Dr. Mehmet Oz appears at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Credit: Senate Finance

Dr. Mehmet Oz gave clear, detailed, confident-sounding answers today during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

CMS is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As CMS chief, he would help shape any federal laws, regulations or procedures that affect health benefits at insured and self-funded employer-sponsored health plans as well as the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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