In a recent column, Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, urged CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to reform the MAC system and safeguard patient access to genetic testing.
“Now that Dr. Mehmet Oz is in place to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), he must quickly and directly tackle one of the greatest threats to preventative and individualized care in our country: Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). Oz’s decades of experience as a physician and cardiac surgeon will be critical…
It’s simple math: Poor decision-making plus unaccountable middlemen equals bad healthcare. At the mercy of MACs, seniors on Medicare continue to lose access to groundbreaking genetic tests that are essential to keeping them healthy as well as improving the quality of life for all.
There’s no reforming healthcare or “Making America Healthy Again” without reforming the MAC system. Dr. Oz must use the mandate given him by President Trump to hold MACs accountable and protect our country’s patients.”
Read more from Steve Forbes in Forbes.