Health Equity Data Access Program

The CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is supporting three (3) "seats" in the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) to assist researchers in gaining access to CMS restricted data for minority health research.  Requests for project narratives for the July 2018 period has closed.

Application Information 

The CMS Office of Minority Health offers a variety of resources to help increase awareness about health disparities. Our information products, reports on recent research efforts, data sets, and our mapping tool will help you advance your work toward health equity.

Get an overview of key data and policy reviews on health services and outcomes for minorities.

Learn about the factors that influence health services performance and patient experiences.

Access data reports by race and ethnicity, beneficiary, and information on using CMS data sets.

View areas of disparity between subgroups of Medicare beneficiaries using our interactive tool.