The Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source (MMLEADS) 2.0 suite of files combines Medicare and Medicaid enrollment and claims data into four annual beneficiary-level files. The files include beneficiaries who are Medicare-only, Medicare-Medicaid dually enrolled and Medicaid-only blind and disabled.
Source data
- Medicare: FFS, PDE and MA
- Medicaid: MAX data
What does this file include? (variable highlights)
- Eligibility, enrollment variables
- Aggregated cost and use
- Prescription Drug service utilization reported for classes of drugs
- Chronic Condition flags - 27 CCW Chronic Conditions plus an additional 25 other condition flags
- All four files are released for approved MMLEADS data requests
- Beneficiary file
- Medicare Services file
- Medicaid Services file
- Conditions file
Special considerations
- External resource of detailed information on MMLEADS files and structure: CCW MMLEADS User Guide
