Key Takeaways
- Mehmet Oz was confirmed by the Senate and will take over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as it is implementing the biggest changes to the Medicare Part D program since it began.
- CMS has undergone some workforce reductions, but not on the scale that other agencies within HHS have experienced.
- Oz brings little experience with Medicare or Medicaid policy to his new role, but will be supported by officials with expertise who have worked on Capitol Hill or in the first Trump Administration.
Mehmet Oz will take the reins at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as it continues to implement Inflation Reduction Act policies that are the most significant changes to...
The Senate voted 53-45 along party lines on 3 April to confirm Oz as CMS administrator.
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