# CMS Provider of Services (POS) File — facility characteristics + bed counts

`medicare_silver.fact_provider_of_services` · Provider identity · status live · 44,429 rows

The CMS Provider of Services File (QIES extract) — facility characteristics for every Medicare-certified facility: provider category + subtype, ownership control type, address/CBSA/FIPS location, certification + original participation + termination dates, and BED COUNTS (total, certified, Medicare SNF, hospice, rehab, psych/rehab unit) + affiliated-facility counts (HHA/SNF/hospice). The facility-structure layer (beds, ownership type, certification status) joinable by CCN. Curated ~30-col subset of the 473-col POS file, 2011-2026, partition by data_year.

**Grain.** One row per (data_year, facility CCN) — category, control type, location, beds, status.

| column | type | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| data_year | int |  |
| prvdr_num | string |  |
| fac_name | string |  |
| provider_category_cd | string |  |
| provider_subtype_cd | string |  |
| control_type_cd | string |  |
| street_address | string |  |
| city | string |  |
| state | string |  |
| zip_code | string |  |
| fips_state_cd | string |  |
| fips_county_cd | string |  |
| ssa_county_cd | string |  |
| cbsa_cd | string |  |
| cbsa_urban_rural_ind | string |  |
| certification_date | string |  |
| original_participation_date | string |  |
| program_termination_cd | string |  |
| termination_expiration_date | string |  |
| bed_cnt | double |  |
| certified_bed_cnt | double |  |
| medicare_snf_bed_cnt | double |  |
| hospice_bed_cnt | double |  |
| rehab_bed_cnt | double |  |
| psych_unit_bed_cnt | double |  |
| rehab_unit_bed_cnt | double |  |
| affiliated_hha_cnt | double |  |
| affiliated_snf_cnt | double |  |
| affiliated_hospice_cnt | double |  |
| observed_period | date |  |
| asserted_at | date |  |
| effective_period_start | date |  |
| effective_period_end | date |  |
| cms_vintage_sequence | int |  |
| parse_revision | int |  |
| parser_artifact_hash | string |  |
| source_url | string |  |
| sha256_content_hash | string |  |
| source_id | string |  |
| is_current | boolean |  |
| bronze_object_key | string |  |
| s3_version_id | string |  |
| vintage_tag | string |  |
| drug_source_version_id | string |  |

Query it: `query_substrate` with `SELECT ... FROM medicare_silver.fact_provider_of_services WHERE ... LIMIT 100`; read `describe_data_source("medicare_silver.fact_provider_of_services")` first.