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Collecting, Using, and Reporting Medicaid Encounter Data: A Primer for States

Final Report October 19, 2011

Vivian L. H. Byrd James Verdier

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Contract Number: HHSM-500-2005-00025I Task Order: HHSM-500-T0002

Mathematica Reference Number: 06759.121

Submitted to: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Blvd. CSP, Mail Stop C3-19-16 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Project Officer: Cara Petroski

Submitted by: Mathematica Policy Research 600 Maryland Avenue, SW Suite 550 Washington, DC 20024-2512 Telephone: (202) 484-9220 Facsimile: (202) 863-1763 Project Director: Julie Sykes

Collecting, Using, and Reporting Medicaid Encounter Data: A Primer for States

Final Report October 19, 2011

Vivian L. H. Byrd James Verdier

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1

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BACKGROUND ON ENCOUNTER DATA ....................................................... 3

A. Encounter Data .......................................................................................... 3

B. How States Work with Encounter Data ...................................................... 4

C. Federal Reporting Requirements ............................................................... 5

D. Potential for Data Uniformity ...................................................................... 6

III

SUMMARY OF STATE CASE STUDIES ......................................................... 9

IV

SOME GUIDELINES FOR STATES............................................................... 11

APPENDIX A: STATE PROFILES................................................................................A-1

APPENDIX B: INTERNET RESOURCES FOR STATES .............................................B-1

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