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VIReC

VIReC provides support on questions relating to the content and structure of Medicare SAS datasets produced by VIReC, to the methodology of linking the Medicare and VA data, and to all aspects of the data request process.

E-mail: VIReC Help Desk

ResDAC

The Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC) is a CMS contractor that provides free assistance to academic, government and non-profit researchers interested in using Medicare and/or Medicaid data for their research. ResDAC is staffed by a consortium of epidemiologists, public health specialists, health services researchers, biostatisticians, and health informatics specialists from the University of Minnesota, Boston University Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School and Morehouse School of Medicine. Questions about the Medicare data can be directed to ResDAC.

Phone: (888) 973-7322

Email: resdac@umn.edu

Web: http://www.resdac.umn.edu

CMS for Researchers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services home page for researchers:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/rsds.asp