Date of Death | ResDAC

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Beneficiary-level RIF Medicaid Enrollee Supplemental File (MESF): National Death Index (NDI) Segment Master Beneficiary Summary File (MBSF) Base

SAS Name

BENE_DEATH_DT

This variable indicates the date of death of the beneficiary. A null value means that no death date was reported for the beneficiary.

Comments

Many of these dates have not been verified with official U.S. records; the valid date of death switch variable (BENE_VALID_DEATH_DT_SW) identifies the death dates which have been verified.
Source: CMS Common Medicare Environment (CME)