Medicare Fee-For-Service Home Health Agency Utilization & Payment Public Use File: A Methodological Overview

This document released in December 2015 describes the data sources used to create the Medicare Home Health Agency Public Use File (PUF) for 2013. The  file ontains information on utilization, payment (Medicare
payment and standardized payment), and submitted charges organized by each provider organization's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Number (a 6-digit provider identification number), Home Health Resource Group (HHRG), and state of service. The data comes from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) data files. The data in the Home Health Agency PUF covers calendar year 2013 and contains 100% final-action (i . . .