As one of the primary sources of information on health services use, claims data are fundamental to health services research. This three-part webinar series on the recently developed set of Medicare Claims Public Use Files (PUFs) provided a unique opportunity to explore an important new data resource. The series was taught by senior managers and researchers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Impaq International. Webinars will provide an overview of the files, offer analytic examples to highlight potential uses, and discuss privacy and confidentiality issues that are important to understanding the opportunities and challenges of PUFs.
For additional information on the project, please see the project website at www.cms.gov/BSAPUFS/
Registration for each session can be completed online by clicking on the registration buttons below. Individual registration is required for each participant. For more information please contact AcademyHealth.
An Introduction to Medicare Claims Public Use Files (PUFs)
Session 1
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Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Course Level: 101
Faculty: Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Ph.D., Program Manager, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Craig Coelen, Ph.D., President, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Claudia González Martínez, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Geena Kim, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Betty Tao Fout, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Sergio Prada, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.
Duration: 90 min.
Overview: Part one of the series provided an overview of the CMS CER Public Use Data Pilot Project to create Medicare claims Public Use Files (PUFs). The focus of this first seminar was to:
- Provide an overview of the project;
- Describe the methodology to produce the public datasets;
- Present the Inpatient, Outpatient, DME, and SNF PUFs; and
- Provide analytic utility examples for this set of PUFs
An Introduction to Medicare Claims Public Use Files (PUFs)
Session 2
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Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Course Level: 101
Faculty: Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Ph.D., Program Manager, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Craig Coelen, Ph.D., President, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Slava Katz, Director, Government Data Systems, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Claudia Gonzalez Martinez, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Sergio Prada, Ph.D., Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.; Erkan Erdem, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC.
Duration: 90 min.
Overview: The second webinar in the series provided an in-depth discussion of the CMS CER Public Use Data Pilot Project to create Medicare claims Public Use Files (PUFs). The focus of this session was to provide a brief recap of the project and discuss:
- The Part D Events, Carrier, Hospice, and Home Health PUFs; and
- Analytic utility examples for this set of PUFs
An Introduction to Medicare Claims Public Use Files (PUFs)
Session 3
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Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Course Level: 101
Faculty: Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Ph.D., Program Manager, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Avi Singh, Ph.D., Sr. Fellow, NORC at the University of Chicago; Josh Borton, M.S., Survey Statistician, NORC at the University of Chicago; Tim Mulcahy, Ph.D., Sr. Research Scientist, NORC at the University of Chicago
Duration: 90 min.
Overview: This third seminar in the series provided a brief overview of the project and the basic PUFs and described:
- The process and the lessons learned from trying to create an "enhanced" PUF;
- The need for alterative access mechanisms for confidential data that maintain data security and confidentiality, while increasing data utility; and
- The proposed Data Enclave Pilot Study
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