CMS Virtual Research Data Center Streamlines Access To Medicare, Medicaid Information
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Health care data that is currently available from CMS via physical delivery of encrypted files will now be available to researchers at their own workstations through a web-based system, enabling more timely access at a lower cost.
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