This report examined the feasibility of creating a Medicaid sample based on annual MAX files—a “Mini-MAXâ€â€”to make it easier for users to design and conduct MAX studies and make MAX data accessible to a broader community of Medicaid researchers, policymakers, program...

The Mini-Max User's Guide is intended to expand and support the community of researchers using Medicaid data by providing background information on the Medicaid program, highlighting important features of the Mini-MAX files, and providing guidance to researchers about issues to be considered...

This study reviews dental services among Medicaid-enrolled children in nine states identified characteristics associated with underutilization of dental services, including age, length of Medicaid enrollment, and disability status.

This issue brief documents a detailed analysis of the behavioral health organization (BHO) encounter data in the 2009 Medicaid Analytic eXtract files (MAX 2009) and assesses the viability of using these data for research. The initial assessment of the availability, completeness, and quality of...

This study used Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) files to develop national estimates of Medicaid substance abuse (SA) treatment spending, as well as estimates of state spending in 18 states with predominantly fee-for-service coverage of SA treatment. Nationally, medical expenditures to treat SA...

This study reviews dental services among Medicaid-enrolled children in nine states identified characteristics associated with underutilization of dental services, including age, length of Medicaid enrollment, and disability status.

The Affordable Care Act authorized the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative health care payment and service delivery models with the potential to lower spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s...