Home Health Care News April 3, 2025
Dr. Mehmet Oz will lead the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
At CMS, Oz will oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the home health industry’s biggest payers. The Senate voted to confirm on Thursday along party lines — 53 to 45. During a confirmation hearing in March, Oz pledged to address the needs of chronically ill patients with the twin goals of reducing costs and improving outcomes.
“The Medicare trust fund will be insolvent within a decade. That’s 2.9% taken out of your paycheck. Medicaid is the number one expense item in most states, consuming 30% of those state budgets, and that’s crowding out services like schools and public safety...
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