Center for Large Data Research and Data Sharing in Rehabilitation

Rehab Sciences | December 18, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is excited to announce the availability of 2016 Medicare Advantage (MA) encounter data, now available to researchers under a data use agreement. The data provides detailed information about the services received by beneficiaries enrolled in MA plans. Researchers can use this information to conduct important analyses and develop tools that will inform policy development, improve care delivery, lower costs, and increase quality. Learn more at the ResDAC website.

Rehab Sciences | December 18, 2019

A new scientific journal article has been published, Variation in Facility-Level Rates of All-Cause and Potentially Preventable 30-Day Hospital Readmissions Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries After Discharge From Postacute Inpatient Rehabilitation, by CLDR Visiting Scholar and Pilot Project PI Matt Malcom, PhD, OTR/L, from Colorado State University, and colleagues.

Rehab Sciences | December 6, 2019

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an annual update to the Hospital Cost Report Public Use File (Hospital Cost Report PUF) with data for 2015. The Hospital Cost Report PUF is a streamlined, easier to use version of the cost report data submitted by Medicare-certified hospitals. The PUF is organized at the hospital-level and includes select facility characteristics, utilization measures, cost and charges by cost center (in total and for Medicare), Medicare settlement data, and financial statement data.