Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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United States government agency federal agency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that administers the nation’s major public health insurance programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and sets key standards for healthcare quality and reimbursement.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters	2
Health Care Financing Administration	2
Center for Medicare	1
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator	1
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (organizational umbrella of CMS)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government agency ⓘ federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation	CMS ⓘ
budgetType	federal budget ⓘ
collaboratesWith	private health plans offering Medicare Part D ⓘ private health plans participating in Medicare Advantage ⓘ state Medicaid agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateFormed	1977 ⓘ
employs	civil servants ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland Woodlawn, Maryland ⓘ
issues	Medicaid guidance to states ⓘ Medicare billing rules ⓘ National Coverage Determinations ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
overseesProgram	health insurance marketplace ⓘ surface form: Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges Children's Health Insurance Program ⓘ Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments program ⓘ health insurance marketplace ⓘ surface form: Health Insurance Marketplace Medicaid ⓘ Medicare ⓘ Medicare Part C ⓘ surface form: Medicare Advantage Medicare Part D ⓘ
parentAgency	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
partOf	United States public health system ⓘ
predecessor	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Health Care Financing Administration
regulates	Medicare-participating home health agencies ⓘ Medicare-participating hospitals ⓘ Medicare-participating physicians ⓘ Medicare-participating skilled nursing facilities ⓘ
renamedFrom	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Health Care Financing Administration
renamedInYear	2001 ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering CHIP benefits ⓘ administering Medicaid benefits ⓘ administering Medicare benefits ⓘ establishing quality standards for healthcare providers in federal programs ⓘ implementing provisions of the Affordable Care Act related to coverage and payment ⓘ overseeing Medicare fee-for-service program ⓘ overseeing Medicare quality reporting programs ⓘ regulating health insurance standards for certain markets ⓘ setting Medicare reimbursement rates ⓘ survey and certification of healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid ⓘ
sector	health insurance ⓘ healthcare ⓘ
supervises	Center for Clinical Standards and Quality ⓘ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight ⓘ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ⓘ surface form: Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Center for Medicare
website	https://www.cms.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children's Health Insurance Program → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Medicaid → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Medicare → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Medicare Part B → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Medicare Part C → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Medicare Part D → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act → administeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

CPT → associatedWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers → canBeAssignedTo → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Joint Commission → collaboratesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → collaboratesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

subject surface form: Office for Civil Rights (HHS)

Office of Health Insurance Programs → collaboratesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Office of the Inspector General → collaboratesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Social Security Administration → collaboratesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

National Cancer Program → coordinatesWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

COBRA → enforcedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act → enforcedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → enforcedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Title XIX of the Social Security Act → enforcedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act → enforcedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Woodlawn, Maryland → hasFederalFacility → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters

United States Department of Health and Human Services → hasPart → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Accountable Care Organizations → implementedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Social Security Act amendments → implementedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Title II Role of Public Programs → implementedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Woodlawn, Maryland → knownFor → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters

Medicare Part D → lowIncomeSubsidyAdministeredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Children's Health Insurance Program → monitoredBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

HELP Committee → overseesAgency → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services → overseesAgency → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation → oversightBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator

United States Senate Committee on Finance → oversightSubject → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight → parentOrganization → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation → parentOrganization → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight → partOf → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (organizational umbrella of CMS)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → predecessor → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Care Financing Administration

Medicare Part C → regulatedBy → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Humana → regulator → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Universal Health Services → regulatoryAuthority → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Aetna → regulatoryBody → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Current Procedural Terminology → regulatoryReference → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → renamedFrom → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Care Financing Administration

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → supervises → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Center for Medicare

Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality → worksWith → Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ