This presentation provides an overview of the Medicare program including its structure and content. Topics discussed include the type of eligibility into the Medicare...
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Browse ResDAC's collection of videos that introduce you to CMS data as well as describe common research topics.
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This webcast describes CMS' definition of research and explains how to describe a study in the form of a research question because that is a requirement for data release...
This webinar provides an overview of the process and time involved in making a request for CMS restricted (identifiable) data for a research project. The video will...
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This video provides a description of Minimum Dataset 3 (MDS) and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). The content details the purpose and uses of each data...
This presentation provides an overview of the Medicaid program, including the history of Medicaid, Medicaid eligibility and benefits, Medicaid populations and...
This presentation provides an overview of the types of economic evaluations in health care, the various economic perspectives studies can have, whose costs and benefits...
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This webinar provides an overview of the process and time involved in making a request for CMS restricted (identifiable) data for a research project. The video will cover the steps, the organizations involved, and estimated length of time for the...
This presentation uses MAX data to explore three research questions related to geographic variation in Medicaid expenditures:
» Does interstate variation in...
This webcast reviews the access and use of Medicare data for research on emergency medicine, including strengths and limitations, examples, and relevant contextual...
This presentation provides an overview of what Medicare cost reports are, the type of facilities that submit cost reports, and the type of research that can be conducted...
This presentation reviews the "cost" variables found in the Part D Event data. Researchers can determine the "point of sale" cost to the beneficiary. Other variables...
This webinar will provide an overview of CMS's new Synthetic Public Use File. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) recently released the Data Entrepreneurs'...
This presentation provides an overview of the Medicare program including its structure and content. Topics discussed include the type of eligibility into the Medicare...
This webinar provides an overview of the process and time involved in making a request for CMS restricted (identifiable) data for a research project. The video will...
This presentation will review the source of the data that is used to build the CMS Medicaid Analytic Extract files (MAX), which are the files released when CMS approves a...
This presentation defines the different types of cost-to-charge ratios (CCRs), how to use these CCRs, and the locations of the CCRs in the data files. The segment walks...
Understanding of the CMS payment systems will assist the researcher in knowing how services are reiumbursed and what to expect in the data when costing services. This...