MedPage Today November 6, 2025
Error-riddled directory may mislead seniors as they choose health plans, legislators say
Democratic lawmakers are blasting CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, for a shoddy rollout of a national healthcare provider directory ahead of this year’s open enrollment season.
In a letter to Oz, two Senators — Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) — said the launch of the Medicare Advantage provider directory was “rushed” and “riddled with erroneous, conflicting, and duplicative information.”
Two House members — Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) — sent a separate letter to Oz and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stating the directory is “deeply flawed and inaccurate.”
Both letters follow a report by the Washington Post that revealed errors in the...
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