Beneficiary Date of Death

This variable is contained in the following files:

Next Generation ACO Model Beneficiary RIF Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source (MMLEADS) 3.0 Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Beneficiary-level RIF Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Medicaid Enrollee Supplemental File (MESF): National Death Index (NDI) Segment Master Beneficiary Summary File (MBSF) Base

SAS Name

BENE_DEATH_DT

This field indicates the date of death of the enrollee according to the Medicaid enrollment data, or if the person was dually enrolled in Medicare, the date of death from Medicare administrative data.

Formatted as YYYYMMDD.

Source: CMS Common Medicare Environment (CME)

Comments

Many of these dates have not been verified with official U.S. records; the valid date of death switch variable (BENE_VALID_DEATH_DT_SW) identifies the death dates which have been verified.