Healthcare Finance News November 7, 2025
The lawmakers say the tool used by CMS is riddled with errors, while beneficiaries have not been notified.
Democratic lawmakers have written a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, criticizing the Trump administration for rushing the launch of Medicare’s new provider directory tool.
Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said in their letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz that the Medicare Advantage provider-directory tool is “riddled with erroneous, conflicting, and duplicative information.”
Merkley and Wyden said issues involved with the launch of the directory could risk misleading millions of seniors as they compare plans, and could cause beneficiaries to incur medical bills they reasonably believed would be covered.
“The rollout was driven not by career...
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