This variable is contained in the following files:
SAS Name
MDCD_NF_LTSS_MOS
This variable is the number of months during the year where the beneficiary’s monthly level of care status code indicated that nursing facility care was required to meet the 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 = '003' (nursing facility). 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)