Office of the Actuary

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The Office of the Actuary is the unit within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for providing actuarial, economic, and statistical analyses to estimate program costs and support policy and budget decisions for Medicare, Medicaid, and related health programs.

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instanceOf actuarial unit ⓘ
government office ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employs actuaries ⓘ
data analysts ⓘ
economists ⓘ
statisticians ⓘ
field actuarial science ⓘ
health economics ⓘ
health policy ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
public health ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
hasRole analyze trends in national health spending ⓘ
provide actuarial support for policy decisions ⓘ
provide cost estimates for health legislation ⓘ
support federal budget decisions for health programs ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
Woodlawn, Maryland ⓘ
parentOrganization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
partOf Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
responsibleFor actuarial analyses for Children’s Health Insurance Program ⓘ
actuarial analyses for Medicaid ⓘ
actuarial analyses for Medicare ⓘ
actuarial valuations of Medicaid program changes ⓘ
actuarial valuations of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
analyzing impacts of health reform proposals ⓘ
certifying Medicare Advantage payment benchmarks ⓘ
certifying Part D prescription drug plan payment benchmarks ⓘ
developing national health expenditure projections ⓘ
economic analyses of federal health programs ⓘ
estimating CHIP program costs ⓘ
estimating Medicaid program costs ⓘ
estimating Medicare program costs ⓘ
long-range projections of Medicaid expenditures ⓘ
long-range projections of Medicare expenditures ⓘ
preparing Medicare Trustees Report projections ⓘ
preparing actuarial estimates for legislative proposals affecting Medicaid ⓘ
preparing actuarial estimates for legislative proposals affecting Medicare ⓘ
producing National Health Expenditure Accounts ⓘ
statistical analyses of federal health programs ⓘ
supporting CMS budget execution ⓘ
supporting CMS budget formulation ⓘ
technical assistance to Congress on Medicare cost estimates ⓘ
technical assistance to HHS on health program cost estimates ⓘ
technical assistance to the Office of Management and Budget on health program costs ⓘ
subordinateTo Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → hasPart → Office of the Actuary ⓘ
subject linked to: CMS
Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds → worksWith → Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Actuary