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Title: CCME (Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence)
GeneralDescription: Non-profit health care quality improvement organization for Medicare and Medicaid services. Uses health information data to develop clinical quality improvement projects and utilization review of claims. Data collected from all inpatient and outpatient Medicare claims.

http://www2.thecarolinascenter.org

OtherVariables: Health conditions
Some health prevention information (flu shots, cancer screens)
County
State

StrengthsWeaknesses: Health information data for all Medicare enrollees.

Data for individuals who been hospitalized or seen a doctor. Includes Medicaid enrollees.

Data derived from diagnosis groups, may not be disease specific.

Multiple health conditions are coded as multiple conditions instead of listing specific conditions.

Does not include HMO enrollees

Some datasets available for special projects and may not be available on a continuing basis.

YearsAvailable: 1994 – Present
Updates: Data in report format,
ContactInfo: Sharon Peacock, MPA
Manager of Analytic Systems & Staff
speacock@ncqio.sdps.org
919-380-9860
100 Regency Forest Drive, Suite 200
Cary, NC 27518-8598
r1 - 2009-09-20 - 19:03:17 - BrandonHall
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