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United States Government Health Agencies
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- Center for Disease Control (CDC). "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States."
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- United States
Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS). "The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the
Medicare program, and works in partnership
with the States to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards. CMS is responsible for the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and quality standards in health care facilities through its survey and certification activity.
Through Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP, about one in four Americans receive health care coverage. Nearly 40 million people are covered by Medicare, about 33 million are eligible for Medicaid, and SCHIP helps States expand health coverage to as many as 5 million uninsured children. These programs spend about one in three of the Nation's health care dollars, about $429 billion in 2000 (of which the Federal share was $344 billion). CMS spends nearly one in five of the Federal Government's dollars. - National Institutes
of Health (NIH). "Founded in 1887, the National
Institutes of Health today is one of the world's foremost
medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for
medical research in the United States. The NIH, comprising
27 separate Institutes and Centers, is one of eight health
agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is
part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical and health sciences information."- National Cancer Institute. "The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. The National Cancer Act of 1971 broadened the scope and responsibilities of the NCI and created the National Cancer Program. Over the years, legislative amendments have maintained the NCI authorities and responsibilities and added new information dissemination mandates as well as a requirement to assess the incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice."
- Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS). "The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the
Medicare program, and works in partnership
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