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Freedom of Information Act Reading Room

Hard Copy Reading Room

The FOIA reading room makes available for public inspection and copying specific agency policy statements contained in Medicare Program Memoranda and administrative staff manuals that affect the public, such as the Medicare Carriers Manual and the Medicare Intermediary Manual. These records are available in both hard copy and electronic form. In addition, the agency's reading room now has certain records that the public frequently requests under section (a)(3) of FOIA.

The [Hard Copy] FOIA Reading Room is located in CMS's library - 2nd Floor, Central Building, 7500 Security Boulevard in Baltimore, Md. Its hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (410) 786-7804.

Electronic Copy Reading Room

Freedom of Information Reading Room Index

The Government Information Locator System (GILS).
These internet link will give you the capability of finding information throughout the agency that is available to the public.

Note: Some of the files on this page are available only in Adobe Acrobat - Portable Document Format (PDF). To view PDF files, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader (minimum version 5, version 6 suggested). You can check here to see if you have the Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not already have the Acrobat Reader installed, please go to Adobe's Acrobat download page now.
Last Modified on Thursday, September 16, 2004