Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Mission

While HCFA mainly acts as a purchaser of health care services for the Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, it also: Assures that Medicare and Medicaid are properly administered by its contractors and state agencies; Establishes policies for the reimbursement of health care providers; Conducts research on the effectiveness of various methods of health care management, treatment, and financing; Assesses the quality of health care facilities and services.

Parent Organizations

• Department of Health & Human Services

Subordinate Organizations

• Center for Beneficiary Choices
• Center For Medicare Management
• Center For Medicaid And State Operations
• Office of the Administrator
• Office of the Actuary
• Office Of Communications And Operations Support
• Office Of Clinical Standards and Quality
• Office Of Equal Employment Opportunity And Civil Rights
• Office of Financial Management
• Office of Internal Customer Support
• Office of Information Services
• Office of Legislation
• Office of Research, Development & Information
• Public Affairs Office