A Review of Medicare Data To Understand Hospital Utilization During COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can significantly tax hospitals and disproportionately affect Medicare beneficiaries. COVID-19 can affect much of a State or a locality at the same time, rapidly increasing the demand for hospital resources. Using Medicare claims data, this review will analyze the effects of COVID-19 on hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries and the hospital resources needed to care for them. Specifically, it will review utilization of the treatments provided and paid for by Medicare for patients with COVID-19 in selected localities that have known outbreaks. It will also describe the extent to which hospital utilization for Medicare beneficiaries changed over time.

Announced or Revised	Agency	Title	Component	Report Number(s)	Expected Issue Date (FY)
June 2020	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A Review of Medicare Data To Understand Hospital Utilization During COVID-19	Office of Evaluation and Inspections	OEI-02-20-00410	2021