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Additionally, please see General Information and Frequently Asked Questions in the Downloads section below. Cost Report Data Available: NOTE: For the Hospice cost reports, there is one zipped file that contains all data for all the fiscal years. For the Renal cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year. Each zipped file contains the Rnl_Rpt; Rnl_Rpt_Nmrc; and the Rnl_ Rpt_Alphnmrc files. For the Hospital cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year. Each zipped file contains the Hosp_Rpt; Hosp_Rpt_Alphnmrc; Hosp_Rpt_Nmrc; and the Hosp_Rpt_Rollup files. For the SNF cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year. Each zipped file contains the SNF_Rpt; SNF_Rpt_Nmrc; SNF_Rpt_Alphnmrc; and the SNF_Rpt_Rollup files. For the HHA cost reports, there is one zipped file for each fiscal year. Each zipped file contains the HHA_Rpt; HHA_Rpt_Nmrc; HHA_Rpt_Alphnmrc; and the HHA_Rpt_Rollup files. NOTE: The Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility cost report data cannot be loaded into Microsoft Excel. The Rpt_Nmrc file for both cost reports is too large for this application. Most of our data users are loading the data into Oracle, SAS, SPSS Statistical Package, Microsoft SQL Server, and DB2. Some users have reported successfully loading the data into Microsoft Access 2007; however, the stated limit from Microsoft is 2GB. CMS does not support or provide any technical assistance of user's choice of data load. These files should be unzipped with Winzip 8.0 or a higher version. NOTE: The cost report files can be downloaded from this website. The files are under the Downloads of Cost Reports by fiscal year. There is also a link to the Cost Report files by individual fiscal year in the left margin. If you have problems downloading the data files, you can purchase a DVD for $100.00. DVD's are only available for Hospital, SNF, and HHA. The DVD and downloadable files contain the same data. The ordering form is under the Downloads section. Please see the Links on the Left Margin for the following: - Hospital Cost Report (CMS-2552-96) for 09/30/09 - Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Report (CMS-2540-96) for 09/30/09 - Renal (CMS-265-94) for 09/30/09 - Hospice (CMS-1984-99) for 09/30/09 - Home Health Agency (CMS-1728-94) for 09/30/09
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