Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS Socrata Open Data API (data.cms.gov)

data.cms.gov hosts hundreds of CMS datasets including Medicare Fee-for-Service utilization and payment data, Provider of Services files, Medicare Part B/D Prescriber summaries, Marketplace open enrollment data, and COVID-19 nursing home data, available via the data.cms.gov Data API (JSON) and the CMS Provider Data Catalog Socrata-compatible endpoints.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/docs

Other Resources

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Website
https://data.cms.gov/
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Developer
https://developer.cms.gov/data-cms/
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DataAPI
https://data.cms.gov/data-api

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cms:cms-socrata-open-data
name: CMS Socrata Open Data API (data.cms.gov)
tags:
- Datasets
- Medicare
- Open Data
- Provider Data
- SODA
- Socrata
humanURL: https://data.cms.gov/
baseURL: https://data.cms.gov/data.json
properties:
- url: https://data.cms.gov/
  type: Website
- url: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developer.cms.gov/data-cms/
  type: Developer
- url: https://data.cms.gov/data-api
  type: DataAPI
description: data.cms.gov hosts hundreds of CMS datasets including Medicare Fee-for-Service utilization
  and payment data, Provider of Services files, Medicare Part B/D Prescriber summaries, Marketplace open
  enrollment data, and COVID-19 nursing home data, available via the data.cms.gov Data API (JSON) and
  the CMS Provider Data Catalog Socrata-compatible endpoints.