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HCRIS Data Request Disclaimer:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a reasonable effort to ensure that the provided data/records/reports are up-to-date, accurate, complete, and comprehensive at the time of disclosure. This information reflects data as reported to the Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) by Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries. These reports are a true and accurate representation of the data on file at CMS. Authenticated information is only accurate as of the point in time of validation and verification. CMS is not responsible for data that is misrepresented, misinterpreted or altered in any way. Derived conclusions and analysis generated from this data are not to be considered attributable to CMS or HCRIS.

Additionally, please see General Information and Frequently Asked Questions in the Downloads section below.

Cost Report Data Available:

NOTE:  For the Hospice cost reports, there is one zipped file that contains all data for all the fiscal years. 

For the Renal cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year.  Each zipped file contains the Rnl_Rpt;  Rnl_Rpt_Nmrc;  and the Rnl_ Rpt_Alphnmrc files.  

For the Hospital cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year.  Each zipped file contains the Hosp_Rpt;  Hosp_Rpt_Alphnmrc; Hosp_Rpt_Nmrc; and the Hosp_Rpt_Rollup files. 

For the SNF cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year.  Each zipped file contains the SNF_Rpt; SNF_Rpt_Nmrc;  SNF_Rpt_Alphnmrc; and the SNF_Rpt_Rollup files. 

For the HHA cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year.  Each zipped file contains the HHA_Rpt;  HHA_Rpt_Nmrc;  HHA_Rpt_Alphnmrc;  and the HHA_Rpt_Rollup files. 

NOTE:  The Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility cost report data cannot be loaded into Microsoft Excel.  The Rpt_Nmrc file for both cost reports is too large for this application. 

Most of our data users are loading the data into Oracle, SAS, SPSS Statistical Package, Microsoft SQL Server, and DB2. Some users have reported successfully loading the data into Microsoft Access 2007; however, the stated limit from Microsoft is 2GB.  CMS does not support or provide any technical assistance of user's choice of data load. 

These files should be unzipped with Winzip 8.0 or a higher version. 

NOTE:  The cost report files can be downloaded from this website.  The files are under the Downloads of Cost Reports by fiscal year.  There is also a link to the Cost Report files by individual fiscal year in the left margin.  

Please send any questions about this data to our Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) mailbox. You can also send any special cost report data requests to this mailbox; however, there is a charge for customized data reports. Individual cost reports may be requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Medicare contractors. If you need to know the appropriate contractor, please contact HCRIS. Please send all inquires to HCRIS@cms.hhs.gov.

Please see the Links on the Left Margin for the following:

 - Hospital Cost Report (CMS-2552-96) for 12/31/11

 - Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Report (CMS-2540-96) for 12/31/11

 - Renal (CMS-265-94) for 12/31/11

 - Hospice (CMS-1984-99) for 12/31/11

 - Home Health Agency (CMS-1728-94) for 12/31/11 

Downloads
Cost Report General Information [PDF, 25KB]
Related Links Inside CMS
Downloads for Cost Reports by Fiscal Year Provider Reimbursement Manual - Part 2 Skilled Nursing Facilities PPS SNF Consolidated Billing
Related Links Outside CMS
There are no Related Links Outside CMS

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