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The CBSA Medicare Database (Core-Based Statistical Areas) contains Medicare CBSA Codes, based on county, and assigned per ZIP Code. If a ZIP Code crosses multiple counties, our database provides a record for each instance.
Our CBSA Medicare Database (Core-Based Statistical Areas) are frequently used to file accurate Medicare claims and to verify applicable incentives using a patient’s ZIP Code, such as the Medicare Home Health Rural Add-on Incentive.
Medicare uses "CMS CBSA Codes" that are not identical to standard CBSA Codes. While they are based on the same CBSA database, CMS CBSA's insert exceptions and nuances regarding rural or smaller towns. Our database applies these differences. Our CBSA Medicare Database lists Medicare CBSA Codes, by county, and ZIP Code.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law in early 2010 gives an additional 3% to payments made for home health services to patients in rural areas. To qualify for this incentive, a patient must live in a rural area indicated by Medicare CBSA Codes used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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We update record in our Database monthly, so you always receive the latest and most up-to-date data. You can't get more accurate Health Care Coverage by Zip Code data from any other source. We have been the leader in Zip Code data since 2002. We license our ZIP code data directly from the US Postal Service, and collect, append, and cross-check all the other data continuously from a variety of trusted sources.
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Field | Data Type | Description |
Zip Code | int | ZIP stands for Zoning Improvement Plan. It is used to signify a delivery route in the United States as designated by the USPS. In most cases a ZIP Code is a geographic region with a center point. |
StateAbbreviation | char(2) | A state code or abbreviation is a two character designation for that state - for example, California is CA and Texas is TX, etc. |
StateName | varchar(64) | A state in our database is a state, territory, province, or region as designated by the USPS. The database includes all United States territories and possessions that have been assigned ZIP Codes. |
CityName | varchar(32) | The name of the city (and in some cases, organization) designated by that ZIP Code or postal code. |
CountyName | varchar(32) | A county is the largest administrative division in most states. In our 5-digit USA Commercial Edition database, if a ZIP Code covers two counties, the primary county is used. In the Multi-county databases, all possible counties are listed with each county as a separate record. |
StateCountyFIPS | varchar(5) | Each county in the United States is assigned a unique number for identification purposes - a Federal Information Processing Standards or FIPS code. The StateCountyFIPS FIPS code is a combination of a 2-digit state FIPS code as well as a 3-digit county code as designated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). |
SSACode | varchar(11) | The 5-digit code indicating the State and County as set by the Social Security Administration. The first 2 digits are the State Code, the last 3 digits are the County Code. |
MedicareCBSA | varchar(5) | Medicare uses CBSA codes that are not identical to standard CBSA Codes. It is a geographic location code as defined by the Office of Management & Budget. Medicare pays for home health services using a transitional wage index. Due to the wage index transition, Home Health Agencies (HHAs) may serve beneficiaries in areas where there is more than one unique Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA). |
CBSAName | varchar(250) | The name of the CBSA being identified by the CBSACode column. |
CBSAType | char(3) | The type of CBSA being identified. This column can have the following 4 values:met - Metropolitan Statistical Area mic - Micropolitan Statistical Area div - Division non – None |
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