Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) Data Development 2003-2007

The purpose of this task order is to have Medicaid eligibility and service claims experts develop business "rules" to transform Medicaid (and CHIP) person-level data records from the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) into records in the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) system. This task order was modified to exercise certain aspects of Option III under Task 4(d) of the statement of work, which includes the creation of a Medicaid Analytic eXtract Enroll Master (MAXEM) File and a Medicaid Analytic eXtract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC) File. In implementing Option III, Task 4 (d) "identifies and implements business 'rules' and validation activities for any proposed enhancements to MAX." The development of the MAXEM File is an activity that is an enhancement to MAX and, therefore, is within the current scope of work for Task 4(d). Under this task the contractor will work toward unduplicating person records in the MAX files, first as a prototype and then produce this file, on a calendar year basis, to contain an Enrollee Master file record for each record found in the Person Summary File (PSF) from each state and the District of Columbia. The creation of a MAXPC file is another MAX enhancement activity under Option Task III Task 4(d). Currently, there are no provider characteristic data on Medicaid providers available to researchers. The work completed under this task will develop a prototype Provider Characteristic (PC) Master data set. This resulting data set will include information on commonly available characteristics for individual and organizational providers (e.g. Medicaid provider identifiers, Medicare and other linking provider identifiers, provider names, addresses, solo versus group practices and provider types/specialties) from State Medicaid agencies and provide a standard data set of provider characteristics across States. These files would be linkable to MAX claims records by using State-assigned Medicaid provider identifiers. Interested parties about MAX may obtain additional information at the CMS MAX Web site: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/07_MAXGeneralInformation.asp