This variable is contained in the following files:
SAS Name
MDCD_HOSPITAL_LTSS_MOS
This variable is the number of months during the year where the beneficiary’s monthly level of care status code indicated that hospital care was required to meet a beneficiary's needs. Medicaid uses this information to determine Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) program eligibility.
CCW calculates this variable using the DE Disability and Need Supplemental file; we count each month where the CARE_LVL_STUS_CD_MM = '001' (hospital). Note that the care level status source variable from DE identifies five levels of care: hospital, inpatient psychiatric facility, nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or other type of facility. Each of these levels is included in MMLEADS. In addition, the MDCD_CARE_LEVEL_MOS variable is the total count of months during the year when any of these levels of care was indicated.
Values: 0-12, or null/missing (if no Medicaid enrollment or no care level status)
Source: T-MSIS DE file (derived)