About

VUMC Health Policy Computer Recharge Center

Overview of Services

The Research Data Core (RDC) provides a relational database produced from Tennessee Medicaid and TennCare. The database includes Medicaid enrollment, Medicaid and TennCare professional and institutional encounters and pharmacy records. Medicaid enrollment is augmented with information from birth, death and fetal death certificates through a probabilistic linkage. Medical encounters are augmented with Medicare and Hospital Discharge Data System records.

This database has potential for use in pharmacoepidemiology or program evaluation, and can be used by VUMC faculty for research purposes.

Department of Health Policy: https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/research-data-core
Core FAQs: https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/research-data-core-faq

Leadership

Carlos Grijalva, M.D., M.P.H.
Core Scientific Director

Judy King
Core Contact

 For general questions or assistance, please contact our support team at (615) 343-4093.

Location and hours of operation

Hours      Location

Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm 

   2525 West End Ave. Suite 1275/J3 Nashville TN 37203

Billing Number Activation

 VUMC Investigators with VUMC center numbers:
  All VUMC billing numbers are activated in iLab via a nightly feed from Workday. Grant Worktags are auto-assigned to the PI's lab group. All other funds (Cost Centers, Gift or Program Worktags) must be claimed within the PI's Lab Group.
 
 VU Investigators with VU CoA or POET numbers:
  VU users will manage the VU billing numbers via the webform on the VUMC Office of Research website. 
 
 Vanderbilt Investigators with VA (Veteran Affairs) funding: 
  Contact the VUMC Office of Research at VUMCcores@vumc.org to request access to your VA funding.  All investigators with VA funding are assigned a VA billing number (999999xxxx). The VUMC Office of Research manages VA billing numbers in coordination with the VA Research Administration.