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  Rural Health Clinic All Owners 2023-2025 05/21/2025 11:09:AM

Project Citation: 

U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS Rural Health Clinic All Owners. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-05-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E230601V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title CMS Rural Health Clinic All Owners
Summary:  View help for Summary The Rural Health Clinic (RHC) All Owners dataset provides ownership information on all  RHCs currently enrolled in Medicare. This data includes ownership information such as ownership name, ownership type, ownership address and ownership effective date. This data is gathered from the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
Data are quarterly from 2024 Q1 to Q2025 Q2
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/rural-health-clinic-all-owners

Scope of Project

Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 11/1/2023 – 1/2/2025 (Data collected quarterly between start and end dates)

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source The main source of this data is the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System, or PECOS (pronounced pey-kohs). PECOS is an electronic Medicare enrollment system and national data repository for individual and organizational providers who have enrolled or are enrolling in Medicare. 2 CMS’ Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) enroll providers using PECOS. From these enrolling providers, the MACs through PECOS collect information related to the provider’s identity, such as SSN or EIN, specialty, qualifications, practice locations, ownership, billing agency information, reassignment of benefits, and related organizations. 

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