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Reference Almanac
Reference Almanac is a summary of Provider and Population Almanac with additional
information from CMS and internet sources. The information is organized by
provider, geography and medical codes. The providers are the 12 provider types
in POS data with information from the cost reports. The geography information
is state, region, county, MSA, city/places and zipcodes/ZTAC information. The medical
codes are the DRGs, HCPCS, APCs and ICD-9s that are available from the internet on the CMS website.
The primary goal of Reference Almanac is to provide "basic" Business Intelligence
information about your service area or peer group. All information is available
by geography and
provider. The medical codes provide research information
for the changes in payment rates. If more analysis is requried, you can use
the Provider and Population Almanacs for more informaton.
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Provider Almanac Information
Summary information for each healthcare provider is available in this almanac. There
are 12 provider types with varying levels of information. A limited amount
of information from the cost reports is available. The hospitals have
discharge information at the MDC level. In addition, Reference Almanac will
have the national and state level financial totals of Medicare Part A and B.
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Population Almanac Information
Summary information for each geography is available in this almanac. The geographies
are State, Region, County, City/Place and Zip code/ZTAC. The data contains
population information by age, race and sex with household counts.
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Medical Codes
The medical codes for DRG, HCPCS, APC and ICD-9 are available as reference information.
These codes are obtained from internet sources on government websites. The
last four years are available with a status report of new and deleted codes.
These codes are used by the other almanacs for reference.
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