Home Health Agencies Data 2015
Guidance for the CY 2015 Home Health Agency Utilization and Payment Public Use File (herein referred to as “Home Health Agency PUF”) which includes information on services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by home health agencies.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 14, 2020
The Home Health Agency Utilization and Payment Public Use File (herein referred to as “Home Health Agency PUF”) presents information on services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by home health agencies. The Home Health Agency PUF contains information on utilization, payment (Medicare payment and standard payment), submitted charges, and demographic and chronic condition indicators organized by CMS Certification Number (6-digit provider identification number), Home Health Resource Group (HHRG), and state of service. This PUF is based on information from CMS’s Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) data files. The data in the Home Health Agency PUF covers calendar year 2015 and contains 100% final-action (i.e., all claim adjustments have been resolved) home health agency institutional claims for the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) population.
Although the Home Health Agency PUF has a wealth of payment and utilization information about home health services, the dataset also has a number of limitations. The information presented in this file does not indicate the quality of care provided by individual home health agencies. The file only contains cost and utilization information. Additionally, the data are not risk adjusted and thus do not account for differences in the underlying severity of disease of patient populations treated by providers. For additional limitations, please review the methodology document available below.
The Home Health Agency PUF contains four tables: 1) aggregated information by provider, 2) aggregated information by provider and HHRG, 3) aggregated information by HHRG, and 4) aggregated information by HHRG by state.
Data are available in an online interactive dataset (allows users to sort and filter data directly without downloading) and Microsoft Excel.
Tables:
Interactive Dataset: Medicare Provider Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Interactive Dataset
Downloadable Excel: Medicare Provider Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
Interactive Dataset: Medicare Provider by HHRG Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Interactive Dataset
Downloadable Excel: Medicare Provider by HHRG Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
Interactive Dataset: Medicare HHRG Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Interactive Dataset
Downloadable Excel: Medicare HHRG Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
Interactive Dataset: Medicare HHRG by State Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Interactive Dataset
Downloadable Excel: Medicare HHRG by State Aggregate Table, CY 2015, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
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