CMS Medicaid Analytic Extract Data Warehouse to Support Comparative Effectiveness Research

This task will build a Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) research database with data dissemination capability to support CER projects. CMS has a wealth of administrative Medicaid and CHIP data that can be organized to support CER. The Medicaid and CHIP programs contain a rich and diverse population that lends itself to CER. Over 40% of all births in the United States are financed by Medicaid. A large percent of the nation's young families and people with disabilities are also Medicaid and CHIP recipients. MAX data are person-level data files on Medicaid eligibility, service utilization and payment information. MAX transforms the state-submitted Medicaid and CHIP data into individual-level use and cost research-ready data in five file types: Personal Summary (including eligibility), Inpatient Hospital, Long-Term Care (institutional services), Pharmacy, and Other Services (physician services, therapies, DME, and community long-term care services). MAX Data Warehouse objectives: -Establish a MAX data warehouse and load MAX 1999-2007 data. -Add additional years of MAX data as they become available. -Build a data extraction system to deliver customized MAX data extract files with minimum data necessary to the research community. -Support CER researchers by providing MAX data.