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Home Health & Hospice Week
2021 Newsletter
Industry Notes: Take A Look At Your Competitors' Data With This New CMS File
Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Take A Look At Your Competitors' Data With This New CMS File
Published on Fri Feb 05, 2021
A new year of data is now available in Medicare’s Post-Acute Care and Hospice Provider Utilization and Payment Public Use Files (PAC PUF). “The PAC PUF is segmented by year and covers calendar years 2013 through 2018,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notes on the PAC PUF site at
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/PAC_Hospice
. “The PAC PUF data is extremely valuable [...]
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