The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it will release new public data sets in machine-readable formats under an open license.
These data are intended to support efforts to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and to increase transparency and accountability, while protecting sensitive information. The data include Original Medicare utilization and payment information for inpatient and outpatient hospitals, physicians and other practitioners, Part D prescribers, and medical equipment, devices, and supply providers. CMS has also released Medicaid provider spending data, grouped by provider and service.