulnerable. As stewards of the health of...
Hill hot list: Medicare Advantage & Dr. Oz
April 7, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS issued a Medicare Advantage final rule on April 4 that does not finalize Part D coverage of obesity medications for Medicare and Medicaid.
The rule also does not finalize two other proposals: “Enhancing Health Equity Analyses: Annual Health Equity Analysis of Utilization Management Policies, Procedures”; and “Ensuring Equitable Access to Medicare Advantage Services—Guardrails for Artificial Intelligence.”
The rule does finalize...
Dr. Oz would seek to modernize MA
March 19, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – While he’s on record as a big supporter of Medicare Advantage, Dr. Mehmet Oz told the Senate Finance Committee during a confirmation hearing on Friday that, if confirmed as CMS administrator, he would reform prior authorizations, which he called “a pox on the system.”
Oz told the committee that he would push for reducing the some 15,000 procedures and medications that require prior auths to 1,000. He also said he would push for speeding up approvals.
“If...