Medicare Hospital Enrollments with Ownership Linkage

Giving access to enrollment information for all hospitals currently enrolled in Medicare, sourced from the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). It includes details such as hospital sub-group type, legal business name, and address. The data is intended to be used with a corresponding Hospital All Owners dataset to identify ownership and managerial control.

Use Cases

• Link hospital enrollment records by legal business name to the Hospital All Owners dataset for ownership analysis.
• Analyze the distribution of hospital sub-group types across the Medicare-enrolled provider network.
• Map the geographic footprint of enrolled hospitals using address data to identify service coverage areas.
• Validate and cross-reference organizational type information for healthcare provider management systems.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
• Covers all hospitals currently enrolled in Medicare.
• Designed for integration with a separate ownership dataset for comprehensive analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset's row count, column count, and specific data schema are unknown.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last update date is in the future (2026-02-23).
• Without the corresponding ownership dataset, analysis of ownership interest is incomplete.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Collection Method

Gathered from the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).

Freshness

Last metadata update is listed as 2026-02-23, which is inconsistent and suggests potential data staleness or error.

Geography

United States (implied by Medicare program)