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CMS Releases Medicare Part B Data

CMS Releases Medicare Part B Data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released it’s latest data on Medicare Part Bcoverage. “The data represents the agency’s third annual release of the Physician and Other Supplier Utilization and Payment public use data, and is timed to coincide with the Health Datapalooza conference being held next week in Washington, according to a CMS announcement. Niall Brennan, chief…

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As part of the Obama administration’s work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that summarize the utilization and payments for procedures and services provided to Medicare fee-for service beneficiaries by specific inpatient and outpatient hospitals, physicians, and other suppliers. These data include information for the 100 most common inpatient services, 30 common outpatient services, and all physician and other supplier procedures and services performed on 11 or more Medicare beneficiaries. Providers determine what they will charge for items,services, and procedures provided to patients and these charges are the amount the providers bill for an item, service, or procedure.