Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) claims (100%) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance
2014-2019. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from Medicare claims, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, gender, and state. Medicare claims for VEHSS includes beneficiaries who were fully enrolled in Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service (FFS) for the duration of the year. Medicare claims provide a convenience sample that includes approximately 30 million individuals annually, which represents nearly 89% of the US population aged 65 and older and 3.3% of the US population younger than 65, including persons disabled due to blindness. Medicare data for VEHSS include Service Utilization and Medical Diagnoses indicators. Data were suppressed for de-identification to ensure protection of patient privacy. Data will be updated as it becomes available. Detailed information on VEHSS Medicare analyses can be found on the VEHSS Medicare webpage (cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/claims/medicare.html). Information on available Medicare claims data can be found on the ResDac website (www.resdac.org). The VEHSS Medicare dataset was last updated May 2023.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "009:20" ] |
| contactPoint |
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| describedBy | https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/d/e28h-tx85 |
| description | 2014-2019. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from Medicare claims, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, gender, and state. Medicare claims for VEHSS includes beneficiaries who were fully enrolled in Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service (FFS) for the duration of the year. Medicare claims provide a convenience sample that includes approximately 30 million individuals annually, which represents nearly 89% of the US population aged 65 and older and 3.3% of the US population younger than 65, including persons disabled due to blindness. Medicare data for VEHSS include Service Utilization and Medical Diagnoses indicators. Data were suppressed for de-identification to ensure protection of patient privacy. Data will be updated as it becomes available. Detailed information on VEHSS Medicare analyses can be found on the VEHSS Medicare webpage (cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/claims/medicare.html). Information on available Medicare claims data can be found on the ResDac website (www.resdac.org). The VEHSS Medicare dataset was last updated May 2023. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/e28h-tx85 |
| issued | 2025-05-15 |
| keyword |
[ "claims", "eye exams", "medical diagnoses", "medicare", "service utilization", "treated prevalence" ] |
| landingPage | https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/index.html |
| license | http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-08-07 |
| programCode |
[ "009:020" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| references |
[ "https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/claims/medicare.html", "https://www.resdac.org" ] |
| theme |
[ "Vision & Eye Health" ] |
| title | Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) claims (100%) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance |
