Federal Reference Models

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Enterprise Architecture (CMS EA) is constructed based on the current Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) and Federal Health Architecture (FHA). The FEA consists of a set of interrelated models designed to facilitate cross-agency analysis and the identification of duplicative investments, gaps and opportunities for collaboration within and across agencies.  FEA models are defined as:

• Business Reference Model (BRM)
• Performance Reference Model (PRM)
• Service Components Reference Model (SRM)
• Data and Information Reference Model (DRM)
• Technical Reference Model (TRM).