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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for administering the Medicare and Medicaid Programs. As such, CMS issues rules and guidance pertaining to both Programs. For an exhaustive listing of CMS information, please refer to www.cms.hhs.gov.

HHS-Office of Inspector General (OIG)

The HHS-OIG is responsible for investigating fraud, waste, and abuse among the various Federal health care programs. The OIG has issued both program-specific and general compliance-related regulations and guidance. For an exhaustive listing of OIG information, please refer to www.oig.hhs.gov.

HRSA Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA)

The OPA is an Office within the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The OPA is responsible for administering the 340B Program, which provides discounted drug pricing to certain statutorily-defined entities. The OPA works in conjunction with the Pharmacy Services Support Center (PSSC) as well. All three organizations, including the Public Health Service, have issued regulations and/or guidance pertaining to the 340B Program. For an exhaustive listing of HRSA, OPA, and PSSC information, please refer to these sites: http://www.hrsa.gov/, http://www.hrsa.gov/opa/, http://pssc.aphanet.org/.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

The VA is responsible for overseeing and administering many different veterans' benefits, only one of which pertains to drug pricing. The VA has issued regulations and guidance pertaining to the VA drug pricing. For an exhaustive listing of VA information, please refer to http://www.va.gov/.

TRICARE Management Authority (TMA)

The TMA and the Department of Defense are responsible for administering TRICARE, a program which is part of the CHAMPUS Program. Both organizations have issued regulations and guidance pertaining to the TRICARE Program. For an exhaustive listing TRICARE information, please refer to the following sites: http://www.tricare.mil/ and http://www.defenselink.mil/.

Additional Statutory and Regulatory Information

For information pertaining to Congressional Acts, please refer to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
For information pertaining to United States Code provisions please refer to http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/.
Finally, for additional regulatory information, please refer to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/.