Data Files or Variables

Special Needs Plans, Medication Therapy Management, Plan Election Type Beneficiary Summary File

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This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to the Use of Medicare Part D Data for Research.

In this segment, Becky Vick, Research Analyst, discusses other Part D Plan supplementary information, including Special Needs Plan (SNP) information from the Plan Characteristics file, and two beneficiary-level files--the Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and Plan Election Type Beneficiary Summary files.

Working with the Carrier and Outpatient Files: Overview and Examples

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This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to the Use of the Medicare Encounter Data for Research.

This presentation describes the steps taken to compare the Encounter data with HEDIS data for two measures: ambulatory outpatient visits and emergency department visits. Dr. Huckfeldt also presents a research example investigating the association of enrollment in full-risk primary organization with use of outpatient and emergency visits, including his lessons learned.

Understanding Economic Variables in the Medicare Claims Files

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This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to using Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Data for Research.

Medicare billing and payment systems directly impact what is observable in claims data and how to interpret the fields. This presentation will provide background for researchers interested in charges and payments including: