Hospice Provider Data 2014
Guidance for the CY 2014 Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File (Hospice PUF) provides information on services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by hospice providers.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 14, 2018
The Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File (Hospice PUF) provides information on services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by hospice providers. The Hospice PUF contains information on utilization, payment (Medicare payment and standard payment), submitted charges, primary diagnoses, sites of service, and hospice beneficiary demographics organized by CMS Certification Number (6-digit provider identification number) and state. This PUF is based on information from CMS’s Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) data files. The data in the Hospice PUF covers calendar year 2014 and contains 100% final-action (i.e., all claim adjustments have been resolved) hospice claims for the Medicare population including beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan.
Although the Hospice PUF has a wealth of payment and utilization information about hospice services, the data set also has a number of limitations. The information presented in this file does not indicate the quality of care provided by individual hospice providers. The file only contains cost and utilization information. Additionally, the data are not risk adjusted and thus do not account for differences in patient populations. For additional limitations, please review the methodology document available below.
The Hospice PUF contains two tables for each calendar year: 1) aggregated information by provider, 2) aggregated information 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 2014, Interactive Dataset
(ZIP) (ZIP)Downloadable Excel: Medicare Provider Aggregate Table, CY 2014, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
Interactive Dataset: Medicare State Aggregate Table, CY 2014, Interactive Dataset
Downloadable Excel: Medicare State Aggregate Table, CY 2014, Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) (ZIP)
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