Medical Economics November 18, 2025
CMS administrator outlines payment changes, Medicaid reforms, fraud efforts and a plan to overhaul prior authorization during his speech at the AMA Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates.
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, M.D., MBA, spoke at the American Medical Association’s Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates. What follows are key takeaways from his remarks.
Mehmet Oz, M.D., MBA, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), used his appearance before the American Medical Association’s, Medicaid, fraud and prior authorization.
Speaking to delegates on Monday, Oz said the profession has been weighed down by burnout, corporate ownership and layers of bureaucracy — and that the consequences are now visible.
“I believe many physicians have lost their...







