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    • Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership

    Metadata Updated: October 23, 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

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

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/f557a6ed-95b3-4a22-8433-4175db2dec1c/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2025-10-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-22
    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 http://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/SNF_CHOW_Data_Dictionary_2022.12.30.pdf
    Data Dictionary Type application/pdf
    Harvest Object Id 47355d1d-ccb6-4500-8b1a-e78f2fb1d226
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL http://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 http://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/SNF_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 17e453f14c8d83227cf011e13d6d9883db1a7cb613e309f02629b4ff9f3279d1
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2022-01-01/2025-09-30

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