Survey & Certification > Program Background

CMS is organized around three centers to support the Agency's key functions:

• Center for Medicare Management (CMM)
• Center for Beneficiary Choices (CBC)
• Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey & Certification (CMCS)

Click on each center to learn more.

Offices throughout the Agency support these centers.

For more information, see the CMS web site(www.cms.gov).