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CMS (HCFA)

Now called CMS, CMS is the federal government agency within the Department of Health and Human Services which directs and oversees the Medicare and Medicaid programmes (Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act) and conducts research to support those programs. It generally oversees the state's administrations of Medicaid, while directly administering Medicare. See CMS, or centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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