Provider Specific Data for Public Use in SAS Format
Guidance for information about the facts specific to the provider that affects computations for the Prospective Payment System.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 21, 2019
CMS has begun an effort to modernize the Provider Specific File. We need your feedback to ensure we are not changing or breaking something you use or care about. We also want to improve your experience! No ask is too small.
Please email ModernizingMedicare@cms.hhs.gov with the subject line "Provider Specific File Feedback" with your comments or suggestions. The team will only respond to messages related to the Provider Specific File.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Medicare Administrative Contractor maintains the Provider Specific File (PSF). The file contains information about the facts specific to the provider that affects computations for the Prospective Payment System. The Provider Specific files in SAS format are located in the Download section below for the following provider-types:
- Inpatient
- Skilled Nursing Facility
- Home Health Agency
- Hospice
- Inpatient Rehab
- Long Term Care
- Inpatient Psychiatric Facility
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| As of October 2023, the SAS files are using an updated file layout. |
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