Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds

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The Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds are a group of high-level federal officials responsible for monitoring the financial status of Medicare’s main trust funds and reporting annually to Congress on their solvency and operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Medicare governance body ⓘ
United States government entity ⓘ
federal oversight body ⓘ
appliesToProgram Medicare ⓘ
beneficiaryPopulation Medicare beneficiaries in the United States ⓘ
chairpersonUsually Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ⓘ
componentOf Medicare governance structure ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
establishedFor oversight of Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ⓘ
oversight of Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for Parts B and D ⓘ
governanceLevel federal ⓘ
hasMember Commissioner of Social Security ⓘ
Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of Labor of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ⓘ
two public representatives appointed by the President of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Social Security Act ⓘ
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ⓘ
oversees Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ⓘ
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund ⓘ
Medicare Part A trust fund ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part A

Medicare Part B trust fund ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part B

Medicare Part D trust fund financing ⓘ
primaryFunction evaluate solvency of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
monitor the financial status of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
report annually to Congress on the financial operations of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
producesDocument Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds ⓘ
publishes long-range projections of Medicare trust fund finances ⓘ
short-range projections of Medicare trust fund finances ⓘ
relatedTo Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
Social Security Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ
reportFrequency annually ⓘ
reportsTo United States Congress ⓘ
responsibility assess actuarial status of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
project future costs and revenues of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
recommend possible legislative changes to ensure Medicare trust fund solvency ⓘ
review income and expenditures of Medicare trust funds ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
subjectArea federal trust funds ⓘ
health insurance financing ⓘ
public health insurance ⓘ
worksWith Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ

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Medicare trust funds → overseenBy → Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds ⓘ