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Agency Structure

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is organized around three Centers to support the Agency's key functions:

• The Center for Medicare Management will focus on management of the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program. This includes development of payment policy and management of the Medicare fee-for-service contractors.
• The Center for Beneficiary Choices will focus on providing beneficiaries with information on Medicare, Medicare Select, Medicare+Choice and Medigap options. It also includes management of the Medicare+Choice plans, consumer research and demonstrations, and grievance and appeals functions.
• The Center for Medicaid and State Operations will focus on programs administered by states. This includes Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), insurance regulation functions, survey and certification, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA).

Numerous other Offices throughout the Agency support these Centers.

You can view the Agency's organizational chart and leadership listing in table format or in PDF format (455 KB).

You can also view information on CMS's 10 Regional Offices.