New Medicare utilization and payment data available for medical equipment, supplies

Data serves as comprehensive resource for information on durable medical equipment costs and services

Connecting People With Data New Medicare utilization and payment data available for medical equipment, supplies Data serves as comprehensive resource for information on durable medical equipment costs and services The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new dataset, the Referring Provider Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Public Use File (Referring Provider DMEPOS PUF). This data set, which is part of CMS's Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data set, details information on DMEPOS products and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries via referrals through physicians and other healthcare professionals. Some examples include wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen supplies, nebulizers, and diabetes testing supplies, as wells as other products such as enteral/parenteral nutrition, inhalation solutions, and certain chemotherapy drugs. These new data include information on 385,915 referring providers, over 100 million claims, and $11 billion in Medicare allowed payments for 2013. The data is posted on the CMS website at: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/DME.html. The fact sheet can be found at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2015-Fact-sheets-items/2015-10-08.html. The press release can be found at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2015-Press-releases-items/2015-10-08.html. All of the above data assets are also catalogued on Healthdata.gov:  http://www.healthdata.gov/dataset/search The Data Navigator development team welcomes your feedback. Write to us at DataNavigator@cms.hhs.gov.   You're getting this message because you subscribed to get email updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This e-mail was sent to anjeri2010.lawyerinfo@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · 7500 Security Boulevard · Baltimore MD 21244 · About CMS.gov Email Updates