Medicare-Enrolled Rural Health Clinic Enrollment Records

Enrollment information for all Rural Health Clinics currently enrolled in Medicare, provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The dataset includes legal business names, 'doing business as' names, organization types, and addresses for each clinic. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map clinic locations and analyze geographic distribution using address data to identify service gaps in rural areas.
• Analyze organization type frequencies to understand the composition of Medicare-enrolled Rural Health Clinic providers.
• Cross-reference legal business name with 'doing business as' name fields to study branding and corporate structures of enrolled clinics.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Covers the complete population of Rural Health Clinics enrolled in Medicare.
• Includes key identifiers like legal business name and 'doing business as' name for entity resolution.

Limitations

• No quantitative data on patient volume, services offered, or financial performance is included.
• The dataset's utility for temporal analysis is limited without historical enrollment or status change dates.
• Sample data and column definitions are unavailable, complicating initial assessment of data structure.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

Provider enrollment records for Medicare.

Time Range

Current enrollments as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

United States