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News Updates from CMS

Important Research Data Request & Access Policy Changes

(Updated 09/20/24): In February 2024, CMS announced planned changes to our research data access policy to help protect sensitive beneficiary information from increasing security risks.

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News Updates from CMS

New Enrollee-level EDGE Data Now Available for Research

CMS is pleased to announce the availability of the Enrollee-Level External Data Gathering Environment (EDGE) Limited Data Set (LDS) for the 2022 benefit year to requesters who seek the data for research purposes.

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CMMI Model Data Sharing (CMDS) Initiative Makes New Model Participation Data Available to Researchers

CMS is pleased to announce the availability of Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) for one additional CMS Innovation Center model.

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News Updates from CMS

DUA Extension and VRDC Access Renewal Reminder

Reminder: Data Use Agreements (DUAs) and Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) access needs to be extended or renewed annually.

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News Updates from CMS

2022 Preliminary Medicare Encounter Data Now Available

CMS is pleased to announce the release of the Preliminary 2022 Medicare Advantage (MA, also known as Part C) Encounter Research Identifiable Files (RIFs).

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