CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

In recent years, numerous studies have evaluated the use of [ F]-FDG-PET for staging and restaging of tumor patients. Based on this data, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have approved Medicare reimbursement for [ F]-FDG-PET imaging in 10 oncological conditions so far (Table 2). 

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Medicare is a government-administered insurance program that is offered to people who are older than 65 years of age, have specific disabilities, or have kidney failure (DHHS, 2002a). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees the Medicare program. For services provided in the outpatient setting,... 

Medicare is a federal health care program, and its recipients include people over the age of 65, the disabled, and those with end-stage renal disease. Medicare is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration. The Medicare program consists of two parts (parts A and B), but is funded by four different sources (1) general tax revenues, (2) beneficiaries premiums, (3) mandatory contributions from employers and employees, and (4) deducf-ibles and copayments paid by patients. ... 

Healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, clinics, etc.) operate and are sustained by the reimbursement or payment for care they provide to patients. In the United States, revenue for healthcare services comes from a variety of sources including the patient, insurance companies (i.e., Blue-Cross/BlueShield, Cigna, Aetna), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The CMS provides healthcare insurance for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. When interfacing with an insurance company or the CMS, there are three fundamental reimbursement concepts that must be considered to assure appropriate revenue for services provided. These include the concepts of coverage, coding, and payment. 

The federal agency responsible for the Medicaid program is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration or HCFA), which is part of the Department of Health and Hiunan Services. A state may receive between 50 and 77% of the cost of providing Medicaid care from the federal government depending on the state s per capita income. 

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