What Data Rehinged Healthcare Uses: CMS Data & Proprietary Enrichment Explained
Rehinged Healthcare helps users instantly identify high-value Skilled Nursing Facilities, Long-term Acute Care Hospitals, Home Health, Hospice, Assisted Living, and Independent Living targets — powered by the largest and most complete public healthcare dataset in the United States: CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) data.
This guide explains:
- Which CMS datasets we use
- How often data is refreshed
- How Rehinged Healthcare enriches and transforms this data
- How ICP scoring produces actionable insights
This article focuses exclusively on CMS data and Rehinged Healthcare's proprietary enrichment. No third-party data sources are included or referenced.
1. Our Primary Reference Source: CMS Data
Rehinged Healthcare's core provider intelligence is built on federal datasets released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS data includes ownership, staffing, quality measures, utilization, patient experience, penalties, and survey deficiencies.
We use CMS as the foundation because:
- It is standardized
- It is updated monthly or quarterly
- It is nationally comprehensive
- It provides reliable, longitudinal quality metrics
- It covers 90%+ of post-acute providers
Below is a summary of the CMS sources used for each organization type.
2. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
CMS Datasets Used:
- MDS Quality Measures — pressure ulcers, falls, infections, mobility decline
- Staffing Data — RN, LPN, CNA hours; weekend staffing; turnover
- Survey & Deficiencies — health, fire safety, infection control
- Hospitalizations & ED Visits — rehospitalization & ED use rates
- Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) — incentives, penalties
- Ownership Data — parent orgs, chain affiliation
- Five-Star Ratings — quality, staffing, inspections
These datasets allow Rehinged to score facilities on:
- Wound care need
- Infection prevention need
- Fall risk
- Staffing adequacy
- Readmission risk
- Penalty exposure
- Overall care quality
For SNF professionals, see our dedicated SNF Operator page for more insights.
3. Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
CMS Datasets Used:
- OASIS Quality Measures — functional improvement, self-care, mobility
- Claims-Based Measures — hospitalizations, ED visits
- HHCAHPS — family & patient experience
- Ownership Data — parent orgs and multi-site agencies
- Star Ratings — quality and patient satisfaction
These power ICPs such as:
- Functional improvement
- Hospitalization risk
- Care experience
- Staffing & visit patterns
4. Hospice Agencies
CMS Datasets Used:
- CAHPS Hospice Survey — family and caregiver experience
- HIS Measures — pain assessment, symptom management
- Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life
- Claims Measures — hospitalization use
- Ownership Data
These support ICPs like:
- End-of-life quality
- Symptom management performance
- Caregiver experience
- Operational consistency
For hospice leaders, explore our Hospice Director page.
5. Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTACs)
CMS Datasets Used:
- Hospital Compare Measures — infection rates, readmissions
- Claims Measures — ventilator care, wound care outcomes
- Ownership Data
- Quality Reporting Program Measures
These drive ICPs for:
- Respiratory care
- Wound care
- Infection control
- Patient safety
- Functional progress
LTAC executives can learn more on our LTAC Executive page.
6. Assisted Living & Independent Living
CMS does not regulate or publish nationwide datasets for Assisted Living or Independent Living facilities.
Rehinged Healthcare handles this in two ways:
A. CMS-adjacent reference data
We use public crosswalks and healthcare geography to:
- Link nearby hospitals
- Identify referral patterns
- Detect post-acute demand indicators
- Map provider saturation
B. Proprietary data enrichment
Rehinged adds its own structured processing to:
- Normalize services and amenities
- Extract care-related indicators
- Identify medical complexity potential
- Categorize care types and resident profiles
For assisted living operators, visit our Assisted Living page.
7. Monthly Data Refreshes
CMS updates its major datasets every month, and Rehinged Healthcare refreshes platform data immediately when updates are released.
This means:
- ICP scores update
- Score Drivers update
- Facility rankings change
- Staffing and hospitalization data change
- New deficiencies appear
- Ownership changes appear
Saved lists in My Targets create a frozen snapshot of the data at a point in time.
8. Rehinged Healthcare's Proprietary Enrichment
On top of CMS data, Rehinged Healthcare adds its own proprietary layers:
A. ICP Scoring Engine
81 ICP scores identify:
- Clinical need
- Operational risk
- Staffing issues
- Quality challenges
- Market opportunity
- Growth potential
B. Score Drivers
Explain why a facility scored high or low.
C. Semantic Search Using GPT-5
Ask Rehinged interprets natural language and maps queries to:
- Correct CMS measures
- Relevant ICPs
- Appropriate facility cohorts
- Meaningful rankings
D. Data Linking & Normalization
We unify:
- Facility names
- Ownership structures
- Addresses
- Consolidations
- Parent orgs
All of this transforms raw CMS data into actionable sales intelligence.
9. Summary: What You Should Know as a Rehinged Healthcare User
- CMS is the primary, authoritative data source
- Data is updated monthly
- Rehinged enriches CMS data with proprietary scoring and processing
- The platform turns raw data into clear targeting, insights, and workflows
- ICPs and Score Drivers help you understand opportunity in seconds
This article will be updated as Rehinged continues adding new forms of proprietary enrichment.
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