Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Difference between revisions

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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]]. The CMS is a component of the [https://www.hhs.gov/ Department of Health and Human Services], which is headed by [[Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.]]

Medicaid is a joint federal/state program. The individual states determine the benefit to be paid.

==Benefit==

Thirty-seven states have elected to provide a benefit for circumcision. CMS reimburses the states for a portion of the cost.

==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.

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* {{URLwebsite|https://www.cms.gov/|2025-12-08}}

* {{URLwikipedia|Medicaid|Medicaid}}

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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]]. The CMS is a component of the [https://www.hhs.gov/ Department of Health and Human Services], which is headed by [[Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.]]
+Medicaid is a joint federal/state program. The individual states determine the benefit to be paid.
+==Benefit==
+Thirty-seven states have elected to provide a benefit for circumcision. CMS reimburses the states for a portion of the cost.
 ==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.
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 * {{URLwebsite|https://www.cms.gov/|2025-12-08}}
+* {{URLwikipedia|Medicaid|Medicaid}}
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