...and documenting how effective the Agency's actions have been in achieving these goals. This APP for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) sets...performance goals for the Agency for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002. It builds on previous APPs submitted to Congress and contains many enhancements. HCFA's APP complements...

...of Medicare and Medicaid Despite the similarity in names and the fact that both are administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS")...known as the Health Care Financing Administration) within the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS'), Medicare and Medicaid are quite different....

...and regulatory problems facing small businesses in their dealings with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services ("CMS"), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA"). The PMC is a coalition of suppliers and manufacturers who provide power mobility equipment and services,...

...Americans. This is an important and highly relevant topic, particularly as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), takes on new leadership and is in the midst of another of its all too frequent reorganizations. About...

...providers in administering them. The legislation also requires the recently renamed Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), to review the GAO report when issued and take appropriate action with respect to Medicare drug reimbursements....

...the exploratory work done in animal pharmacology laboratories. CLIA regulations are administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Finance Administration [4]. The purpose of CLIA regulations is to ensure the quality of the assay work...

...that were directly related to the five agencyspecific challenges and 6 In this appendix, we refer to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) as "CMS" throughout the text because that is how the agency referred...

...and regulatory problems facing small businesses in their dealings with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services ("CMS"), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA"). The PMC is a coalition of suppliers and manufacturers who provide power mobility equipment and services,...

...medical services, such as laboratory testing). Medicare is administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CMS has delegated most of the...

...assumption. Accordingly, as estimated by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the estimated net present value of future additional resources needed to fund Part A HI benefits over...