1. CMS Data Resources
Niall Brennan, Director
Office of Information Products and Data Analytics
Office of Enterprise Management

2. ● New data and information products released in the past year
 Data on hospital’s average charges
 Monthly “real-time” ACO claims data feeds
 Public use file with 3 years of linked “synthetic” Medicare data
 Chronic condition dashboard
 Data Navigator, allowing users to find publicly available CMS data (at
dnav.cms.gov)
 More timely tracking of readmission rates
● New information products announced today
 Geographic variation data at the county level (2007-2011)
 Chronic condition data at the county level (2007-2011)
 Geographic Variation Dashboard (state level)
New Resources
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3. CMS Data Navigator
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Finding
Hospital
Charge
Data

4. Average Hospital Charges (FY 2011)
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DRG 470 – Major Joint Replacement of Lower Extremity w/o MCC
National average = $50,116

5. Average Covered Charges and Average
Payments
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DRG 470 – Major Joint Replacement of Lower Extremity w/o MCC
New Jersey hospitals with 100 or more discharges
Each pair of bars represents an individual hospital.

6. ● Datasets with aggregated indicators at the state, HRR and
county level
 Geographic Variation Public Use Files: aggregated demographic,
spending, utilization and quality indicators
(http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-
Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Geographic-Variation/index.html)
 Chronic Condition Public Use Files: aggregated data on the prevalence
of chronic conditions and spending for beneficiaries with multiple
chronic conditions (http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-
Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Chronic-
Conditions/Geographic-Data.html)
● Based on 100% Medicare claims data for beneficiaries enrolled in
FFS for 2007-2011
County Level Data
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7. Geographic Variation Dashboard
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8. 19.5%
18.8%
18.6%
18.1%
17%
18%
19%
20%
Monthly 30-Day, All-Cause Hospital Readmission Rate
January 2007 - December 2012
Readmission Rate
Likely Range
2007-2011 Mean
Monthly 30-Day, All-Cause Hospital Readmission
Rate
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Medicare and Medicaid Research Review article:
Gerhardt, G., et al. (2013). Medicare Readmission Rates Showed
Meaningful Decline in 2012.