Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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]
The Trump Administration wants to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. Payment for non-therapeutic child circumcision qualifies as all three.
- Fraud: Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.[2]
- Waste: Federal funds used to pay the federal portion of Medicaid third-party payments is waste because it does not treat, prevent, or cure disease.[1] [3]
- Abuse: Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.[1]
Doctors Opposing Circumcision published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,[3] but it has been ignored.
See also
External links
Official website. Retrieved 8 December 2025
References
- ↑ a b c
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.
- ↑
Adler PW (2022): Circumcision Is A Fraud. KDP. ISBN 979-8844459276. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ a b
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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