Integrated Data Repository Cloud

The Integrated Data Repository Cloud (IDRC) is a high-volume data warehouse integrating Medicare claims—Parts A, B, C, D, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) with beneficiary and provider data sources, as well as such ancillary data as contract information and risk scores. This robust, integrated data supports much needed analytics across CMS. The IDRC is managed by Division of Enterprise Information Management Services (DEIMS).

IDR Cloud services include:

  • State-of-the-art capabilities for business intelligence and reporting, along with additional data access capabilities, including integration with CMS Business Intelligence Tools
  • Automated Finder File and Data Extract Process
  • Data dictionary, data limitations information, and source-to-target mappings
  • Customer support and assistance

IDR Cloud data access capabilities include:

  • Snowflake Data Shares
  • Snowsight web interface for data load
  • Bring-Your-Own-Compute (BYOC) flexibility
  • Cloud Data Dictionary and Catalog
  • Data-as-a-Service APIs

IDR Cloud Architecture

The IDRC High-Level Architecture diagram below shows the three major components of the IDRC:

  • IDR Cloud Data Lake
  • IDR Cloud ETL
  • IDR Cloud Data Warehouse
IDR Cloud Major Components
IDR Cloud Major Components

The IDRC Conceptual Architecture diagram below shows the IDRC's integration:

IDR Cloud "comceptiual" architecture
IDRC Conceptual Architecture