2026 claims data now available

[Beneficiary Claims Data API (BCDA) Community]

All BCDA data available as of 02/12/2026

Hi BCDA users, 

All model entities can now access PY 2026 data using the /Group/all and /Patient endpoints.

Now that BCDA has received PY 2026 files for your organization, you can:

• Use the `all` identifier for /Group and /Patient endpoint requests.
• Use the `all` identifier for your first PY 2026 data request. There will be no service date restrictions for this data.

To request "runout" data from PY 2025, 

Use the `runout` identifier separately with the /Group endpoint. This will return data for enrollees who were attributed to your organization in PY 2025, but not PY 2026.

• Use the `_since` parameter in conjunction with the `runout` identifier to limit data to updates occurring since your last runout request.
• The `runout` identifier will be updated each month up to and including July 2026. 
• After July 2026, new data for enrollees who were attributed to your organization in PY 2025, but not PY 2026, will no longer be included.

Please reach out to bc...@cms.hhs.gov with feedback or questions. Thank you!
-The BCDA team