Basic Stand Alone (BSA) Medicare Claims Public Use Files (PUFs)
Title URL
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Source URL
Description
Of paramount importance in the release of Public Use Files is the protection of beneficiary confidentiality. To that end all directly identifiable information has been removed. Moreover, other potentially identifying variables, which might cause identification by themselves or in combination with other variables, have either been removed from the files or their values re-coded. See the general documentation file for each claim type for specific information concerning de-identification and variable values.
MEDLINE Search Strategy
Keywords
Medicare; Claims analysis; Public Use; Information Systems
Purpose
CMS is committed to increasing access to its Medicare claims data through the release of de-identified data files available for public use. The first phase in this effort is the release of 2008 5% sample Public Use Files for a variety of Medicare claim types. These files are available to researchers as free downloads in CSV format. They contain non-identifiable claim-specific information and are within the public domain.
Record Originator
InfoPac
Variables
BSA Inpatient Claims PUF; BSA DME Line Items PUF; BSA Prescription Drug Events PUF; BSA Hospice Beneficiary PUF; BSA Carrier Line Items PUF; BSA HHA Beneficiary PUF; BSA Outpatient Procedures PUF; BSA SNF Beneficiary PUF
UI
2162
Date Revised
Feb. 23, 2021, 11:08 a.m.