This variable is the Medicaid beneficiary’s state for the month
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This variable only populated for Medicaid enrollees. If beneficiary is enrolled only in Medicaid, then we populate the variable with T-MSIS DE variable STATE_CD. A beneficiary (or an MSIS_ID) may be enrolled in Medicaid in more than one state within a month, in which case we select the state with the highest total Medicaid spend for the month.
This variable only populated for Medicaid enrollees. If beneficiary is enrolled only in Medicaid, then we populate the variable with T-MSIS DE variable STATE_CD. A beneficiary (or an MSIS_ID) may be enrolled in Medicaid in more than one state within a month, in which case we select the state with the highest total Medicaid spend for the month.
Source: T-MSIS DE file (derived)