The Senate confirmed Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, as the next CMS administrator in a vote Thursday.
Known colloquially as “Dr. Oz,” the surgeon, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University and former television personality was confirmed in a 53-45 vote along party lines.
When the Senate Finance Committee advanced the nomination, Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, said Oz’s background “makes him uniquely qualified to manage the intricacies of CMS." Conversely, ranking committee member Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, said that when