CMS Releases Updated Medicare COVID-19 Vaccine Public Use File and Medicare COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends Report

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an update to two COVID-19 data products. First, CMS released an update to the public use file (PUF) that presents Medicare utilization and spending information for administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. This update to the PUF includes an additional three months of data and refreshes the previously released figures with more complete data, for dates of service between December 11, 2020 and September 30, 2022.  The PUF is based on Medicare FFS claims CMS received by November 4, 2022. To view the PUF visit: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-covid-19-vaccine-analysis Additionally, CMS released an update to the COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends Report that highlights trends in hospitalization rates in 2020, 2021, and the first half of 2022. The Report presents data cut by year, half-year, month, state and various demographic characteristics and is accompanied by a public use file. To view the updated COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends Report visit: https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-systems/medicare-covid-19-hospitalization-trends

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