Medicare Health Plan Models

**Overview**
This data package shows the Co-Morbidity Among Chronic Conditions, Inpatient Admission ER Visit Zip Code and Value-Based Insurance Design Model by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

**Description**
This data package provides an overview of chronic conditions with co-morbidity among Medicare FFS beneficiaries. The dataset contains information on selected chronic health conditions in the Medicaid population at the zip code level and Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model. Model is an opportunity for Medicare Advantage plans to offer supplemental benefits or reduced cost-sharing to enrollees with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-specified chronic conditions, focused on the services that are of highest clinical value to them.

**Benefits**
- Useful for providers for the use in the management of different chronic conditions.

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**Included Datasets**
- [Co-Morbidity Among Chronic Conditions for Medicare FFS Beneficiaries](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/co-morbidity-among-chronic-conditions-for-medicare-ffs-beneficiaries)
- This dataset provides an overview of chronic conditions with co-morbidity among Medicare FFS beneficiaries. Prevalence and Medicare spending are presented for chronic condition co-morbidity at the national level. Co-morbidity is illustrated by the combinations of the 19 chronic conditions.
- [Medicaid Chronic Condition Inpatient Admission ER Visit Zip Code](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicaid-chronic-condition-inpatient-admission-er-visit-zip-code)
- Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage for people having a very low income. The dataset contains information on selected chronic health conditions in the Medicaid population at the zip code level.
- [Medicare Advantage Value Based Insurance Design Model](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-advantage-value-based-insurance-design-model)
- As part of the Health Plan Innovation Initiatives, the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model is an opportunity for Medicare Advantage plans to offer supplemental benefits or reduced cost sharing to enrollees with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-specified chronic conditions, focused on the services that are of highest clinical value to them. The model will test whether this can improve health outcomes and lower expenditures for Medicare Advantage enrollee.
- [Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2012 to 2014](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-health-outcomes-survey-2012-to-2014)
- Medicare HOS (Health Outcomes Survey) Public Use data files (PUFs) contain the majority of the survey items collected on the HOS instrument (excluding beneficiary identifying information) as well as selected additional administrative variables. PUFs are used for research purposes and to facilitate the dissemination of data collected by the Medicare HOS project for additional research, PUFs have been created for each cohort (combined baseline and two year follow up) of data.
- [Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2013 to 2015](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-health-outcomes-survey-2013-to-2015)
- Medicare HOS (Health Outcomes Survey) Public Use data files (PUFs) contain the majority of the survey items collected on the HOS instrument (excluding beneficiary identifying information) as well as selected additional administrative variables. PUFs are used for research purposes and to facilitate the dissemination of data collected by the Medicare HOS project for additional research, PUFs have been created for each cohort (combined baseline and two year follow up) of data.
- [Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2014 to 2016](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-health-outcomes-survey-2014-to-2016)
- Medicare HOS (Health Outcomes Survey) Public Use data files (PUFs) contain the majority of the survey items collected on the HOS instrument (excluding beneficiary identifying information) as well as selected additional administrative variables. PUFs are used for research purposes and to facilitate the dissemination of data collected by the Medicare HOS project for additional research. PUFs have been created for each cohort (combined baseline and two-year follow-up) of data.

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