Office of the Actuary

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The Office of the Actuary is the unit within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for providing actuarial, economic, and statistical analyses to estimate program costs and support policy and budget decisions for Medicare, Medicaid, and related health programs.

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instanceOf actuarial unit
government office
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employs actuaries
data analysts
economists
statisticians
field actuarial science
health economics
health policy
public finance
public health
statistics
hasRole analyze trends in national health spending
provide actuarial support for policy decisions
provide cost estimates for health legislation
support federal budget decisions for health programs
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED
Woodlawn, Maryland NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED
partOf Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED
responsibleFor actuarial analyses for Children’s Health Insurance Program
actuarial analyses for Medicaid
actuarial analyses for Medicare
actuarial valuations of Medicaid program changes
actuarial valuations of Medicare trust funds
analyzing impacts of health reform proposals
certifying Medicare Advantage payment benchmarks
certifying Part D prescription drug plan payment benchmarks
developing national health expenditure projections
economic analyses of federal health programs
estimating CHIP program costs
estimating Medicaid program costs
estimating Medicare program costs
long-range projections of Medicaid expenditures
long-range projections of Medicare expenditures
preparing Medicare Trustees Report projections
preparing actuarial estimates for legislative proposals affecting Medicaid
preparing actuarial estimates for legislative proposals affecting Medicare
producing National Health Expenditure Accounts
statistical analyses of federal health programs
supporting CMS budget execution
supporting CMS budget formulation
technical assistance to Congress on Medicare cost estimates
technical assistance to HHS on health program cost estimates
technical assistance to the Office of Management and Budget on health program costs
subordinateTo Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED

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CMS hasPart Office of the Actuary
subject surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services