Kyra joined ResDAC as a Technical Advisor in November 2020. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gustavus Adolphus College followed by her Master of Public Health degree in Global Health Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. She has experience coordinating clinical research trials in several areas including pediatric pulmonology, emergency medicine, otolaryngology, and critical care.
Jessica Braverman came to ResDAC in November 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Colorado State University and a Master of Public Health from Florida International University. Her previous work experience includes knowledge in HIV programs and quality improvement.
Steve has been a Technical Advisor since November 2020. Previous work experience includes grant coordination and health promotion for local public health. He received his Bachelor of Science in Health Education from South Dakota State University and a Master of Public Health from the University of South Dakota.
CMS is pleased to announce the availability of the Enrollee-Level External Data Gathering Environment (EDGE) Limited Data Set (LDS) for the 2017 and 2018 benefit years to requesters who seek the data for research purposes.
The research-ready T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAFs) contain data on Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiary demographics, program enrollment, service use, and payments. In November 2019, CMS made TAF enrollment and claims files* for service years 2014, 2015, and 2016 available to researchers.
CMS is pleased to announce the availability of the 2018 Medicare Advantage (Part C) Encounter Data. These files were created from data submitted to CMS by Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) for services provided to beneficiaries under the Medicare Part C benefit during calendar year 2018.
Dr. Stephanie Jarosek joined ResDAC in November 2015. She received her Ph.D. in Health Services Research, Administration and Policy from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Jarosek’s research focus is leveraging secondary datasets, especially administrative claims data, for health policy and clinical outcomes research.
Jeah Jung, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy in the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University. She has 20 years of experience with Medicare data. Using varied Medicare data sets, she has authored numerous papers that examined health service use or spending, quality of care, and health outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries. Analyzing Medicare Fee-for-Service claims data, Dr. Jung examined how provider practice patterns change in response to new Medicare policies or market environments.
Jen Reese has been an Executive Advisor at ResDAC since 2015. For the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Minnesota, Jen was both a lab tech and research assistant with experience in designing and implementing research designs, writing and editing papers and procedural documents, and handling all administrative responsibilities of the lab. Jen has a Bachelor of Science in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development from the University of Minnesota.
