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Home › Glossary › Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

by David Bynon, June 6, 2021

What are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services?

The Centers for Medicare & MedicaidMedicaid is a public health insurance program that provides health care coverage to low-income families and individuals in the United States. Services (CMS) is the U.S. agency that runs the federal Medicare programMedicare is a federal health insurance program for people ages 65 and older and people with certain disabilities., Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance. It is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which enhances the health and well-being of all Americans by providing effective health and human services and by fostering advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

Citations and References:

  1. NIH.gov: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, accessed 4/27/2021
  2. CMS.gov: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), accessed 4/27/2021

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