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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]]. The CMS is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is headed by [[Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.]] | ||
==Circumcision issues== | ==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 by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | ||
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[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues for CMS in 2019, but it has been ignored.<ref>{{REFdocument | [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision 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 | |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 | |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/w/images/Male_Circumcision_DOC_2019-02-01.pdf | ||