CMS Updates Medicare COVID-19 Snapshot

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent this bulletin at 05/20/2021 01:30 PM EDT

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released our monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. The updated data show over 4.1 million COVID-19 cases among the Medicare population and over 1.1 million COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The updated snapshot covers the period from January 1, 2020 to March 20, 2021. It is based on Medicare Fee-for-Service claims and Medicare Advantage encounter data CMS received by April 16, 2021.

To view the updated snapshot visit: https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-systems/preliminary-medicare-covid-19-data-snapshot

All of the above data assets are also catalogued on Healthdata.gov: http://www.healthdata.gov/dataset/search

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