ACO REACH Aligned Beneficiaries
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH Aligned Beneficiary Public Use File (PUF) data details Medicare Beneficiaries aligned to the ACO REACH Model, formerly Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC)...
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Update frequency
- Annually
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.
Columns 11
| Column | What it means | Type |
|---|---|---|
ACO IdentifierACO_ID | ACO Identifier Number | string |
Performance YearYEAR | Year in which the ACO participated | number |
State IdentifierSTATE_ID | FIPS state identification code | string |
County IdentifierCOUNTY_ID | FIPS county identification code | number |
State NameSTATE_NAME | string | |
County NameCOUNTY_NAME | string | |
Eligible Months - Aged & DisabledELIG_MONTHS_AD | Eligible months accruing to the Aged/Disabled benchmark | number |
Eligible Months - End-Stage Renal DiseaseELIG_MONTHS_ESRD | Eligible months accruing to the ESRD benchmark | number |
Eligible Months - TotalELIG_MONTHS_TOTAL | Total months | number |
Aligned Beneficiaries - Aged & DisabledALIGNED_BENEFICIARIES_AD | Total aligned beneficiaries in Aged/Disabled benchmark | number |
Aligned Beneficiaries - End-Stage Renal DiseaseALIGNED_BENEFICIARIES_ESRD | Total aligned beneficiaries in ESRD benchmark | number |
No column matches that filter.
At a glance
- Catalog
- data.cms.gov
- Publisher
- Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
- Rows
- 12,521
- Columns
- 11
- State column
STATE_NAME- Contact
- ACOREACH@cms.hhs.gov
API
Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:
https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/1cd9eded-d2c9-4215-a064-aac6dae3b714/data?size=10
To keep only one state, filter on the STATE_NAME column.
Versions 4
The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.
- 2024-12-01posted Jul 20, 2026
- 2023-12-01posted May 21, 2025
- 2022-12-01posted May 21, 2025
- 2021-12-03posted Apr 25, 2025
CMS's description
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH Aligned Beneficiary Public Use File (PUF) data details Medicare Beneficiaries aligned to the ACO REACH Model, formerly Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) Model, including counties, eligibility months and total aligned beneficiaries. This data is redacted and does not include identifiable information.
Methodology and other documents from CMS:
The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id cms:1cd9eded-d2c9-4215-a064-aac6dae3b714. This record as JSON.