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    Mehmet Oz

    Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

    Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

    Background

    Mehmet Oz is the 17th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

    He is a physician, television presenter and author.

    About Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S.

    Key facts

    Current title
    17th Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicessource
    Appointment
    Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2025 to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; confirmed by the Senate along party linessource
    Education
    Undergraduate degree from Harvard Universitysource
    Education
    Joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business Schoolsource
    Nonprofit
    In 2003, founded a national non-profit that puts recent college graduates into high schools to teach diet, fitness and mental resiliencesource

    WYDE coverage of Mehmet Oz

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Mehmet Oz, from Mar 29, 2026 to Apr 13, 2026. Mehmet Oz is a named leader in 3 stories. The most recent is CMS Alert Directs Medicare Hospitals to Align Patient Menus With Dietary Guidelines as Nicklaus Children's Signs First Farm-to-Hospital Pledge.

    Healthcare

    CMS Alert Directs Medicare Hospitals to Align Patient Menus With Dietary Guidelines as Nicklaus Children's Signs First Farm-to-Hospital Pledge

    HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Oz issued a Quality and Safety Special Alert directing Medicare-participating hospitals to align meals with dietary guidelines, tying federal funding to nutrition standards.

    Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Government & Fraud

    FBI Arrests 15 in $50 Million Southern California Hospice Fraud Crackdown

    FBI arrests 15 in $50 million Southern California hospice fraud crackdown. Operation Never Say Die targets sham facilities billing Medicare for non-terminal patients.

    Apr 3, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    AI

    Vance Convenes First Meeting of White House Fraud Task Force Targeting $2 Trillion in Federal Programs

    Vice President Vance convened the first meeting of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud on March 27, targeting Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and SBA programs with AI detection tools.

    Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Reported alongside Mehmet Oz

    Sources

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