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The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | ||
| − | The CMS unlawfully provides third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | + | The CMS unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal |
|last=Adler | |last=Adler | ||
|first=Peter W. | |first=Peter W. | ||
Revision as of 01:06, 28 December 2025
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the U. S. government agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS is directed by Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Öz. The CMS is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is headed by Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
Circumcision issues
The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for circumcision of the newborn, which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. The CMS unlawfully provides third-party payment for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in most states.[1]
Doctors Opposing Circumcision published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,[2] but it has been ignored.
See also
External links
Official website. Retrieved 8 December 2025
References
- ↑
Adler PW. Is it lawful to use Medicaid to pay for circumcision? 
. Journal of Law and Medicine. 2011; 19: 335-353. PMID. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑
Anonymous: Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (1 February 2019). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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