Medicaid — Total LTSS Months (All Levels of Care)

This variable is contained in the following files:

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

SAS Name

MDCD_CARE_LEVEL_MOS

This variable is the number of months during the year where the beneficiary’s monthly level of care status code indicated that some level of care was required to meet a beneficiary's needs. Medicaid uses this information to determine Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) program eligibility.

Comments

CCW calculates this variable using the DE Disability and Need Supplemental file; we count each month where the care level status code is not missing (CARE_LVL_STUS_CD_MM ne ' '). The five levels of care include: hospital, inpatient psychiatric facility, nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or other type of facility.

Values: 0-12, or null/missing (if no Medicaid or no care level status)

Source: T-MSIS DE file (derived)