WASHINGTON — President-elect Trump has selected the surgeon and television personality Mehmet Oz as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the transition announced Tuesday.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is an influential agency that sets policy that impacts payments for hospitals, doctors, and insurers. It oversees Medicare and Medicaid, as well as health plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.
“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake,” Trump said in a statement. The role of CMS administrator requires Senate confirmation.
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