| | Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS | | Glossary Home | | | (1) The federal agency responsible for administering medicare, medicaid and the state children’s health insurance program (schip). (formerly health care financing administration [hcfa]). (2) (formerly known as HCFA) the HHS agency responsible for Medicare and parts of Medicaid. CMS has historically maintained the UB-92 institutional EMC format specifications, the professional EMC NSF specifications, and specifications for various certifications and authorizations used by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. CMS also maintains the HCPCS medical code set and the Medicare Remittance Advice Remark Codes administrative code set. | | | | | | |