The Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC) is a CMS contractor that provides free assistance to academic, government and non-profit researchers interested in using Medicare and/or Medicaid data for their research. ResDAC is staffed by a consortium of epidemiologists, public health specialists, health services researchers, biostatisticians, and health informatics specialists from the University of Minnesota.
ResDAC seeks to fill two positions, Data Analyst and Technical Advisor (updated 10/12/09)
Important Information for CMS 101 October Workshop Attendees (posted 9/28/2009)
Pricing set for the Part D Characteristics files (posted 9/10/2009)
Limited Data Set (LDS) 2008 Standard Analytical File availability (updated 9/22/09)
APHA Medicare Part D Presentation November 9, 2009 (posted 8/11/09)
Formerly Identifiable OPPS file is now a Limited Data Set (posted 4/7/09)
CMS Guide to Request for Medicare Part D data (posted 3/31/09)
Medicare Cost Report Online Tutorial Available (posted 1/29/09)
Last Modified October 12, 2009