Centers for Medicare & 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.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Agency overview
Formed	July 30, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-07-30)
Preceding	Health Care Financing Administration (1977-2001)
Headquarters	Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland
Employees	4,100
Agency executive	Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator[1]
Website	www.cms.gov

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.