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 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 report examines characteristics and outcomes for Money Follows the Person (MFP) participants in 25 states who returned to the community before March 2010. The report's findings indicate that reinstitutionalizations were most likely to occur in the first few months after transition, and that...

Presents results from the six-year evaluation, noting that the programs filled important gaps in services, that strong program administration and leadership are associated with better implementation and outcomes, and that coordination with existing clinical services is important.

This Highlight focuses on how North Carolina and Pennsylvania are testing how well the Children's Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format's requirements support the provision of primary care to children and how readily the requirements can be incorporated into existing EHRs.

This brief presents an analysis of the Database of Publicly Available Medicaid and CHIP Performance Measure Reports. It provides background on the database; highlights the types of documents and reports available; and discusses which measure domains are typically represented, including examples of...

Examines M+C participation issues from the perspective of eight national firms that account for more than 70 percent of M+C enrollment nationwide. Notes that M+C products generally do not represent a major line of business for most firms, with the exception of Humana and PacifiCare, where M+C...