Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S.
Unit:Financing Health Care - Part 1
Lecture:The Government as an Insurance Payor
Slide content:The Government as Insurance Payor Insurance Managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Medicaid Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Medicaid/Medicare Fraud and Abuse Workers Compensation 5
Slide notes:This lecture discusses the government as insurance payor, including the different insurance that is managed, administered, and delivered through the government at the federal level, at the state level, or both through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. It also describes the three CMS-administered programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, and how these programs operate, receive funding, and their relationship to each other. Finally this lecture will discuss Medicaid and Medicare fraud and abuse, and Workers Compensation. Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 4.0 5