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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is highlighting several data products the agency released during the month of April: Medicare Inpatient Hospital Provider Public Use Files – Annual Update The Medicare Inpatient Hospital Public Use Files are provider-level datasets that summarize utilization and payments for services provided to fee-for-service beneficiaries by Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) hospitals. These datasets now include data for calendar year 2024. CMS Fast Facts – Annual Update The CMS Fast Facts is a quick reference statistical summary with information on Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, utilization, expenditures, as well as Medicare provider counts. This update includes data for years 2023-2026. Medicare Drug Spending Data – Quarterly Update The Medicare Quarterly Part B and Part D Drug Spending Datasets provide more timely information on use and spending for drugs prescribed to Medicare beneficiaries. This release includes data for 2024 and Quarters 1-3 of 2025. These preliminary datasets will be updated each quarter and may change with each new release due to claims lag. Once an entire year of data is available with a sufficient run-out period, that data will move out of the preliminary quarterly dataset and into the final, annual version of the Medicare Part B and Part D Drug Spending datasets. Medicare Enrollment – Monthly Update The Medicare Monthly Enrollment Public Use File and Medicare Enrollment Dashboard present counts of Medicare beneficiaries with hospital/medical coverage and prescription drug coverage by geographic area and now include enrollee counts for January 2026. |
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