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Dr. Oz would seek to modernize MA

March 19, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor

WASHINGTON – While he’s on record as a big supporter of Medicare Advantage, Dr. Mehmet Oz told the Senate Finance Committee during a confirmation hearing on Friday that, if confirmed as CMS administrator, he would reform prior authorizations, which he called “a pox on the system.” Oz told the committee that he would push for reducing the some 15,000 procedures and medications that require prior auths to 1,000. He also said he would push for speeding up approvals. “If...

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