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Introduction to Medicare - Overview of the Medicare Program

This presentation provides an overview of the Medicare program including its structure and content. Topics discussed include the type of eligibility into the Medicare...

Defining a Research Question

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...

Requesting CMS Identifiable Data: Process and Timeline

Requesting CMS Data: Process and Timeline

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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CMS MDS and OASIS Assessment Data

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...

Introduction to Medicaid - Overview of the Medicaid Program (2016)

Overview of the Medicaid Program

This presentation provides an overview of the Medicaid program, including the history of Medicaid, Medicaid eligibility and benefits, Medicaid populations and...

Conducting Economic Research - Health Economic Analysis and Methods

Health Economic Analysis and Methods

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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Requesting CMS Data: Process and Timeline

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...

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Introduction to Medicaid - Overview of the Medicaid Program (2016)

Overview of the Medicaid Program

This presentation provides an overview of the Medicaid program, including the history of Medicaid, Medicaid eligibility and benefits, Medicaid populations and...

Introduction to Medicaid - Medicaid Analytic Extract Files (2016)

Medicaid Analytic Extract Files

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...

Introduction to Medicaid - Useful Algorithms (2016)

Useful Algorithms

This presentation outlines several useful algorithms that can be used to summarize Medicaid eligibility category, coverage by managed care, use of inpatient physician...

Introduction to Medicaid - Selective Review of Variables and Research Issues (2016)

Selective Review of Variables and Research Issues

Successful application of MAX data to research questions requires understanding some specific issues regarding the eligibility and utilization data that is presented in...

Introduction to Medicaid - Inter and Intrastate Variation in Medicaid Expenditures (2016)

Inter- and Intrastate Variation in Medicaid Expenditures

This presentation uses MAX data to explore three research questions related to geographic variation in Medicaid expenditures:

» Does interstate variation in...

Introduction to Medicaid - Risk Adjustment in Medicaid Using CDPS (2016)

Risk Adjustment Using CDPS

This presentation provides a background on risk adjustment, including the general program and policy goals of risk adjustment, the history of risk adjustment, and an...

Introduction to Medicaid - Medicaid Research Support Tools

Medicaid Research Support Tools

Resources exist that can be used both prior to and after receiving CMS MAX data. Some of these are reviewed including descriptions of the Medicaid programs, sources for...

Introduction to Medicare - Educational Objectives

Educational Objectives

This brief presentation outlines the educational objectives for the Introduction to Medicare workshop. Objectives of the workshop which are found in the various video...

Introduction to Medicare - Overview of the Medicare Program

Overview of the Medicare Program

This presentation provides an overview of the Medicare program including its structure and content. Topics discussed include the type of eligibility into the Medicare...

Introduction to Medicare - Strengths, Weaknesses, and Applications of Medicare Data

Strengths, Weaknesses, and Applications of Medicare Data

This presentation provides an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the Medicare administrative data for research purposes. The claims data are derived from...

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Introduction to Medicare - Overview of the Medicare Program

Defining a Research Question

Requesting CMS Identifiable Data: Process and Timeline

CMS MDS and OASIS Assessment Data

Introduction to Medicaid - Overview of the Medicaid Program (2016)

Conducting Economic Research - Health Economic Analysis and Methods

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Introduction to Medicaid - Overview of the Medicaid Program (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Medicaid Analytic Extract Files (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Useful Algorithms (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Selective Review of Variables and Research Issues (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Inter and Intrastate Variation in Medicaid Expenditures (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Risk Adjustment in Medicaid Using CDPS (2016)

Introduction to Medicaid - Medicaid Research Support Tools

Introduction to Medicare - Educational Objectives

Introduction to Medicare - Overview of the Medicare Program

Introduction to Medicare - Strengths, Weaknesses, and Applications of Medicare Data

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