Medicaid — Skilled Level of Care for LTSS Months

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source (MMLEADS) 3.0

SAS Name

MDCD_SKILLED_CARE_MOS

This variable is the number of months during the year where the beneficiary’s Medicaid monthly LongTerm Services and Supports (LTSS) Level of Care Code indicated that skilled care was required to meet a beneficiary's needs.

Comments

CCW calculates this variable using the DE Disability and Need Supplemental file; we count each month where the LTSS_LVL_CD_1_MM = '1' (skilled care). Note that the LTSS level source variable from DE identifies three levels of care: skilled, intermediate, and custodial care. Each of these levels is included in MMLEADS. In addition, the MDCD_LTSS_LEVEL_MOS variable is the total count of months during the year when any of these LTSS levels was indicated.

Values: 0-12, or null/missing (if no Medicaid enrollment or no LTSS)

Source: T-MSIS DE file (derived)