Providers have a new tool to help them make informed decisions about the locations where they offer services and the beneficiaries they serve. CMS released new interactive maps showing market saturation and beneficiary data for multiple healthcare settings in each state, includes skilled nursing facilities, hospice and long-term care hospitals. CMS will use the data to monitor and manage market saturation to prevent fraud, waste and abuse. Services and utilization data are easily compared, and the data can show the degree to which use of a service is related to the number of providers servicing a certain geographic area. The data can be broken down by fee-for-services beneficiaries, number of providers, number of users and average number of providers per county.
For more information and to access the tool, see Market Saturation and Utilization Data Tool.
