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Mehmet Oz: “In CMS we have another lever arm because we're a payer…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:52

And some of the more bold moves you make, often the ones that get held back the most. And we can do it. But In CMS we have another lever arm because we're a payer, we're actually paying you money, so we get to say how that money is spent. And one of the ways we can do that is say, you know what industry, let's take prior authorization. Something that is actually part of the workflow that Amy's looking at quite closely. (05:52–06:00)

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Asserts that CMS has influence over how money is spent because it acts as a payer.

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