Center for Large Data Research and Data Sharing in Rehabilitation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new dataset, the Home Health Agency Utilization and Payment Public Use File (Home Health Agency PUF). This data set, which is part of CMS's Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data set, details information on services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by home health agencies. These new data include information on 11,062 home health agencies, over 6 million claims, and over $18 billion in Medicare payments for 2013.