• CMM 211

    Senate Confirms Mehmet Oz to Oversee CMS

    On Thursday, Mehmet Oz, a Penn graduate, was confirmed by the US Senate to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  The announcement on April 3 follows President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s November appointment of Oz, who has an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine and an MBA from Wharton in 1986, as the leader of the organization. Along party lines, Oz was approved 53-45, with two senators not voting.  CMS oversees the administration of the federal Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance programs on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services. Oz will oversee a $1.5 trillion organization that offers…

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