California Medical Fee-for-Service

Geographic, Legal and Specialty Data for In-State and Out-of-State Providers

By California Health and Human Services [source]

About this dataset

> Welcome to the California Health and Human Services Agency's Open Data Portal! Here, you can explore and utilize information from one of the state's most valuable assets: the non-confidential data set of Medi-Cal Fee-for-Service (FFS) program providers. > > This dataset provides insight into Medi-Cal FFS enrollment. The information was retrieved from the Provider Master File (PMF), which is maintained by the Provider Enrollment Division (PED). With this dataset, you will gain insights into provider number, legal name, type description, specialty description and other geographical data points such as county code, attention line address parts , landmark coordinate points (longitude/latitude) and more! > > The goal with this Open Data Portal initiative is to empower Californians with: > > - Increased public access to high quality health & human service data; > - Stemmed creativity & innovation in research; > - The ability to make informed decisions about our health & services providers; > - Transparency in government policy expenditure measures. > > Our hope is that you'll use these tools for responsible data analytics exploration on not just Medi-Cal FFS provision but on any related subject matter that interest& benefit your community at large. Good luck & happy researching!

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How to use the dataset

Research Ideas

> - Creating a mobile application or website to help people easily and quickly find their nearest Medi-Cal FFS providers based on location, specialty and provider type. > - Developing analytics tools to help organizations understand the concentrations of providers across the state in order to inform decision making when considering regional expansion and improving service accessibility. > - Developing a tool that visualizes specialty diversity across the state to identify areas with low provider density while helping inform strategies aimed at increasing access to care for communities with high needs populations

Acknowledgements

> If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. > Data Source > >

License

> > > License: Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 > - You are free to: > - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. > - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. > - You must: > - Give appropriate credit - Provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. > - ShareAlike - You must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. > - Keep intact - all notices that refer to this license, including copyright notices. > - No Derivatives - If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. > - No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Columns

File: Profile_of_Enrolled_Medi-Cal_Fee-for-Service__FFS__Providers_as_of_May_1__2016.csv

Acknowledgements

> If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. > If you use this dataset in your research, please credit California Health and Human Services.