This brief presentation outlines the educational objectives for the Introduction to Medicare workshop. Objectives of the workshop which are found in the various video segments include:
» understanding the basic structure and content of the Medicare program
» learning which Medicare data files are available for research purposes
» knowing the source of the Medicare administrative data sets
» reviewing the Master Beneficiary Summary File (a.k.a. Denominator), MedPAR file, and the Carrier file for use by researchers