Educational Objectives; Introduction to ResDAC's Structure; and Content of the Medicare Program

This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to using Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Data for Research.

This brief presentation outlines:

• the educational objectives for the Introduction to Medicare workshop
• ResDAC's mission and structure
• an overview of the Medicare program including its structure and content

Topics discussed include:

• who is eligible and enrolled in the Medicare program
• Medicare benefits structure (Parts A, B, C, & D)
• coverage and costs of the program

This presentation also reviews enrollment demographics of the Medicare population and why understanding Medicare policy is important for research using Medicare data.