The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
These documents contain validation reports for all 50 States and Washington D.C. for years through 2013. For 2014, validation reports are available for 33 states. For 2015, validation reports are available for 21 states.
The MAX Provider Characteristics (PC) File Implementation Report describes the design, implementation, and results of the MAXPC prototype, which was based on three states using provider data from 2006 and 2009. Based on the findings of this report...