# Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Organization · id `cardio:cms` · Cardiovascular Atlas · release `73130c34862e2d06` (public)

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Also called: CMS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Browse, condition area: Risk and prevention  

## In plain language

A US federal agency named for the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The Million Hearts website says it co-leads that national initiative with another federal agency.

## Technical summary

ROR record 02g02rq35 gives the name Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the acronym CMS, the types funder and government, Baltimore, Maryland as its location, 1965 as the year established and the United States Department of Health and Human Services as its parent. The Million Hearts about page (cite-only here) names the agency as a co-lead of that initiative. Nothing else about the agency was read.

## Connected pages

- Related to: Million Hearts (`cardio:million-hearts`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 05d15a5f74b149cda6e84a893dbb1c59fa640f3d105873232467a0988439dafe
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-15
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-15