The CMS data will be available in the N3C Enclave on November 1, 2022.
Through a generous grant from Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) OS-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (OS-PCORTF), National COVID Cohort Collaborative, N3C is pleased to announce the inclusion of de-identified linked CMS Medicare data to the existing 19 billion rows of mortality, viral variant, and clinical data in the Enclave. The addition of CMS Medicare is an exponential leap in the scientific potential of N3C. The collaboration not only strengthens the overall capacity of the Enclave, but also resolves the issue of missing visits for patients that get their care from multiple providers.
The initial CMS data contains over 240K COVID-19 patients and will be updated on a monthly basis. The amount of CMS patients available in the Enclave is dependent on sites participating in the NCATS PPRL linkage initiative as additional sites implement the tokenization process the number of patients will increase.
CTSA/CTR investigators registered with N3C and whose institutions have signed the NCATS Data Use Agreement will be eligible to submit Data Use Request project proposals in the Enclave to access the CMS data.
CMS Training!
N3C Community Forum - CMS Orientation - Monday, October 31st
N3C will hold a brief orientation training on the CMS data during the N3C Community Forum on Monday, October 31st at 2pm PT / 5pm ET – register here. A recording will be available to the N3C community on the CD2H YouTube channel. Analytic strategies for actually using the data are evolving.
N3C Office Hours - Thursdays
Investigators can also attend office hours with a CMS data subject matter expert on Thursdays at 10am PT/ 1pm ET, registration
information can be found at https://covid.cd2h.org/support. Information on accessing these and other PPRL datasets can be found in the N3C PPRL training module (enclave access required).