All-Payer Claims Databases Data Sources July 7, 2014December 18, 20190 All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) are statewide databases containing claims data, including the prices paid, for all commercial insurance carriers within a state. They are designed to shed light on the disparate prices doctors and hospitals charge for the same procedures. The pricing and quality data have also been
HHS Health Care State by State Information Data Sources July 7, 2014January 14, 20150 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) State by State Information page provides statewide data on Medicare and Medicaid. The site uses an interactive map that allows the user to select their state. The user can then view data on recent health insurance enrollments under the Affordable
ProPublica Prescriber Checkup Data Sources July 3, 20140 ProPublica Prescriber Checkup provides prescribing data from Medicare's prescription drug benefit, known as Part D. The data for 2011 includes nearly 1.2 billion prescriptions by 1.6 million doctors, nurses, and other providers. The database lists about 364,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at
CMS Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Inpatient Data Sources May 20, 2014December 18, 20190 That data provided in this source include hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payments for the top 100 most frequently billed discharges, paid under Medicare based on a rate per discharge using the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG)
HealthData.gov Data Sources March 26, 2014April 9, 20140 HealthData.gov is the federal data navigator site for health data. The site is dedicated to making high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of achieving better health outcomes. The site contains data from federal agencies such as CMS, the CDC,
Clinically Appropriate and Cost Effective Placement Final Report, October 2012 Resource Library January 3, 2013February 4, 20150 Download the report: Clinically Appropriate and Cost Effective Placement (CACEP) Final Report October, 2012 Link to the report page: Clinically Appropriate and Cost Effective Placement Report 10-12 In 2009, staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) informally recommended that the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (Alliance) acquire research-identifiable Medicare