{"identifier":"dbe8480f-afa2-4bcf-9449-017215fc775b","data":{"title":"Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Devices \u0026 Supplies - by Geography and Service Data Dictionary","fields":[{"name":"Rfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Lvl","label":"Geography Level","description":"Identifies the level of geography that the data in the row has been aggregated. A value of \u0027State\u0027 indicates the data in the row is aggregated to a single state identified in the Referring Provider Geography Description column for a given HCPCS Code Level. A value of \u0027National\u0027 indicates the data in the row is aggregated across all states for a given HCPCS Code Level."},{"name":"Rfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Cd","label":"Referring Provider Geography  Code","description":"FIPS code of the referring provider state. This variable is blank when reported at the national level."},{"name":"Rfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Desc","label":"Referring Provider Geography Description","description":"The state name where the provider is located, as reported in NPPES. The values include the 50 United States, District of Columbia, U.S. territories, Armed Forces areas, Unknown and Foreign Country. Data aggregated at the National level are identified by the word \u0027National\u0027."},{"name":"RBCS_Lvl","label":"RBCS Level","description":"High level grouping of the Restructured BETOS Classification System (RBCS) identifier into three groups including Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices, and Drugs and Nutritional Products."},{"name":"RBCS_Id","label":"RBCS Identifier","description":"RBCS identifier which is comprised of 6 characters. The first character identifies the category; the second character identifies the subcategory; the third, fourth, and fifth characters identify the family, and the sixth character identifies whether the service is a major procedure."},{"name":"RBCS_Desc","label":"RBCS Description","description":"A concatenation of the RBCS category and RBCS subcategory description."},{"name":"HCPCS_Cd","label":"HCPCS_Code","description":"HCPCS code for the specific DMEPOS products\/services ordered by referring providers and rendered by suppliers."},{"name":"HCPCS_Desc","label":"HCPCS Description","description":"Description of the HCPCS code for the specific DMEPOS product\/service ordered by referring providers and rendered by suppliers."},{"name":"Suplr_Rentl_Ind","label":"Supplier Rental Indicator","description":"Identifies whether the DMEPOS products\/services submitted on supplier claims are identified as rental."},{"name":"Tot_Rfrg_Prvdrs","label":"Number of Referring Providers","description":"Number of referring providers ordering DMEPOS products\/services."},{"name":"Tot_Suplrs","label":"Number of Suppliers","description":"Number of suppliers rendering DMEPOS products\/services."},{"name":"Tot_Suplr_Benes","label":"Number of Supplier Beneficiaries","description":"Total number of unique beneficiaries associated with DMEPOS claims submitted by suppliers and ordered by the referring provider. Beneficiary counts fewer than 11 have been suppressed to protect the privacy of Medicare beneficiaries."},{"name":"Tot_Suplr_Clms","label":"Number of Supplier Claims","description":"Total number of DMEPOS claims submitted by suppliers, reflecting services ordered by referring providers."},{"name":"Tot_Suplr_Srvcs","label":"Number of Supplier Services","description":"Number of DMEPOS products\/services rendered by suppliers; note that the metrics used to count the number provided can vary from service to service."},{"name":"Avg_Suplr_Sbmtd_Chrg","label":"Average Supplier Submitted Charges","description":"Average of the charges that suppliers submitted for the DMEPOS product\/service. Total supplier submitted charges can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier submitted charges by the number of supplier services."},{"name":"Avg_Suplr_Mdcr_Alowd_Amt","label":"Average Supplier Medicare Allowed Amount","description":"Average of the supplier Medicare allowed amounts for the DMEPOS product\/service. Medicare allowed amounts include the amount Medicare pays, the deductible and coinsurance amounts that the beneficiary is responsible for paying, and any amounts that a third party is responsible for paying. Total supplier Medicare allowed amounts can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier Medicare allowed amount by the number of supplier services."},{"name":"Avg_Suplr_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt","label":"Average Supplier Medicare Payment Amount","description":"Average amount that Medicare paid suppliers after deductible and coinsurance amounts have been deducted for the line item DMEPOS product\/service. Total supplier Medicare payment amounts can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier Medicare payment amount by the number of supplier services."},{"name":"Avg_Suplr_Mdcr_Stdzd_Amt","label":"Average Supplier Medicare Standard Payment Amount","description":"Average amount that Medicare paid after beneficiary deductible and coinsurance amounts have been deducted for the line item DMEPOS product\/service and after standardization of the Medicare payment has been applied. Standardization removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual product\/services and makes Medicare payments across geographic areas comparable. Note: This variable is available starting with the calendar year 2014 data."}]}}