Hospice News April 3, 2025
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he will oversee the nation’s largest health insurance programs — including the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
The chamber 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 that...
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