CMS launches new tools to support the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program

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CMS launches new tools to support the
Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program


Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released five new Medicaid
data tools that are intended to support the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP)
and can be used by states or other researchers to identify specific subgroups of beneficiaries
using Medicaid administrative data.


The tools allow a user to identify:

(1) pregnant and postpartum beneficiaries,
(2) beneficiaries with severe maternal morbidity,
(3) beneficiaries with neonatal abstinence syndrome,
(4) beneficiaries who could benefit from integrated care,
and
(5) beneficiaries with a substance use disorder (SUD).

Each tool includes technical specifications for identifying the relevant population
and reference codes (diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and national drug codes
found on claims). The first four tools will also include tables produced from applying
the algorithms to the data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System
Analytic Files for 2017, 2018, and 2019.


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