Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Description
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; agency within HHS that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and related programs
Background
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the HHS, administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and it processes the federal reimbursements that fund state Medicaid systems. In May 2026, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz and Vice President JD Vance announced that the federal government would withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from California, described by officials as the largest such deferral on record, following a similar action against Minnesota.
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