Medicare — Fee-for-Service Medical Coverage Months

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source 3.0

SAS Name

MDCR_FFS_MEDICAL_MOS

This variable is the number of months during the year when the beneficiary had Medicare FFS medical coverage.

Comments

CCW calculates this variable as the count of months where the monthly Medicare FFS Medical Coverage Indicator is equal to one (MDCR_FFS_MEDICAL_MM = '1').

Values: 0-12, or null/missing (if no Medicare enrollment)

Source: MBSF (derived)