Center for Program Integrity

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The Center for Program Integrity is a division within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health care programs and ensuring proper payment and program compliance.

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instanceOf government agency division
program integrity organization
affiliation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
collaboratesWith Medicare Administrative Contractors
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice
state Medicaid agencies
country United States
employer federal civil service employees
focusArea improper billing and payment errors
provider enrollment screening and oversight
goal protect taxpayer resources
protect the Medicare Trust Funds
reduce improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid
strengthen program integrity safeguards
jurisdiction federal health care programs in the United States
legalAuthority Affordable Care Act program integrity provisions
Social Security Act program integrity provisions
locatedInOrganization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters structure
operatesInSector health care
public health insurance
oversees Medicaid program integrity initiatives at the federal level
Medicare program integrity contractors
parentOrganization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
partOf Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
primaryFunction ensuring program compliance in federal health care programs
ensuring proper payment in federal health care programs
preventing abuse in federal health care programs
preventing fraud in federal health care programs
preventing waste in federal health care programs
programArea Affordable Care Act health insurance programs
linked to: Affordable Care Act

Children's Health Insurance Program
Medicaid
Medicare
regulates Medicaid providers with respect to program integrity requirements
Medicare providers and suppliers with respect to program integrity requirements
responsibility beneficiary protection from fraud and abuse
collaboration with law enforcement on fraud cases
coordinating program integrity activities across CMS
data analysis to identify aberrant billing patterns
detecting health care fraud schemes
developing policies to reduce improper payments
overseeing contractors that perform program integrity work
provider and supplier oversight
subordinateTo Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator
usesMethod claims data analytics
risk-based program integrity strategies
website https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/center-program-integrity

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasPart Center for Program Integrity
subject linked to: CMS
Center for Program Integrity legalAuthority Affordable Care Act program integrity provisions
linked to: Center for Program Integrity
Medical Provider Component operatedBy Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
linked to: Center for Program Integrity