A US Senate panel backed Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sending his nomination to the full chamber for a final vote. The Senate Finance Committee advanced Oz’s nomination Tuesday with a 14-13 vote,

The United States Senate Committee on Finance voted to advance the nomination of Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, to be the next administrator of CMS. Healio previously reported on Oz’s committee hearing, where he was grilled by senators on reigning in the U.