CMS Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) 2014 Risk Scores Are Lower for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries than for Urban Beneficiaries
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Description
Research brief discussing the Hierarchical Condition
Category (HCC) risk adjustment model developed by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), comparing
data on metropolitan, micropolitan, and non-core regions.
Presents data on beneficiary distribution, average risk
scores, risk scores by race/ethnicity, and healthcare
utilization using 2014 CMS Risk Score Files, which were the
only data available.
Author(s)
Tyler Malone, Denise Kirk, Randy Randolph, Kristin Reiter
Date
12/2020
Type
Document
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Health conditions · Medicaid · Medicare · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data