Oz urges Medicare Advantage industry to self‑correct ‘prior authorization’ concerns

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz reiterated Oct. 15 that the Trump administration wants Medicare Advantage plans to voluntarily fix persistent issues in the program -- and make use of new technologies including AI -- and again warned that CMS could pivot back to pursuing additional regulations or legislation if plans don’t act on their own, Inside Health Policy reported.

Speaking at the Better Medicare Alliance’s 2025 Medicare Advantage Leadership and Policy Forum, Oz argued that...