Kennedy, Oz announce Healthcare Advisory Committee members

WASHINGTON — A motivational coach, a venture capitalist who worked with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, and a number of health care executives whose firms span value-based care, mental health, and primary care have been tapped to advise federal officials on how to improve and modernize the health care system.

The members of the new advisory group, called the Healthcare Advisory Committee, were named Thursday by Kennedy and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. In a video announcement, Kennedy said officials reviewed more than 400 candidates before settling on 18 who will drive Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Agenda by developing policy on tackling chronic diseases, reducing administrative burden, and enhancing care for vulnerable populations. 

“Their insights will help us cut costs, slash red tape, improve quality of care, keep programs solvent, and refocus health care on the people it is meant to serve: the patients,” Oz said.