Delivering use and payment data for all Medicare outpatient facilities, including hospitals, rural health clinics, and mental health centers. It is published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and includes tables segmented by beneficiary entitlement type, demographic characteristics, area of residence, and facility type.
Use Cases
- Analyze program payments and cost sharing for Original Medicare beneficiaries by demographic characteristics and Medicare-Medicaid enrollment status.
- Compare utilization and payments across different types of outpatient facilities, such as critical access hospitals and outpatient dialysis facilities.
- Examine yearly trends in utilization, program payments, and cost sharing for beneficiaries by type of entitlement.
- Investigate geographic variation in outpatient facility use and payments by area of residence.
Strengths
- Data covers a comprehensive range of outpatient facility types, including hospitals, rural health clinics, and federally qualified health centers.
- Tables provide multiple analytical dimensions, including yearly trends, demographic characteristics, and geographic areas.
- Published by the authoritative U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Limitations
- Specific row counts, column details, and file formats are not provided in the input.
- The dataset appears to be aggregated summary tables, limiting analysis at the individual beneficiary or claim level.
- The temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified.
Provenance
- Source
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- National (United States)