Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Rates - by Geography

The Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Rates by Geography dataset provides information on geographic comparisons of the number and percentage of Medicare Part D opioid prescriptions at the state, county, and ZIP code levels.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity R/P1Y
bureauCode {009:38}
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dataQuality true
describedBy https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicare-part-d-opioid-prescribing-rates-by-geography-data-dictionary-1
identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/94d00f36-73ce-4520-9b3f-83cd3cded25c/data-viewer
issued 2021-12-22
landingPage https://data.cms.gov/summary-statistics-on-use-and-payments/medicare-medicaid-opioid-prescribing-rates/medicare-part-d-opioid-prescribing-rates-by-geography
language {en-US}
license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2021-09-30
programCode {009:000}
publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
references {https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicare-part-d-opioid-prescribing-rates-by-geography-methodology}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash d3bac92feb995f440959d5fa9c8bb12b608a3466
source_schema_version 1.1
temporal 2019-01-01/2019-12-31
theme {Medicare}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • counties
  • drugs
  • geo
  • geoss
  • health-equity
  • medicare
  • medicare-prescription-drug
  • national
  • north-america
  • physicians-practitioners
  • rural-urban
  • states-territories
  • united-states
  • zip-code
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer Medicare Provider Data - OEDA
maintainer_email IPAG_Data_Products@cms.hhs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T21:07:07.993246
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T21:07:07.993251
notes The Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Rates by Geography dataset provides information on geographic comparisons of the number and percentage of Medicare Part D opioid prescriptions at the state, county, and ZIP code levels.
num_resources 3
num_tags 17
title Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Rates - by Geography