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    • Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership

    Metadata Updated: July 16, 2025

    The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Change of Ownership (CHOW) dataset provides information on the SNF ownership changes that occurred on or after January 1, 2016. This data includes information on the buyer and seller organization’s legal business name, provider type, change of ownership type (CHOW, Acquisition/Merger, or Consolidation) and the effective date of the change.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/SNF_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 16, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 16, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/f557a6ed-95b3-4a22-8433-4175db2dec1c/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2022-04-21
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-15
    Category Medicare
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/SNF_CHOW_Data_Dictionary_2022.12.30.pdf
    Data Dictionary Type application/pdf
    Harvest Object Id bee93e70-97a5-4a93-a99f-927c937992c7
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/skilled-nursing-facility-change-of-ownership
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/SNF_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a7deeb6114a14a8d8fbcd751166d3a4f8731a4a0393255b422ee3d20864a54ba
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2022-01-01/2025-06-30

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