All the Right Moves: Oz Vows to Rein in MA Marketing, Prior Auth, Risk Adjustment
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Mar 20, 2025
Although Mehmet Oz, M.D., has yet to appear before a second Senate committee, if his smooth testimony before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 14 is any indication, his confirmation as CMS administrator is almost assured. “There is no doubt you are qualified to serve as the next administrator…and I look forward to voting in favor of your nomination and am urging all of my colleagues to do the same,” Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) declared after Oz handily answered most of the senators’ questions.
When asked by multiple senators (mostly Democrats, whose votes aren’t needed to clinch the nomination) about whether he is in favor of Medicaid cuts, Oz did not provide clear answers. Despite Oz declaring that he and President Donald Trump “love and cherish Medicare and Medicaid,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was dissatisfied after digging in further and stated, “Let the record show that I asked a witness who said he cherishes this program will you agree to oppose cuts and he would not answer a yes or no question.” Oz did, however, firmly signal support for work requirements in Medicaid.
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