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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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
(HHS) 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, clinical laboratory quality standards under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
, and oversight of
HealthCare.gov
.
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