The United States Senate Committee on Finance voted to advance the nomination of Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, to be the next administrator of CMS.
Healio previously reported on Oz’s committee hearing, where he was grilled by senators on reigning in the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, the utilization of AI in health care and addressing ongoing nursing shortages.
In his opening statement, Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, supported Oz’s nomination and said the surgeon’s background “makes him uniquely qualified to manage the intricacies of CMS."
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