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 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with State governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards. In addition to these programs, CMS has other responsibilities, including the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), quality standards in long-term-care facilities (more commonly referred to as nursing homes) through its survey and certification process, and clinical laboratory quality standards under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services, often abbreviated HHS, is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. ...
Medicare is a health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the USA. It was first passed on July 30, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. ...
Medicaid in the United States is a program managed by the states and funded jointly by the states and federal government to provide health insurance for individuals and families with low incomes and resources. ...
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a national program in the United States designed for families who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance. ...
Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. ...
A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant Activity of Daily Living (ADL) deficiencies. ...
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) are standards that regulate all laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States except clinical trials. ...
History
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act on July 20, 1965, Which read that a citizen would be eligable for medicare at the age of 65. In the year of 1965 the average life span of a United States citizen was 50. Establishing both Medicare and Medicaid. The Social Security Administration (SSA) became responsible for the administration of Medicare and the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS) became responsible for the administration of Medicaid. Both Agencies were organized under what was then known as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). ...
United States Social Security Card Social Security is a social insurance program administered by the Social Security Administration under the authority of the United States federal government. ...
The United States Social Security Administration (or SSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established by law currently codified as 42 U.S.C. § 901. ...
The United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (also known as HEW) was a cabinet level department of the United States government from 1953 until 1979. ...
In 1977 the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was established under HEW. HCFA became responsible for the coordination of Medicare and Medicaid. The responsibility for enrolling beneficiaries into Medicare and processing premium payments remained with SSA. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
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In 1980 the Department of Health and Human Services was created when HEW was divided into two agencies: the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HCFA became an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The United States Department of Education was created in 1979 (by PL 96-88) as a Cabinet-level department of the United States government, and began operating in 1980. ...
On July 1, 2001 HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson renamed HCFA the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Secretary Thompson explained that in order "to give the agency a new direction, a new spirit, it is necessary that we give it a new name - one that truly reflects the agency's vital mission to serve millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries across America." July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
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Tommy G. Thompson Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is a politician and was the 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). ...
Workforce The CMS employs approximately 4,100 employees, of which 2,700 are located at its headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland. The remaining employees are located in the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., the 10 regional offices listed below and in various field offices located throughout the United States. Woodlawn is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Maryland: Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland Woodlawn, Prince Georges County, Maryland This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ...
Regional offices CMS has its headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland with 10 regional offices located throughout the United States: Boston is a town and small port c. ...
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Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
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Additional information The Health Care Financing Review is a quarterly journal published by CMS.
The current CMS Administrator, Dr. Mark McClellan, was sworn in on March 25, 2004. Dr. Mark B. McClellan Mark B. McClellan (born June 26, 1963) was sworn in as Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the United States Department of Health and Human Services on March 25, 2004. ...
External links - Official website
- History of the CMS
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Health Care Financing Review
- Research & Statistics - Find CMS publications as well as historic, current, and projected facts and figures pertaining to the U.S. Health Care System.
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