To better understand the population of Medicaid enrollees living in nursing homes or intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs/IID), researchers analyzed data from the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) from 2006 and 2007 to determine the characteristics of...

This report focuses on the medical and long-term care expenditures for Medicaid beneficiaries who transition from institutional to community-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) and how those expenditures change after the transition. An initial analysis of expenditures finds evidence...

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...

This is the second annual report on the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration, a federal initiative to help states reduce their reliance on institutional care for people needing long-term care and expand options for elderly people and individuals with disabilities to receive care in the...

This report describes the design and development of the first MAX Enrollee Master file for 2005 and 2006. This file gives researchers a more effective means of linking Medicaid records over time and across states.

This report presents the research design for the evaluation of the Money Follows the Person program implementation and effects on participants and the long-term care system. Under the program, 31 participating states are providing enhanced services to help interested Medicaid beneficiaries in...

The Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) 2010 Chartbook highlights the types of analyses that are possible using MAX data. It focuses on Medicaid enrollment and utilization patterns during 2010 and documents key changes over time. The 2010 chartbook includes updated information from previous MAX...

This is one volume of a two-part study to understand the rates and patterns of enrollment in Medicaid among individuals already enrolled in Medicare, the factors that predict this transition to dual coverage, and factors that predict nursing home entry. This volume provides estimated econometric...

In 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created the Beta-MAX data system to improve the timeliness of Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) data while retaining many of the benefits of MAX data for research. This report compares Beta-MAX data with MAX data for 2009 for 32 states with...

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...