Oz Lays Out Broad Vision For CMS Amidst Employee Cuts, Backlash Over AI Remarks

After drawing backlash from family physician lobbyists for reportedly telling CMS staff that artificial intelligence (AI) could eventually replace human doctors, newly confirmed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz laid out a rather vague policy agenda Thursday (April 10) calling for greater price transparency, getting life-saving treatments to patients more quickly, fighting chronic diseases, modernizing health programs, and curbing waste, fraud and abuse -- all without explicitly mentioning the role AI would play in this vision.