Medicare Information Resource Center (MIReC)

该项目的目的是促进从医疗保险和医疗保险中心获得数据并将其联系起来 向NIA和相关联邦政府赞助的调查和登记的参与者提供医疗保险服务(CMS) 并促进将这些数据用于研究和公共政策。其目的是创建一个 减少获取、创建和使用CMS研究文件所需的费用和时间的基础设施 单个项目的数据。具体项目目标包括： 1.与SB！R参与的项目合作，制定和实施将调查数据联系起来的计划 来自医疗保险和医疗保险服务研究中心的数据的受访者或注册参与者 和政策分析。 2.协助准备向医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心提出的数据请求，包括 为创建受益人而收集和验证答复者Medicare/SSN标识 CMS的查找器文件。 3.对原始CMS文件进行处理和清理，并将其转换为研究中更常用的格式 (例如，SA)，并将这些文件提供给项目调查员。 4.与项目调查人员协商，建立研究数据库，以便可能分发或使用 调查人员个人，包括档案内容、结构和文件，以及维护方法 答辩人保密。 5.召集一个咨询委员会，为整个项目提供指导，并促进 鼓励将数据用于研究和政策的努力。 6.在SBIR参与方项目的协助下，并与CMS协商，制定数据流程 由符合HIPAA和隐私法要求的个人研究人员获取。 7.与SBIR参与项目合作，评估研究的可靠性和有效性 使用联邦医疗保险数据的数据库。

The purpose of the project is to facilitate the acquisition and linking of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) to participants of surveys and registries sponsored by NIA and related federal agencies, and to promote the use of these data for research and public policy. The intent is to create an infrastructure that will reduce the expense and time required to obtain, create, and use research files of CMS data for individual projects. The specific project aims include: 1. To work with SB!R participant projects to develop and implement plans to link data from survey respondents or registry participants to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare services for research and policy analysis. 2. To assist in the preparation of data requests to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including the collection and validation of respondent Medicare/SSN identifiers for purposes of creating a beneficiary finder file for CMS. 3. To process and clean the raw CMS files and convert them into a format more commonly used in research (e.g., SAS) and to provide these files to project investigators. 4. To construct research databases in consultation with project investigators for potential distribution or use by individual investigators, including the file content, structure and documentation, and methods for maintaining respondent confidentiality. 5. To convene an Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the project, as a whole, and to promotional efforts to encourage data use for research and policy. 6. With the assistance of SBIR participant projects and in consultation with CMS, develop a process for data acquisition by individual researchers compliant with HIPAA and Privacy Act requirements. 7. Collaborate with SBIR participant projects on evaluations of the reliability and validity of the research databases using Medicare data.