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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (CMS) is the U. S. government agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS is directed by Dr. [[Mehmet Cengiz Öz]]. | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (CMS) is the U. S. government agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS is directed by Dr. [[Mehmet Cengiz Öz]]. | ||
==Circumcision issues== | |||
The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | |||
The CMS unlawfully provides third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Adler | |||
|first=Peter W. | |||
|init=PW | |||
|author-link=Peter W. Adler | |||
|title=Is it lawful to use Medicaid to pay for circumcision? | |||
|journal=Journal of Law and Medicine | |||
|date=2011 | |||
|volume=19 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=335-353 | |||
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/is-it-lawful-to-use-medicaid-to-pay-for-circumcision.pdf | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID=22320007 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI= | |||
|format=PDF | |||
|accessdate=2025-12-08 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues for CMS in 2019, but it has been ignored.<ref>{{REFdocument | |||
|title=Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | |||
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/w/images/Male_Circumcision_DOC_2019-02-01.pdf | |||
|contribution= | |||
|last=Anonymous | |||
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision | |||
|format=PDF | |||
|date=2019-02-01 | |||
|accessdate=2025-12-08 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:American healthcare reform]] | |||
[[Category:Scandal]] | |||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||