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HHS announces federal healthcare advisory committee to advise on Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP
Summary
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a new federal healthcare advisory committee that will produce recommendations on Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the health insurance marketplaces; officials said they reviewed more than 400 candidates and selected 18 volunteer members who will convene later this year.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz onstage announced the formation of a federal healthcare advisory committee, saying the panel will develop recommendations to improve Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the health insurance marketplaces.
“We are announcing the members of our new healthcare advisory committee, which will develop recommendations for how Secretary Kennedy and I can improve Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the health insurance marketplaces,” Dr. Mehmet Oz said, adding that the panel’s guidance is intended to help cut costs, slash red tape, improve quality of care, keep programs solvent and refocus health care on patients.
Oz said the administration reviewed “more than 400 candidates from all across the country,” and “selected just 18.” The officials described the group as bringing experience from state and federal government, health system management, nonprofits and health-technology innovation, and said members include experts in areas such as artificial intelligence, rural health, mental health, disability services, aging, pharmaceutical supply chains, finance and biomedical research.
Officials noted that the appointments are volunteer positions. Oz specifically named health author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins as among those invited to serve, saying members “could command significant compensation for their expertise. Instead, they’ve chosen to serve their fellow Americans, volunteering their time.” The transcript does not include a committee roster or individual biographies beyond the brief expertise summary.
Kennedy and Oz said the panel will convene for the first time later this year; they indicated they expect the committee to produce recommendations that translate ideas into action to improve health outcomes for patients. The recorded remarks were labeled as produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and do not record any formal votes, motions or a published membership list in the transcript.
Officials provided no additional details in this recording about how members were vetted, the committee’s charter or whether its recommendations will be subject to public meetings or notice-and-comment rulemaking.
