title: Crunching the really big numbers at CMS.
abstract: The Office of the Actuary, led by the soon-to-retire Richard Foster, provides independent analysis that helps drive federal health policy.
authors.affiliation: Health Affairs, Bethesda, MD, USA. slangel@projecthope.org
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Langel
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States