What is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services?
{{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |type = |logo = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services logo.svg |logo_width = 250 |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |picture = |picture_width = |picture_caption = |formed = {{Start date and years ago|1965|7|30}} |preceding1 = Health Care Financing Administration (1977-2001) |preceding2 = |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = |headquarters = [[Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland|Woodlawn, Baltimore County]], [[Maryland]] |coordinates = |employees = 4,100 |budget = |minister1_name = |minister1_pfo = |minister2_name = |minister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> |chief1_name = ''Vacant'', Administrator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Leadership/index.html|title=Administrator|first1=Centers for|last1=Medicare|first2=Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard|last2=Baltimore|first3=Md21244|last3=Usa|date=29 October 2018|website=www.cms.gov}}</ref> |chief1_position = |chief2_name = |chief2_position = <!-- (etc.) --> |agency_type = |parent_department = |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |child2_agency = <!-- (etc.) --> |keydocument1= <!-- (etc.) --> |website = {{URL|http://www.cms.gov}} |footnotes = |map = |map_width = |map_caption = }} 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 (United States)|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 Portab