Medicare and Medicaid Data, What You Need to Know

The IHPI Data Hub houses many types of Medicare and Medicaid data. Medicare covers about 55 million aged and disabled populations while Medicaid covers low-income populations. This seminar provides an introduction to these two types of insurance. A variety of claims data files are available to IHPI members spanning 1999-2014. In this presentation, we will provide a brief introduction to Medicare and Medicaid; cover the data structures and file layouts; and discuss advantages and limitations of these data. We will also discuss the process for getting data use agreements for these data.