Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State

The Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State data provides a high-level overview of how Medicare beneficiaries use home health services across…

Part of the CMS Data Feeds Dataset › Medicare

Dataplex delivers this CMS feed as the analysis-ready table DWV.MEDICARE_HOME_HEALTH_PATIENTS_AND_VISITS_BY_STATE on Snowflake and Databricks — eight annual reporting periods (2017–2024) aligned to a single schema, refreshed automatically whenever CMS publishes a new file. Every row carries lineage back to the exact CMS source file that produced it.

Key facts

Snowflake	DWV.MEDICARE_HOME_HEALTH_PATIENTS_AND_VISITS_BY_STATE
Databricks	cms_dwv.medicare_home_health_patients_and_visits_by_state
Coverage	Jan 2017 – Dec 2024 (8 of 8 annual reporting periods)
Rows	440 (total across all reporting periods)
Cadence	Annual
Update pattern	Time-partitioned — each file adds one reporting year
CMS published	2026-06-08
Loaded	2026-06-08
Columns	6 data + 6 lineage
File versions	8
License	CMS public data — U.S. Government work
Platforms	Snowflake Marketplace · Databricks Delta Sharing

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Current — CMS last published this feed on 2026-06-08. Coverage is complete through the 2024 reporting year. Next CMS release expected ~Jun 2027.

Time-partitioned feed — each file version covers one reporting year, so history is additive. Query the full table for all years; filter on the reporting period columns for a single period. Do not filter to the latest file only — that would return just the 2024 reporting year.

Sample queries

Snowflake

-- Each file version covers one reporting period — history is additive
SELECT *
FROM DWV.MEDICARE_HOME_HEALTH_PATIENTS_AND_VISITS_BY_STATE
LIMIT 100;

Databricks

About this feed

The Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State data provides a high-level overview of how Medicare beneficiaries use home health services across states, territories, and the District of Columbia. It summarizes the total reimbursements, number of patients receiving care and number of visits.

— Source: CMS feed metadata

Keywords: States & Territories, Medicare, Original Medicare, Hospitals & Facilities, Home Health, Health Care Use & Payments Theme: Medicare

Coverage timeline

2017–2024 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (🟩 covered · ⬜ no data)

8 of 8 annual reporting periods present — no gaps.

Release history

Reporting period	CMS published	Loaded	Latest file
2024-01-01 – 2024-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08	✓
2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31	2026-06-08	2026-06-08

Data dictionary

📋 6 data columns + 6 lineage columns

Column-level definitions are maintained by CMS in the official Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State data dictionary.

Data columns

Column	Type
__STATE	TEXT
REIMBURSEMENT	NUMBER
PATIENTS	NUMBER
VISITS	NUMBER
AVERAGE_REIMBURSEMENT_PER_PATIENT	NUMBER
AVERAGE_VISITS_PER_PATIENT	NUMBER

Lineage columns (present on every feed table)

Column	Type	Description
ROW_ID	TEXT	Unique row ID for this table (PK)
FILE_ID	TEXT	Source file — joins to FEEDS_FILES.ID (FK)
FILE_FEED_ID	TEXT	Parent feed — joins to FEEDS.ID (FK)
FILE_NAME	TEXT	Source file name as published by CMS
ROWNUM	NUMBER	Row number within the source file
CREATED_AT	TIMESTAMP_NTZ	Timestamp when the record was loaded

Row-level lineage

Every row in this table traces to the exact CMS source file that produced it. The FILE_ID column joins to the FEEDS_FILES catalog table, and FILE_FEED_ID joins to the FEEDS master table:

Trace any row back to its source file and reporting period:

SELECT d.__STATE, d.REIMBURSEMENT, d.PATIENTS,
       ff.TEMPORAL_START, ff.TEMPORAL_END, ff.CMS_FEED_MODIFIED
FROM DWV.MEDICARE_HOME_HEALTH_PATIENTS_AND_VISITS_BY_STATE d
JOIN DWV.FEEDS_FILES ff ON d.FILE_ID = ff.ID;

Source & provenance

Published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (bureau 009:38).

• Official CMS data dictionary

• Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State Methodology

Frequently asked questions

How often is Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State updated?

Annually. CMS last published this feed on 2026-06-08, and Dataplex loaded it to the warehouse the same day. New releases are added automatically when CMS publishes them.

What years does Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State cover?

2017 through 2024 — eight annual reporting periods with no gaps. Each reporting year arrives as its own file version, and all years remain queryable side by side.

How many records are in Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State?

440 rows across all eight reporting periods. Because this feed is time-partitioned, the full table total is the meaningful count — no deduplication needed.

How do I get Medicare Home Health Patients and Visits by State data?

It's included in the CMS Data Feeds Dataset on the Snowflake Marketplace (free trial available) and via Databricks Delta Sharing. Once mounted, query DWV.MEDICARE_HOME_HEALTH_PATIENTS_AND_VISITS_BY_STATE directly — no pipeline setup required.

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3. Run the sample query above — no ETL, no pipeline maintenance

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