This study uses data from the Medicaid Analytic eXtract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC), which links provider characteristics to MAX claims data, to examine physician service use and participation in Medicaid. More than half (59.0 percent) of enrollees across 24 states were served by a...

This issue brief presents an analysis of the migration patterns of Medicaid enrollees by eligibility group and state over the period January 2005 through December 2007. The analysis focuses on two major topic areas. The first one is a national analysis of migration that examines the number of...

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...

Developed for state Medicaid directors, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the Medicaid program, the chartbook is a research tool and reference guide on Medicaid enrollees and their Medicaid experience in 2002. It consists of illustrative graphs, descriptive text, and an...

A new Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) chartbook summarizes the Medicaid program and the MAX data system. Developed for state Medicaid directors, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the Medicaid program, the chartbook is a research tool and reference guide on Medicaid enrollees...

This article uses 2005 and 2008 Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data to present spending and enrollment trends for adults with disabilities who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Nationwide, the proportion of adult duals in managed care increased from 2005 to 2008, with the expansion...

This report describes the creation of the MAX DOD 2009 update file and the MAX DOD 1999–2009 master file. It provides a brief synopsis of the data sources used in this process and presents quality control statistics about both files. The appendices include the file layout, data...

This study used unduplicated Medicaid enrollment records from 2005 to 2007 to examine enrollees' migration across states. Over the study period, only 3.7 percent moved to another state at least once. This provides a benchmark for adjusting national Medicaid statistics to reduce over-counting....