The mission of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is to ensure effective, up-to-date health care coverage and to promote quality care for beneficiaries. CMS also administers the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) which was established to address the health care needs of uninsured children. CMS is focused on achieving a transformed and modernized health care system through increased emphasis on responsiveness to benef...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding its seventh Information Technology (IT) Conference, “Convergence 2022” virtually on Thursday, August 11, 2022. This conference provides a single forum where technology efforts, including lessons learned from recent projects are shared across the organization. The Office of Information Technology (OIT), hosts this annual event in order to maintain open communications wi...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding its sixth Information Technology (IT) Conference, “Convergence 2021” virtually on Thursday, August 12, 2021. This conference provides a single forum where technology efforts, including lessons learned from recent projects are shared across the organization. The Office of Information Technology (OIT), hosts this annual event in order to maintain open communications with...

In response to cyber-criminals stepping up their attacks, healthcare industry IT departments are bolstering their budgets. A recent survey by Healthcare Informatics noted that not one health system expected their budgets to decrease. In fact, half the respondents expect an increase in spending of 5% or more over the next 12 months. Hosted by CMS's Information Security Privacy Group (ISPG), CMS CyberWorks: Cybersecurity & Privacy Day is the...