CMCS DataConnect is an all-in-one analytics platform for the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS). DataConnect is built on Databricks and Amazon QuickSight dashboards. It provides read-only access to an expanding set of enterprise datasets, integrated with tools. Existing data insights include Dashboards and Data Spotlights.
Information about Data Quality
The Data Quality (DQ) Atlas has data quality and usability assessments using T-MSIS data on Medicaid and CHIP enrollment, claims, expenditures, service use, and more. These can help stakeholders to determine whether the data can meet their analytic needs.You can explore data by topic and state.
Medicaid and CHIP Data
The table below lists the datasets that are currently available. Find current and complete details at Get Started with Medicaid and CHIP Data
| Dataset | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAF | T-MSIS Analytic Files | An enhanced version of T-MSIS data tailored for research. |
| T-MSIS | Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System | A relational database that agencies use to submit their Medicaid and CHIP data. |
| PI | Performance Indicators | Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment activity. |
| SEDS | Statistical Enrollment Data System | The unduplicated number of children ever enrolled in the federal fiscal year. |
| NPPES | National Plan and Provider Enumeration System | Healthcare providers and their unique identifiers. |
| DMF | Death Master File | Deaths that were reported to the Social Security Administration. |
| CCS/CCSR | Clinical Classification Software / Refined | Procedure and diagnosis codes classified into clinically meaningful categories. |
| CARTS | CHIP Annual Reports Template System | CHIP program changes, goals, operation, financing, challenges, and accomplishments. |
| Geocoding | TAF Beneficiary and Provider Geocoded Addresses | Geographical coordinates for other datasets to analyze local and regional differences. |
| PHE Unwinding | Public Health Emergency Unwinding | Eligibility and enrollment to address after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). |
| FDB | First Databank | A third-party provider of drug and medical device databases. |
| UPL | Upper Payment Limit | How states expect to reimburse hospitals, nursing facilities, clinics, and other providers. |
| MCPAR | Managed Care Program Annual Report | Annual state reports with MCO, PIHP, and PAHP data. |
| MMA | Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act | Data exchange between Medicaid agencies and CMS on dually eligible beneficiary status. |
| EPSDT | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment | Comprehensive and preventive health care services for Medicaid children under age 21. |
| CAP | Corrective Action Plan | Narrative of steps taken to identify the most cost-effective actions to correct error causes. |
Upcoming Datasets
DataConnect is continually adding new datasets to become the trusted one-stop-shop for all Medicaid and CHIP data. DataConnect will be adding the following datasets in the future:
- COREset Measures (Core set of health care quality measures)
- Money Follows the Person (MFP)
- State Vital Records Data
- CHIP Data Budget (CMS-21B)
- State Portfolio Tracking Tool (SPoTT)
- Waiver Management System (WMS)
- Medicare Enrollment and Eligibility Data
- Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)
- Social Determinants of Health Database (SDH)
- Provider Link Key (PLK)
- Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)
- T-MSIS Analytic File - Research Identifiable Files (TAF RIF)
- Medicaid Program Budget Report (CMS-37)
- Annual CHIP Expenditures Report (CMS-21)
- Medicaid Expenditure Data (CMS-64)
- Medicaid Model Data Lab (MMDL)
- State Early Alert Tool (SEATool)
- Federal Upper Limit Program (FUL)