The centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) 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 children's health insurance program (chip), and health insurance portability standards. Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the united states for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als or lou gehrig's disease) It started in 1965 under the social security administration and is now administered by the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) The center for medicare and medicaid innovation (cmmi Also known as the cms innovation center) is an organization of the united states government under the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) [1] it was created by the patient protection and affordable care act, the 2010 u.s
Cms provides healthcare coverage to more than 100 million americans. Effective october 1, 2012 the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) will begin the readmissions reduction program, which requires cms to reduce payments to ipps hospitals with excess readmissions, effective for discharges beginning on october 1, 2012. Due to a clerical error, this act was repealed by pub.l 6631, medicare improvements for patients and providers act of 2008
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