CMS is pleased to announce the availability of Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) for four additional CMS Innovation Center models.
CMS is releasing new participation data for the following models:
Public Use Files (PUFs) are non-identifiable data that do not contain any protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) makes PUFs freely available for download.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) makes certain data files available to internal and external stakeholders as allowed by federal laws, regulations, and CMS policy. Below are several policy resources that guide researchers in understanding, requesting, and using CMS research data.
Gracie Diehl joined ResDAC in December 2023 as a Data Processing Associate. Gracie graduated from Illinois College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Japanese Studies. She has previous experience coordinating psychiatric studies and teaching English as a foreign language
CMS is pleased to announce the availability of a new set of Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) for the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program.
The Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) initiative, launched in November 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allows Medicare-certified hospitals to treat patients with inpatient-level care at home. Data contained within the AHCAH data set was collected by CMS directly from individual hospitals on either a weekly or monthly basis depending on their participation tier, which is based on the level of experience the facility has with providing hospital at-home services.
The AHCAH dataset contains two files, a Hospital file and a Patient file, which are both provided for a research request (i.e., cannot be requested separately). The Patient file contains a record for each AHCAH admission for the patient, and includes other beneficiary-specific data such as the beneficiary’s program eligibility status (Medicare, Medicaid, Dual) and the state Medicaid identifier, if applicable. The file also contains the facility submission date for the data represented in the file record. The submission date represents the data submitted by the facility for the previous month.
Each file contains the monthly or weekly submitted data for each participating hospital for the time period from November 2020 through March 2023 (29 months). A second data release is planned for the future at a date to be determined.
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Special Considerations
The Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) initiative, launched in November 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allows Medicare-certified hospitals to treat patients with inpatient-level care at home. Data contained within the AHCAH data set was collected by CMS directly from individual hospitals on either a weekly or monthly basis depending on their participation tier, which is based on the level of experience the facility has with providing hospital at-home services.
The AHCAH dataset contains two files, a Hospital file and a Patient file, which are both provided for a research request (i.e., cannot be requested separately). The Hospital file contains hospital-specific information, including facility location information, the waiver participation tier, and the submission date for the data represented in the file record. The submission date represents the data submitted by the facility for the previous month or week.
The Hospital file also contains three key metrics related to the in-home care provided during the data submission time period:
Each file contains the monthly or weekly submitted data for each participating hospital for the time period from November 2020 through March 2023 (29 months). A second data release is planned for the future at a date to be determined.
What does this file include? (variable highlights)
Special Considerations
(Updated 03/01/2024): The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced two changes to the current research data request and access policies. Specifically, CMS has announced changes to the current data dissemination policy for researchers and pricing changes for physical delivery of research files.
As part of the implementation of these policy changes, CMS has posted an informal Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments from stakeholders. The RFI will be open for comments until 05/15/2024.
