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Educational Objectives; Introduction to ResDAC's Structure; and Content of the Medicare Program

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This video describes CMS' definition of research and explains how to describe a study in the form of a research question because that is a requirement for data release.…

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Claims Data: Source and Processing

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Overview of the Medicaid Program

This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to the Use of the Medicaid and CHIP TAF (T-MSIS Analytic File) Data for Research. This…

Using the Carrier and Outpatient Files

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Putting It All Together from Idea to Design and Data Request

This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to using Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Data for Research. Medicare data are comprehensive but also complex due to their size, multiple file types, and basis in claims data…

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Medicaid Analytic Extract Files

This presentation will review the source of the data that is used to build the CMS Medicaid Analytic Extract files (MAX), which are the files released when CMS approves a…

Defining a Research Question

This video describes CMS' definition of research and explains how to describe a study in the form of a research question because that is a requirement for data release.…

Geographic Variation in Medicare Spending

This presentation reviews the importance of understanding the factors contributing to geographic variation in Medicare spending.

Specifically, objectives include…